Yes, they are the civil marriage records. There are two theories why Hinshaw included them: 1) he wanted to pad the Virginia volume; or 2) he wanted to increase its usefulness. They have misled many a researcher, who assumed that because an ancestor appears in these record that he or she must have been a Quaker. Tom Hamm >In view of the recent discussion on civil records, I am hoping that >somebody might be able to tell me about the records at the end of >Vol.VI of the Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy. It list >marriage bonds from Bedford and Campbell Counties, Virginia. They >appear to be civil records in their wording rather than Quaker? > Thanks, Dave Williams > > >==== QUAKER-ROOTS Mailing List ==== >Visit The Quaker Corner - http://www.rootsweb.com/~quakers