Recently Carol gave us a little description for marriages and where at times they were performed. Just to give you a case in point, my ancestor William Innes b:1822 Inveravon and his first wife Margaret Grant were married about 1850 and had a family of four children but for the life of me was unable to find a marriage date through the IGI. Through the birth extract of their second child in 1853 it was mentioned that the parents were married Nov. 1850 in Belnoe, Glenlivet, Banff. I have to assume that this was perhaps a farm. So, if true, they were married in a private residence. I guess my question is, even if they married in a private residence, there has to be some sort of record that a marriage ceremony did occur there and by which minister. According to the 1841 Census for Belnoe, it is shown that there were Grants, Innes, Stuarts living there. William in Montreal

> it was mentioned that the > parents were married Nov. > 1850 in Belnoe, Glenlivet, Banff. I have to assume > that this was perhaps a > farm. Yes, it is a farm. It's in the Braes of Glenlivet. You can see where it is if you got to www.streetmap.co.uk and enter it in the search box. You'll need to zoom in to see exactly where it is. HTH Anne