Mabel, just in case you missed it, Diana McDonald came up with a great solution for our recording purposes: I have been the registrar for my DAR chapter for five years and have come across this problem before. When reporting this information I would put " married 26 Nov 1982 in Dallas Co., Tx (recorded Nueces Co., Tx). Hope this helps. Diana McDonald ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mabel Phillips" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2006 10:00 AM Subject: Re: [TNCANNON] Place of Marriage > You're right. In Missouri, NO RECORD will be made in the place where > the marriage occurred, if it differs from the place where the license > was obtained. Missouri's record exist exclusively and officially only > in the place where the license is obtained and later recorded. If an > official or couple fail to bring the completed license back after the > ceremony, a note "No Return" will eventually be put on the record. > Likely, many people didn't understand the importance of that last > step, even though they had a ceremony somewhere. I imagine the > marriage is still legal, just that the date the license was obtained, > rather than the marriage date, will be the only official record. When > I was transcribing the Christian County, Missouri marriage records, I > was on the tenth page of one book (20 marriages) before I found a > single marriage which OCCURRED in Christian County, though that is the > place the record is made and kept. When only the place of the ceremony > is known, researchers may be cused and frustrated by the fact that no > legal or official record in the county where the ceremony took place. > I signed for my brother and his wife when they were married a few > years ago in the Christian County Court house. When the 1994 to 2006 > marriages came on line last week, I was looking through the records > and saw they were not there. Then I realized that since they were both > from Greene County, the license and thus the record will probably be > there. Maybe someday there might be a statewide index which would help > some, although, of course, people are no more obligated to marry in > the state of their residence than in the county where they live. And, > laws certainly differ from state to state, I've forgotten which, but I > recall some years ago researching in a state where state law in the > 18th or 19th century required the marriage to take place in the county > where the bride lived. > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~moccl/marriages.htm > > http://66.112.71.165/resolution/ > > > > > > heather e blair wrote: >> Hmm, this happened to my sister, too. She got legally married in >> Washington County, AR a day before she had her ceremony in Benton >> Co., AR. >> I think it might be best to use the legal place for the county, but >> then add a note about where the ceremony was. >> >> In her case, it's because the J.P. performing the ceremony was a J.P. >> of Washington Co, rather than Benton County. >> >> In Missouri, you can request a license from any county, and then go >> have your ceremony in any other Missouri county (I think). >> >> - Heather >> >> http://surgerysupport.uchicago.edu/hblair/ >> >> >> >> On Mon, 23 Jan 2006, Diane Miller wrote: >> >>> This is a general genealogy question but since you are the nicest >>> list I belong to, I decided to ask for your help. I obtained my >>> marriage license in Nueces Co., TX but I was actually married at a >>> church in Dallas Co., TX. Since descendant reports only show one >>> line which county should I use where the report says "married on 26 >>> Nov 1982 in ________ County, Texas". Anyone looking up marriage >>> records on the internet in going to find Nueces Co., TX. >>> >>> Thanks >>> Diane Miller >>> >>> ==== TNCANNON Mailing List ==== >>> Several people subscribe and unsubscribe from the list each month. >>> You are encouraged to resubmit your queries once or twice per year >>> to reach new listmembers. >>> >>> ============================== >>> Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. >>> Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: >>> http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx >>> >>> >> >> >> ==== TNCANNON Mailing List ==== >> Post or search Cannon Co. area Genealogical Queries at... >> http://www.bellsouthpwp.net/C/a/CanCofHist/cannon/canqry.htm >> >> ============================== >> Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for >> ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: >> http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx >> >> >> > > > ==== TNCANNON Mailing List ==== > To subscribe to or unsubscribe from the Cannon Co. list, send mail > to.. > [email protected] ,with subscribe or unsubscribe > in the subject line. NOTHING ELSE. > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and > the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx >