Sorry to bother everyone. But I have a marriage in 1844 that was performed by an alderman. I know there are no marriage licenses from that date, but would there be some sort of record somewhere? I know churches might have it in their registers but what was needed to be married by an alderman? Thanks.

Hi Alissa,       Probably, there won't be a record of that marriage but if this Lancaster City you could check the Lancaster County Historical Society archives to see what they may have.  Go to http://lancasterhistory.org and follow the links to the archives and see if you can search for the name of the alderman.  The actual data won't be on-line but at least you'll know they have some records.  I think records of Alderman and Justices of the Peace are rare but they have some.      Also, I don't think you'll find anything more from the Justice of the Peace than what appeared in the newspaper.                                                                                  Jim   ________________________________ From: Alissa <alissa.booth@comcast.net> To: palancas@rootsweb.com Sent: Sun, October 31, 2010 9:11:55 AM Subject: [PALANCAS] Marriage question Sorry to bother everyone.  But I have a marriage in 1844 that was performed by an alderman.  I know there are no marriage licenses from that date, but would there be some sort of record somewhere?  I know churches might have it in their registers but what was needed to be married by an alderman? Thanks. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PALANCAS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message