David, I have ancestors that married in 1888. Their marriage application lists where the husband and wife were born, dates of birth, current residences, occupations, whether they are related by blood or marriage, and if either one was married before. If they were married before, then they were to give a reason as to why the former marriage was dissolved. Regards, Mary > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2014 16:51:09 +0000 > Subject: Re: [PAPhl] Marriage record - Phiadelphia - 1887 > > Thank you Claire, > > Do the civil records usually show status, that is bachelor/spinster, > widower/widow, divorced? > > David > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Claire K > Sent: 12 March 2014 16:36 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [PAPhl] Marriage record - Phiadelphia - 1887 > > Philadelphia has civil records of marriages from 1860. From 1885 (to 1951) > the marriage indexes are on FamilySearch.com. Sign up / register for a free > account on FamilySearch, and you'll be able to click through from the index > transcript page to the image of the actual record. You can then download or > print it for your files. > > At this time period, you will get name, age, occupation, address of bride > and groom--but no info on parents unless one or both were minors and there's > a parental consent form attached. > > So, good news: you can get it free online. Good luck! > > Hope that helps. > > Claire K > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Mar 12, 2014, at 12:24 PM, "David Railton" <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > I have a copy of a church record of a marriage in Philadelphia in > > 1887. Can anyone please tell me what the procedure was for the > > documentation of a marriage at that time? Would a license need to be > > taken out before the marriage? If so how would it be possible for me > > to obtain a copy of the licence and from where? > > > > Thank you. > > > > David Railton > > > > Cheshire, England > ... > ********* > Visit the threaded archives of this list: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/PAPHILAD > ********* > ------------------------------- > 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 > > ********* > Visit the threaded archives of this list: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/PAPHILAD > ********* > ------------------------------- > 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