How interesting! My grandparents who lived in Preston County were married in Oakland Maryland in 1879. If your ancestors were married in Garrett County in 1872-1886, they may be listed at: http://midatlantic.rootsweb.com/MD/garrett/ ----- Original Message ----- From: <Tiggerpunt@aol.com> To: <WVPRESTO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2001 11:01 AM Subject: [WV Preston County] Prestonians marrying in Oakland MD > If any of you are looking for the records of the marriage license of your > ancestors who you thought may have been married in Preston county, but > haven't found them yet, Check out the Garrett Co Md Court house. > Oakland Maryland was and probably still is the marriage capital of the East > Coast and Preston Co WV. There was not a 3 day waiting period or blood test > in the early times, With money be in short supply, most weddings in Preston > Co and the Northern part of WV were performed in Oakland. After 2 years of > searching, I found my grandparents were married in Oakland in 1927. The > record records the names of the bride and groom, their ages, the towns in > which they lived and the name of the minister. It did not list the parents > names. > The B&O train went from various stops in preston co to Oakland. Among them > were Masontown, Kingwood, Tunnelton, Newburg, Rowlesburg and of course Terra > Alta and Aurora. > > > ==== WVPRESTO Mailing List ==== > Social Security Death Index Interactive Search > http://ssdi.genealogy.rootsweb.com/ > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >