I found it was quite common in early day Claiborne Parish, for the young couple to go to Arkansas to marry. Some went over to Lafayette Co., Ark., which is online at RootsWeb. Elayne Pair Gibbons Pair family - any time - any place - <A HREF="http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~pairplace2/index.htm">Pair Place</A> In a message dated 10/25/01 1:38:26 PM US Mountain Standard Time, Barb309@aol.com writes: > Is it likely that a Catholic couple would post banns in the Diocese of > Nathitoches, later Shreveport (of which Claiborne Parish is a part) in 1870 > and not obtain a license to marry? If so, where might those records be > today. >