In a message dated 23/3/03 9:01:40 AM Pacific Standard Time, SCT-CAITHNESS-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: > Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2003 18:29:54 +1100 > From: "Lyn Wolf" <lawolf@hotkey.net.au> > To: SCT-CAITHNESS-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Married twice, one week apart? > > Hi everyone > > I think I may have found my James TAIT on the IGI, but need some advice. > > James TAIT married Elizabeth MACKAY, 02 Jun 1815 Latheron, Caithness > & one week later > James TAIT married Betty MACKAY, 09 Jun 1815 Halkirk, Caithness > > Is this likely to be the same couple? And if so, would they have married > twice > because they came from different parishes, holding a ceremony in both? If > such was the case, which parish is likely to have been the groom's & which > the bride's? > > Any suggestions welcome > > regards > > Lyn Wolf > Manangatang Vic Australia Lyn, It is probable that neither date is the marriage, and it is unlikely that you will ever find the marriage date. These dates will be the date of final reading of the banns in the home parish churches of the two persons. The marriage would probably have occurred a few days, weeks or months later. The best plan for you is to read the OPR for both parishes and see what the actual entries are. The IGI only contains the names & dates, but the OPR sometimes gives the residence and/or family connections of one or more of the persons. It is very likely that one or both of the OPR entries will say something like "x of this parish and y of the parish of z". Then you will know which parish each of the principals lived in and can concentrate searches there for earlier generations. Good Luck ........ Unless specifically stated otherwise in this message, there is no intentional attachment on this e-mail transmission. Ken Harrison North Vancouver, Canada HARRISON Yorkshire, Staffordshire, London (Highgate/Hampstead) POTCHIT Yorkshire FISHER London (Highgate/Hampstead) GRIFFIN Staffordshire STANLEY Staffordshire SMELLIE Lanark, Orkney, Glasgow, Tasmania STIRRAT Ayrshire & Glasgow BAIN Caithness MILLER Caithness, Swaziland SPENCE Orkney TRAILL Orkney SELKRIG Lanark WICKETSHAW Lanark MORRISON Perthshire, Islay, Dumbarton, Glasgow, Australia (Vic) BAIRD Renfrew HAM Australia (Vic) THOMPSON Suffolk AGGUS Suffolk BRIGHTWELL Suffolk LAWSON Clackmannan McNABB Islay MURRAY Dumfries, Renfrew GILLESPIE Dumfries HENDERSON Dumfries TICKET (TAKET) Dumfries CALDWELL Tyrone, Renfrew GRAHAM Tyrone, Ontario Genealogists never die ... they just lose their census.