I have a few ancestors where I have located two NYC marriage licenses issued for them. In one instance, a marriage license was issued on 2/13/1896 and a second license was issued on 3/1/1896. The couple was married by an alderman in February and a rector in March. Wondering what the reason would be for two licenses and, presumably, two marriage ceremonies. Thanks in advance for your responses. Bill

I think that you mean two marriage "certificates." NYC and Brooklyn did not require pre-marriage licenses in 1896. It appears that your ancestors had two official unitings: l) The Alderman one is a civil ceremony, perhaps only in the presence of two witnesses. 2) The rector perfr4omed a religious ceremony. This practice was common with wartime marriages. -----Original Message----- From: Bill Mayrose via <[email protected]> To: nyc-roots <[email protected]>; [email protected] <[email protected]> Sent: Fri, May 8, 2015 8:56 pm Subject: [NYC-ROOTS] Two Marriage Licenses I have a few ancestors where I have located two NYC marriage licenses issued for them. In one instance, a marriage license was issued on 2/13/1896 and a second license was issued on 3/1/1896. The couple was married by an alderman in February and a rector in March. Wondering what the reason would be for two licenses and, presumably, two marriage ceremonies. Thanks in advance for your responses. Bill ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message