The "signers" are actually the bondsmen or sureties. USUALLY one represented the brides interests and one represented the grooms interests. They were USUALLY family members but no always. Nedra At 08:37 AM 5/31/2003 -0600, you wrote: >Barb, >Here's what I found. > >First line is bride and groom >Second line is date of marriage return; minister, page in County Clerk's >Marriage Register. >NDA no marriage date available >Third line, date of marriage bond and signers' names >Last line, any other information found > >1. WIMER, George md. Martha Lawrence >NDA >9 Jan 1845; George Wimer; Zebulon D. Hollen Nedra Dickman Brill, Certified Genealogist [email protected] Registrar, Oregon State Society DAR Historian, Henckel Family National Association Coordinator Pendleton County, WV, [email protected] CG is a service mark of the Board for Certification of Genealogists, used under license after periodic evaluations by the Board. http://www.bcgcertification.org/