They were either read or posted, I guess on the church door. My very old fashioned husband had ours read out in the church where we were to be married for the 3 weeks before our wedding and that was only 12 years ago. Now that wedding is a whole other story. We drove from West Virginia to The Bronx where his best friend was a pastor. The weather was fine on the way up and the day before, but the morning of the wedding there was suddenly a foot of snow on the ground. Needless to say, not many people got there for the ceremony, mostly my matron of honor and his best man. My late husbands father who was in his upper 80s at the time got there before us and shoveled the church steps because the janitor couldn't get there and he just happened to have a shovel in his trunk. ...Just one adventure after another around here... Richard Emlin Reed <remlinr@tampabay.rr.com> wrote: All this talk about marriages reminds me of a custom back in the old, old days where a man and a woman would rise in church on three consecutive Sundays and proclaim their intention to be married. I think this was also known as reading the banns. Richard Emlin Reed Wesley Chapel, FL ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lynn Vondran" To: Sent: Monday, August 13, 2007 3:29 PM Subject: Re: [PD-LIFE] Underage Marriages > Many things :o) > But, as Joan said, it may have been by colony, and place, also? And, it > could have been by situation. They certainly got married AWful young for > convenience sake many times, especially when crossing the prairie and > venturing into new lands, where there may not have been any way of getting > consent from someone, especially if both parents were killed, and they > were traveling on their own as teens, meeting up with folks. So, I would > assume that maybe, in a case like that, the pastor, who came along, would > give the consent? Just what would they do in a case like that? > Hmmmmmm, I wonder? > Lynn ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PADUTCH-LIFE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message --------------------------------- Need a vacation? Get great deals to amazing places on Yahoo! Travel.