I originally posted to Lunen-Links. I am posting this summary to both LL and NS as an interesting question. > The marriage of Drusilla S(Sarah) A Rhynard (Reinhardt) to Whitman > Croft on 1 Sep 1879 at LaHave Islands is recorded in the Kings County > Register. > > I assume this was a transcription error when the marriage slips were > recorded in the provincial register. The marriage was performed in the Church of england, LaHave islands, the groom was of West Dublin, the Bride of LaHave Islands and the officiating minister was Rev J S smith. Neither location was near a county boundary. DesBrisay does not have an Index so J S Smith may be in the history but very difficult to find. Does anyone have a better explanation why this marriage would be in the Kings County Regiter and not the Lunenburg. bob gillis Kim Stevens replied: > There are lots of "out of county" marriages recorded in the civil > marriage records. > > This comes about because the marriages are reported according to the > home base of the marrying preacher, not where the marriage took > place. A lot of the circuits included more than one county. This is > especially true for early Baptist marriages, and for RC marriages in > the counties with a small RC or Methodist population. > > There are lots of Lunenburg marriages from the interior around New > Ross recorded in the Kings Co registers. > > Also, even ministers with a smaller circuit would travel for > pleasure, and often marry during their travels -- reporting the > marriage to the civil authorities when they got home and did their > quarterly reports. > > This is one reason why it is important to record the name of the > marrying minister when transcribing the civil marriage registers. By > doing a sort by minister rather than by surname, you can find out > where the religious marriage records for the same marriage may be > found -- sometimes with different or more data. And Joe Whitbyeplied: > That may not be the case. If the groom, who in most cases buys the > marriage licence, was living in Kings County then he most likely > purchased the licence there and it seem that where ever the licence > was purchased may dictate where it gets registered. I have run into > other marriages where the couple were married in one county but found > the marriage recorded in another.