Quaker marriages did not have to be recorded with civil authorities in Indiana until the 1920s. T. Hamm ----- Original Message ----- From: "Christopher T. Smithson" <ctsmithson@gmail.com> To: DESloan@aol.com, quaker-roots@rootsweb.com Sent: Sunday, October 28, 2012 4:46:57 AM Subject: Re: [Q-R] Marriage License Hi, I would consult the marriage laws of Indiana with regards to the question that was asked. Chris Christopher T. Smithson Darlington, Harford Co., MD ctsmithson@gmail.com Sent from my iPod On Oct 28, 2012, at 1:09 AM, DESloan@aol.com wrote: > Thanks Dan. Any chance that either you or someone else on the list knows > about Indiana? Every time that I think I know and understand a set of > records, I find out that I am still just a novice. I guess that is good because it > allows me to continually learn new and interesting facts about genealogy. > > Again THANKS, > Dave > > > > In a message dated 10/27/2012 3:39:50 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > treadway@netins.net writes: > > On Sat, 27 Oct 2012 01:05:07 -0400 (EDT) > DESloan@aol.com wrote: >> When a Quaker couple get married do they complete a marriage >> license? Is >> this a change to how things were done in the past? >> >> Thanks, >> Dave >> > > The short answer is that the law varies from nation to nation, and in > the US, from state to state. Herd in Iowa, I believe it is optional. > > -- > Dan Treadway > P. O. Box 72 Gilbert IA 50105 > treadway@netins.net > http://showcase.netins.net/web/treadway/ > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to QUAKER-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to QUAKER-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

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Thinking about a *Quaker marriage*<http://www.hitchin.plus.com/Quakers/Nqmar.htm> www.hitchin.plus.com/*Quakers*/Nqmar.htm Two officials deal with the *legal process*. The *Quaker* official is the Registering Officer, and the civil official, from the Office of Births, *Marriage* and Deaths, is the *...* 10. *Marriage* Equality<http://www.milwaukeequakers.org/common/marriage_equality.html> www.milwaukee*quakers*.org/common/*marriage*_equality.html Oct 23, 2007 – George Fox defended *Quaker process*, writing in 1669, “For the right *...* *Marriage*: In all but four states, same sex partners cannot *legally* wed. On Sun, Oct 28, 2012 at 4:58 AM, Thomas Hamm <tomh@earlham.edu> wrote: > Quaker marriages did not have to be recorded with civil authorities in Indiana until the 1920s. > > T. Hamm > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Christopher T. Smithson" <ctsmithson@gmail.com> > To: DESloan@aol.com, quaker-roots@rootsweb.com > Sent: Sunday, October 28, 2012 4:46:57 AM > Subject: Re: [Q-R] Marriage License > > Hi, > > I would consult the marriage laws of Indiana with regards to the question that was asked. > > Chris > > Christopher T. Smithson > Darlington, Harford Co., MD > ctsmithson@gmail.com > Sent from my iPod > > On Oct 28, 2012, at 1:09 AM, DESloan@aol.com wrote: > >> Thanks Dan. Any chance that either you or someone else on the list knows >> about Indiana? Every time that I think I know and understand a set of >> records, I find out that I am still just a novice. I guess that is good because it >> allows me to continually learn new and interesting facts about genealogy. >> >> Again THANKS, >> Dave >> >> >> >> In a message dated 10/27/2012 3:39:50 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, >> treadway@netins.net writes: >> >> On Sat, 27 Oct 2012 01:05:07 -0400 (EDT) >> DESloan@aol.com wrote: >>> When a Quaker couple get married do they complete a marriage >>> license? Is >>> this a change to how things were done in the past? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Dave >>> >> >> The short answer is that the law varies from nation to nation, and in >> the US, from state to state. Herd in Iowa, I believe it is optional. >> >> -- >> Dan Treadway >> P. O. Box 72 Gilbert IA 50105 >> treadway@netins.net >> http://showcase.netins.net/web/treadway/ >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to QUAKER-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to QUAKER-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to QUAKER-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -- Robert Stacey has moved to Casa Glendale where he is surrounded by lords and ladies of all kinds. Emeritus Glendale is the best.