On 12/03/2011 10:02, Anne Peat wrote: > The gaps from 1646-1660 were, of course, because this was during the Commonwealth period under Oliver Cromwell, when marriages were no longer the business of the church, but took place before JP. > Early civil registration :-)) > > Anne > > On 11 Mar 2011, at 21:44, Barbara Callcott wrote: > >> Cowper's Canterbury Marriage Licences (published in 1892) are now digitised and >> searcheable online at archive.org >> There are only a few gaps notably 1646 to 1660. Bridegrooms >> alphabetically listed and brides and other names indexed at end each volume. > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ISLE-OF-THANET-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > Are these early civil marriages recorded and are they available for us to search? I need a marriage about 1657. Lis