RE: [h-cost] Another Historical Wedding Question

2007-12-20 Thread Sharon Collier
Would it be the same as marriage by proxy? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2007 3:23 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [h-cost] Another Historical Wedding Question Hello! I am doing some

Re: [h-cost] Another Historical Wedding Question

2007-12-20 Thread Jean Waddie
I've never come across Marriage by Correspondence. But I'm shocked to find they abolished marriage by custom and repute - they kept that quiet! Another unique little quirk of Scots law wiped out, sniff! Jean [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello! I am doing some digging around for rules

RE: [h-cost] Another Historical Wedding Question

2007-12-20 Thread costumeraz
To: Historical Costume Subject: Re: [h-cost] Another Historical Wedding Question I've never come across Marriage by Correspondence. But I'm shocked to find they abolished marriage by custom and repute - they kept that quiet! Another unique little quirk of Scots law wiped out, sniff! Jean

Re: [h-cost] Another Historical Wedding Question

2007-12-20 Thread Vicki Betts
Here's an American marriage by telegraph! SAVANNAH [GA] REPUBLICAN, February 21, 1863, p. 1, c. 3 Marrying by Telegraph.--On the 6th of February, a marriage ceremony was performed by the Rev. Wm. Carr, chaplain of the 4th regiment N. Y. S. V., under rather novel circumstances,

Re: [h-cost] Another Historical Wedding Question

2007-12-20 Thread Sharon L. Krossa
At 6:23 PM -0500 12/19/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am doing some digging around for rules concerning types of marriage in the British Empire in the 1870's. A Google search for British Common Law Marriage got me a Wikipedia entry that had a reference that mentions Marriage By Correspondence

[h-cost] Another Historical Wedding Question

2007-12-19 Thread CC2010Milw
Hello! I am doing some digging around for rules concerning types of marriage in the British Empire in the 1870's. A Google search for British Common Law Marriage got me a Wikipedia entry that had a reference that mentions Marriage By Correspondence