RUTH ANN--WHAT YEARS DID YOU REQUEST---ALVENIA -----Original Message----- From: sjhayes <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Friday, September 03, 1999 3:25 PM Subject: Re: [LA-LGHS-L] Marriage License Applications >Yes, Ruth Ann, you should have requested the application for the license, >but Acadia Parish early marriages had almost no information that was of >value.....so did not even have the what would be now considered a marriage >license. It's really odd. >Been there, done that! >Anna Marie Hayes >-----Original Message----- >From: [email protected] <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] <[email protected]> >Date: Friday, September 03, 1999 3:56 PM >Subject: [LA-LGHS-L] Marriage License Applications > > >>Hi, >> >>I am researching the names: COSSLETT, FARVE, and HEDGES in the Louisiana >>(Acadia, Lafayette & Jefferson Davis Parishes) area. >> >>I sent for copies of marriage documents and probate documents in the Acadia >>and Lafayette Courthouses, expecting to find some background, i.e. parents >>names, mother's maiden name, country of origin, etc. The copies I received >>only showed the people who were married, their witnesses, the justice of >the >>peace, or minister, the date and place of marriage. >> >>In PA, I have gotten copies of the "Marriage License Application" which did >>show all the info I listed above. >> >>Now, I'm wondering if I should have requested the application instead of >the >>marriage document. Does anyone know if the applications in LA list all >this >>data, and if I should resubmit my request? >> >>Thanks in advance for any help. >> >>Ruth Ann >> >> >>==== LA-LGHS Mailing List ==== >>LGHS: Serving Louisiana Genealogist since 1953. >>To submit an article to be considered for publication in The Register, >>contact David Howell at <[email protected]> >> >> > > >==== LA-LGHS Mailing List ==== >LGHS: Serving Louisiana Genealogist since 1953. > Visit our website at > http://www.rootsweb.com/~la-lghs/lghs.htm >