Joy, I happened to find out by accident that my husband's mother's maiden name was not what he thought. When I was joining DAR I needed a copy of his birth certificate. Since he was an Army veteran one of his friends at the VA offered to get it for me. He said that my husband should have one for VA purposes and not wait til he was old and the records were lost.LOL. Otherwise neither he nor I would ever have known. Another mixup was when I got my paternal grandfather's death certificate. He lived to be 102 and outlived both his children. So when he died he was up in Maine with a grandson (my first cousin). This grandson had no idea whatever of his great grandmother's maiden name so he gave the wrong name .....which happened to be her sister's married name. Maureen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joy McMillan" <joygrl_203@yahoo.com> To: <nywestch@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2007 4:46 PM Subject: Re: [NYWESTCH] marriage license > Maureen, > > I had a feeling that would be the case. We have parents names on two > marriage records(of sibs) that just dont work at all. I have a feeling the > names were not the legal names. I also believe the parents died when he > was young as well. I have found in one case a family member went by her > confirmation name her entire adult life and was buried with it (which took > forever to figure out.) Thanks for the info.....we will keep digging. > > Joy > > quillpen1 <quillpen1@optonline.net> wrote: > Hi Joy, > > I don't know about "early 1900s" but when I got married in the fifties I > was > required to prove my age when obtaining the license because I looked so > young. > > My husband- to- be did not have to show proof of age and when asked his > parents names gave the wrong maiden for his mother. She had died when he > was > 2 yrs old so it was an honest mistake. When I joined DAR, I had to sign a > form because of that error even though it wasn't MY family. > > My best girlfriend who was underage was NOT required to submit proof of > age > because she didn't look underage. > > Maureen > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Joy McMillan" > To: > Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2007 2:31 PM > Subject: Re: [NYWESTCH] marriage license > > >> Does anyone know if it was a requirement to show a birth certificate when >> you applied for a marriage license in the early 1900's? I am trying to >> figure out if the parents names provided was guess work or came directly >> from their birth certificate. >> >> Thanks, >> Joy >> >> Joy McMillan wrote: >> It would be great to get this issue settled. My mother and I have had >> nothing but returned checks and the run around from Yonkers. Thanks for >> taking an interest. >> >> Joy >> >> Cliff Lamere wrote: >> I phoned Yonkers twice yesterday to see what they said about the need to >> prove your identity by providing a driver's license. The information >> that I was given was conflicting, so I spoke with the Registrar today. >> She agreed with the need to provide a drivers license or photo ID in >> order to get either a genealogy or certified certificate. I believe she >> is wrong. I told her that I have bought hundreds of them from the state >> and was never asked to provide any such proof. The Registrar told me >> that another genealogist had raised the same question in the past and >> that she had phoned Albany to confirmed that what Yonkers was doing was >> correct, as well as required by the state. >> >> She said that she had a general information form from the state, on the >> back of which it stated the requirements. She told me that even a paid >> researcher who wanted to get a certificate for a client would need to >> get a release from their client in order to get it. I will receive the >> general form in the mail soon, so that I can read the requirements for >> myself. Something is wrong, but I can't tell what by the information >> that I received over the phone. 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