which date would you post in your records for a marriage, the civil record if it appears dated first or the church date if you have it? I’ve been told that parents did not consider their children married until it was done in the church and they were not allowed to live together until the church marriage. I would imagine there were couples who could not marry in the church but could have a civil marriage. What have other members of the group found?
which date would you post in your records for a marriage, the civil record if it appears dated first or the church date if you have it? I’ve been told that parents did not consider their children married until it was done in the church and they were not allowed to live together until the church marriage. I would imagine there were couples who could not marry in the church but could have a civil marriage. What have other members of the group found?
Linda in Everett
My mexican friends tell me that, no, they would not live together until after a church ceremony and that church marriages were not recognized as leagal by the government. Then somewhere I read that many times children were not baptized until later on when a priest could come to their town. I can imagine that this may have been true of marriages also. Just a thought. Anita
— On Sun, 1/4/09, longsjourney wrote:
> From: longsjourney
> Subject: [Nuestros Ranchos] civil and church marriages
> To: research@lists.nuestrosranchos.org
> Date: Sunday, January 4, 2009, 4:30 PM
> which date would you post in your records for a marriage,
> the civil record if it appears dated first or the church
> date if you have it? I’ve been told that parents did
> not consider their children married until it was done in the
> church and they were not allowed to live together until the
> church marriage. I would imagine there were couples who
> could not marry in the church but could have a civil
> marriage. What have other members of the group found?
>
> Linda in Everett
