Hello: I'm glad this came up. My gggrandparents filed an "Intention of Marriage" in Greenfield, MA in 1846. But that is the only record I can find. Can I assume they married there? The town clerk said that there was no further record of either a license or a certificate. Or could they file an Intention in one place and then marry somewhere else??? Thanks. Judy >Intentions (1st date) of marriage have to be filed at least three days >before the license (2nd date) can be issued and a certificate (3rd date) >will be issued a few days after the marriage is performed, especially when >a copy of the license is requested. This practice still goes on, in Maine >at least, today. My son just got married in March. > >Hope this helps! > >Linisa

And in one more variation, some of my ancestors seem to have filed intentions in more than one town. Sandy ----- Original Message ----- From: "jfw" <jowinn@home.com> To: <MEWASHIN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, April 27, 2001 6:18 AM Subject: Re: [MEWASHIN-L] Marriage Intention Question > Hello: > I'm glad this came up. My gggrandparents filed an "Intention of > Marriage" in Greenfield, MA in 1846. But that is the only record I can > find. Can I assume they married there? The town clerk said that there > was no further record of either a license or a certificate. Or could > they file an Intention in one place and then marry somewhere else??? > > Thanks. > Judy > > > > >Intentions (1st date) of marriage have to be filed at least three > days > >before the license (2nd date) can be issued and a certificate (3rd > date) > >will be issued a few days after the marriage is performed, especially > when > >a copy of the license is requested. This practice still goes on, in > Maine > >at least, today. My son just got married in March. > > > >Hope this helps! > > > >Linisa > > >