This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/hAC.2ACE/1215.1 Message Board Post: Judy, My experience has been that the custom then, was to be married where the bride lived. But please don't accept that as absolute gospel. I would search marriage records in Abington Parrish around 1865 since their first child was born in 1868. USUALLY, but not always, the first child was born within the first couple of years of marriage. Hope this helps ! Judy Metz