On 23/1/05 10:42 am, "Alistair Cameron" <acameron@hinet.net.au> wrote: > The marriage was registered twice, not a rare happening. Kingskettle is the same place as Kettle. Spelling differences in registers often occurred..... in > 1847, writing was an uncommon skill. The wedding date may not have been recorded, many > churches logged only the Proclamations before the marriage took place. Presumably what are recorded twice are the banns ..his and hers will be in different parishes if they lived in different parishes.... This is why they appear twice in IGI Marriage would likely take place in her parish but not necessarily in the church .. To much goings on afterwards for the minister Robin -- Robin and Margaret McEwen-King Lanark Scotland