Hi, if you have an ancestry membersip only (not international) change the url from http://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/library/article.aspx?article=8397 to http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library/article.aspx?article=8397 that should work for you. Tammy On 15/06/2010 3:25 PM, Lynne Ingalls wrote: > Thanks, Bridid. For some reason, I cannot get into the first article > although I am subscribed to Ancestry.com. Is there another way to view it? > The second article doesn't quite explain why a marriage in one church would > be considered irregular by another. As far as I know the College Kirk was a > Church of Scotland church. Would the church in Edinburgh have allowed a > marriage without banns? > > Lynne in Tucson > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Brigid O'Donnell"<mbod@erols.com> > To:<midlothian@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2010 2:05 PM > Subject: Re: [MIDLOTHIAN] Irregular marriages > > > >> Lynne - >> check this article out for some explanation (no fee required) of >> irregular marriages: >> http://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/library/article.aspx?article=8397 >> and this: >> http://www.gla.ac.uk/departments/scottishwayofbirthanddeath/marriage/ >> >> The first article specifically mentions that Edinburgh was the "center >> for most irregular marriages" >> >> So one possibility would be if they were married in a church but did >> not have banns called as per usual custom. It was not unusual for a >> couple with an irregular marriage occuring in any one of the 3 or more >> ways described, to be called in front of the church elders and fined. >> >> Good luck, >> Brigid