William wrote: > ... > 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. Sadly for us, there really didn't "have to be" any record. Before 1855, there was a theoretical requirement ro register baptisms and marriages, but it was not effectively policed. The best reason for paying to have your marriage entered in the parish register was as an insurance against any busybody sneaking off to the Kirk Session and claiming that you were living in sin. Gavin Bell