Janice. I believe the information about the marriage of a John Pace and Elizabeth Smith or Swift came from a book. Are you saying I could contact the Louisa county Courthouse and there may be more information on their background on papers relative to the bond.? John R.Pace b. 1809 m. elizbeth? had been found thru DNA testing of the Pace Society to be a descendent of John Pace of Middlesex, Va in the 1600's and then back to England. Thanks for any help you may be able to give. on a possible marriage in Louisa county, Lois carey Phoenix, Maryland * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Please note: My new email address is lcarey34@verizon.net. Please remove lcarey@bcpl.net from your address books and files so that we can stay in touch! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Abercrombie" <jla5@verizon.net> To: <valouisa@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, August 17, 2007 6:57 PM Subject: Re: [VALOUISA] VALOUISA Digest, Vol 2, Issue 78 > The marriages of Louisa Co., VA 1766-1815 and 1815 to 1861 have been > published. I was speaking about copies of the original pieces of paper > the > bride, groom and other parties may have written. > "Marriages of Louisa County, Virginia 1766-1715" compiled by Kathleen > Booth Williams, C. J. Carrier Co., Harrisonburg, VA, 1977 publisher > "Marriages of Louisa Co., VA 1815-1861" compiled by William H. > Kiblinger > and Janice L. Abercrombie, Central Virginia Newspapers, Inc., Orange, VA, > 1989. > The 1815-1861 book is available through the Louisa County Historical > Society. > As to what information can be found in a marriage bond - it varies. > The > earlier ones sometimes have the name of one parent but not necessarily. > It > will have the name of one or two sureties. Sometimes the actual date of > the > marriage is given. Later some bonds begin to give more information such > as > the name of one parent, name of the minister. Of course the date of the > bond is given. > Even later say after 1867 the occupation of the groom is given, both > parties place of residence and place of birth as well as the names of > parents. > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > VALOUISA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message