Hi Steven, The old marriage bonds didn't include ages so there is no way of telling. Seems like it was about 1868 when they started providing marriage certificates that listed the ages of the bride and groom and also their parents names and where they lived. I've got my marriage index files for Surry in a box so when I find them I'll look it up. Also, in the early days they also had couples married by a Baan, which was a religious ceremony and not codified in a document. I'm not up on the history of them, but seems like they were pronouncements in a church for 3 Sundays and if no one objected to it after that, then the couple was considered married. Then, there were the co-habitation bonds that were in existence too. Another story there. :-) Bob Carter ----- Original Message ----- From: <johnnylumen@comcast.net> To: <ncsurry-l@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, December 28, 2006 12:32 PM Subject: [NCSURRY] Old Marriage Bonds/Records > Need lookup, please, for old 1804 - 1810 marriage bonds/records: > > Marmaduke D. MITCHELL [aka M.D. Mitchell] m. Mary Bradley TUPPLE(?) > > Marmaduke would have been about 23 yrs in 1805. Mary would have been about > 18 yrs in 1805. > > Thank you. > r/Steven Mitchell > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NCSURRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >