My experience agrees with Ron's observation that banns are proclaimed/published/called in BOTH parishes under normal circumstances.
And given the British usage of "book" to mean "reserve" I've been assuming all along that was the date someone made the arrangements to use the church or the priest for the ceremony. FWIW. Cheryl Kathy Thompson wrote: > Thing is though that the "Booked In" is in the Parish of > Findo Gask, while the 3 Banns are in the Parish of Madderty, > some 7 or 8 miles away, yet both parishes obviously record > the same couple. > > > On 23 October 2013 19:57, Ron Ferguson > <ronfergy....@tiscali.co.uk > <mailto:ronfergy....@tiscali.co.uk>> wrote: > > Kathy, > > I do not know the meaning of "booked in" either, it may > simply mean that the church involved had been booked for > the marriage - hence the charity donation. > > It would not mean banns (that's proclamation) and since > there is a proclamation after that date it cannot mean > marriage (which would be held after the proclamations > had been completed). > > Ron Ferguson > http://www.fergys.co.uk/ > > > Kathy Thompson <kmthoms...@gmail.com > <mailto:kmthoms...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > The couple did not divorce and remarry Sherry. > I have a modern case of marriage, divorce, remarriage, > and those dates were many years apart. > The case I'm discussing at the moment is very much > within a month's time frame, and after help from others > privately and much further examination of the > documentation, the Madderty documentation appears to > show the calling of three banns in one parish > (proclamations), while the Findo Gask shows a "booked > in" between the 1st and 2nd banns calling. > As such, I know I can put the 3 banns as "Marriage > Banns", but since I don't yet know what "Booked In" > means, I have no clue if this is a Banns or a Marriage. > Added to this, the Madderty parish has no further record > of the couple with a notation of marriage, and so I > suspect the third banns has declared them married, but > is this the "married date" or not? > Still puzzled how best to record the four dates across > the two parishes though. > > > > On 22 October 2013 00:01, Sherry/Support > <she...@legacyfamilytree.com > <mailto:she...@legacyfamilytree.com>> wrote: > > If the couple divorced and remarried, just add a > second marriage - > it's as simple as that. You "end" the first marriage > and then add the > second marriage with the new date. You can add a > marriage note in the > second marriage about the reason why they remarried. > I don't think a > note is necessary for the first marriage, unless you > want to write > something about that specifically and why they divorced. > > I have a contemporary situation where the kids > decided for some reason > that they didn't want anyone to know about their > real wedding date and > wanted a fancier public wedding a year later and > wanted the second one > to be the known and celebrated date. I put the first > wedding in and > marked it as Private with a note that this was the > registered marriage > and they "publicized" and celebrated the second > marriage, which, > although was a real marriage, wasn't registered with > the state. > > > Sincerely, > Sherry > Technical Support > Legacy Family Tree > > > On Sun, Oct 20, 2013 at 9:00 PM, Lavern Hall > <lavernh...@gmail.com <mailto:lavernh...@gmail.com>> > wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I have an uncle who eloped and was married > out-of-state by a Justice of the > > Peace. A few years later, he and his wife were > married in church. Both > > marriages are legal, only one of course, was a > religious ceremony. > > > > In addition, there is another couple in the > family who had two > > marriages--one was held here in the home parish > of the bride, the other was > > held in another country in the parish of the groom. > > > > I'd like to hear how others have made entries > into Legacy to cover two > > marriages for the same couple? > > > > Thanks, > > Lavern Hall Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
