Lisa, You may be interested to see a copy of an original Proclamation of Marriage from 1828. Alexander STEWART and Joan JOHNSTON are my great-great grandparents. Go to http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/sct/CertProc.html The reason for the 'creases' in the document was that my late father Adam HALL 1899-1979 was so proud of this document he carried it around in his wallet! Regards, Gil. HALL. Southampton, England.

Thank you very much, Gil Hal, your Marriage Proclamation is a lovely family document........treasure it forever! :-) Do you know if there is an on-line database for these Marriage Proclamations? Season's Greetings from Lisa Wellbelove, Burnt River, Ontario, Canada Researching: PEDDER - London, possibly Herts TAYLOR - Medway, Felixstowe WELLBELOVE - GLOBAL {all spellings}. HOGG - Sligo, IRE EWART - Down, IRE DONNACHIE - Ayr, SCT CAMPBELL - Ayr, SCT GILLINGHAM - SFK & SRY email: lisawellbelove@sympatico.ca

Gil, Thank you for sharing the image. I have a copy of an original Proclamation of Marriage (original held by cousin) from 1832. It also is very creased, making the day of month very hard to read. I hadn't noticed before that the handwriting on the top part is different from the bottom where the minister filled in the marriage date. At least now I know the two dates are different by a few days. I would be interested to know if there was a particular day of the week when marriages occurred - such as a Saturday. That would make it easier for me to guess the hard to read date. Jennifer Melbourne, Australia -----Original Message----- From: Gil Hall [mailto:gil@gilhall.fsnet.co.uk] Sent: Tuesday, 14 December 2004 7:39 AM To: MIDLOTHIAN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [MLN] Canongate proclamations 1812 spares Lisa, You may be interested to see a copy of an original Proclamation of Marriage from 1828. Alexander STEWART and Joan JOHNSTON are my great-great grandparents. Go to http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/sct/CertProc.html The reason for the 'creases' in the document was that my late father Adam HALL 1899-1979 was so proud of this document he carried it around in his wallet! Regards, Gil. HALL. Southampton, England.