I want to try these questions again. According to my Swiss ggrandfather's obituary, he and my ggrandmother married immediately before emigrating to NY. We think they eloped from Basel(?). Could they have been married in Bremen? Would their Swiss citizenry have been a problem for Bremen officials? Would a record of a Bremen marriage be in the Bremen civil registers? Also, I have heard that ships' captains married many emigrating couples right before or just after they boarded ship--but I have no evidence of that. Where would records of such marriages be found? Thanks for any help in solving this knotty problem. Judy W.