Hi, Bob: You're quite welcome. It's certainly possible that they married in Alice's church, but I think the county would have the marriage license application if they married in Cumberland. I'm more familiar with York county records, hopefully someone on this message board can help with a lookup or can at least point you in the right direction. I didn't find their names in the marriage records on the York Archives' site. I just did some "Googling" and found the Cumberland County Historical Society ( http://www.historicalsociety.com/library.htm ) which mentions marriage licenses (1886-1930) and a marriage license index (1885-1929). Good luck with your search! Debra On Oct 11, 2009, at 10:04 AM, RMeany@aol.com wrote: > Hello Debra. > > I noticed the possible Belmina - Bella connection, too ... looks > promising. Since the Alice BOWMAN you found in 1870 & 1880 was > living in > Shiremanstown in Cumberland County, and the 1900 census shows > Daniel & Alice living > in the same town with their four children, I would think they were > married > there. Didn't marriages usually take place in the bride's church? > > How would I locate a marriage record for them? ... do I contact the > registrar in Shiremanstown? ... or the State of PA? > > Thanks again. > > Bob > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PACUMBER- > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message

The official marriage license applications and their disposition should be on file at the recorder of Wills Office at the Court House. The listing at the HS likely a duplicate. Joe On Oct 11, 2009, at 11:27 AM, D. Kohler wrote: > > I just did some "Googling" and found the Cumberland County Historical > Society ( http://www.historicalsociety.com/library.htm ) which > mentions marriage licenses (1886-1930) and a marriage license index > (1885-1929). > > Good luck with your search! > > Debra