There was no waiting period in Maryland and if the couple was "too young" who was to know there. A lot of times it was easier to travel there then to say their own county seat too - was closer. Karen -----Original Message----- From: wvhardy-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:wvhardy-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Annette Miner Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2006 12:42 PM To: wvhardy@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [WVHARDY] Marriage books? I had ancestors that (family history says - no documentation) were married in Cumberland, Maryland - even though they were living in Moorefield at the time. This would have been in 1817...I can't believe blood tests were required then. I've always wondered why they just didn't get married locally. Annette ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cindi Kesner" <ladybug56@cox.net> To: <wvhardy@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2006 1:10 PM Subject: Re: [WVHARDY] Marriage books? >I found out that a lot of people that lived in Moorefield and the > surrounding small towns actually went to Cumberland, Maryland to get > married > because they didn't need to get a blood test. That was the case for my > parents and my grandparents. > I hope this information may help someone. > > Cindi K > > "Attitude Determines Altitude" > -----Original Message----- > From: wvhardy-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:wvhardy-bounces@rootsweb.com] > On > Behalf Of 1930Sue Dietz > Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2006 2:10 PM > To: wvhardy@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [WVHARDY] Marriage books? > > the court house at moorefield has early marriage records but not certain > that early. also births, etc. and hardy was virginia until after civil > war. have you tried the west va. culture site for records? good source. > there are abstracts of wills and believe marriages in the" history of > hardy > and grant co." s > > >>From: <rosebud4242@peoplepc.com> >>Reply-To: wvhardy@rootsweb.com >>To: <WVHARDY@rootsweb.com> >>Subject: [WVHARDY] Marriage books? >>Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2006 17:44:31 -0700 >> >>Can anyone tell me if there were marriage records kept as early as 1806 in >>Hardy Co? >>Rose >> >>------------------------------- >>To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>WVHARDY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>quotes > >>in the subject and the body of the message > > _________________________________________________________________ > Try the new Live Search today! > http://imagine-windowslive.com/minisites/searchlaunch/?locale=en-us&FORM=WLM > TAG > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > WVHARDY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > WVHARDY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WVHARDY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message