Yes, this was quite common - in Scotland it is the minister who is licensed not the premises so people could get married in a house - in my farming family they often got married in another family farm Jean ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mary Campbell" <mary53@ntlworld.com> To: <SCT-RENFREW-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2003 8:45 PM Subject: [Renfrew] Could you marry at home? > Hello List > I have some Scottish marriage cert's where the 'usual address' is the same > as in the column for 'When,Where and How married'. It also says in this > column 'after banns according to the forms of the Church of Scotland'. > Could people get married at home? I believe if you were housebound this was > allowed but these were not old or infirm but young people who went on to > have children. One address is 3 Silk Street, Paisley another one is 10 Old > Sneddon. I know these are not religious buildings so does anyone know if > this was legal? > Thankyou > Mary > > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.490 / Virus Database: 289 - Release Date: 16/06/2003 > > ______________________________