I once asked the same question and was told that the waiting time was shorter to obtain a marriage license. -----Original Message----- From: CID at KID'S CORNER <cathez@teleport.com> To: WVHARRIS-L@rootsweb.com <WVHARRIS-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Tuesday, July 18, 2000 1:38 AM Subject: Re: [WVHARRIS] why marry in MD? >Funny, everyone is talking about something I have wonderedfor quite awhile. >On my great grandparents marriage certificate, which I have the original >hanging on my wall, it's huge, they also got married in Maryland. However >granny was 18 and gramps was 13 years older. I have always wondered also. In >grannies case it wasn't age I don't think unless the minn changed. Who knows >from then till now. ( Maybe they were on vacation. HA!HA!) >Cathy D >----- Original Message ----- >From: <KimCarLee@aol.com> >To: <WVHARRIS-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Monday, July 17, 2000 6:37 PM >Subject: Re: [WVHARRIS] why marry in MD? > > >> Maybe the laws were different, and maybe they had to get married and were >> underage. How old were they? When was their first child born? >> >> >> ==== WVHARRIS Mailing List ==== >> Obituary Archives [since 1995] >> http://www.rootsweb.com/~obituary/ >> >> ============================== >> Personalized Mailing Lists: never miss a connection again. >> http://pml.rootsweb.com/ >> Brought to you by RootsWeb.com. >> > > >==== WVHARRIS Mailing List ==== >Link for Harrison County Lookups: >http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvharris/lookups.htm > >============================== >Search ALL of RootsWeb's mailing lists in real time. >RootsWeb's Personalized Mailing Lists: >http://pml.rootsweb.com/ >