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Offline ThrelfallYorky

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Re: Marriage, proof when remarrying in 1920
« Reply #9 on: Monday 28 September 15 13:33 BST (UK) »
It would make a bit of a muddle in some family trees, I suspect, and change their shapes somewhat, if that'd been around in the early 1900s.
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Re: Marriage
« Reply #10 on: Tuesday 29 September 15 08:37 BST (UK) »
Quote from: stanmapstone on Friday 25 September 15 08:38 BST (UK)
There was no requirement to prove anything, that is the reason for banns in a church, and the marriage book in a Register Office so that the details are available to the public so that any objections to the legality of the proposed marriage can be made.  The system is 'informant' driven, that is the minister or registrar accept what they are told.

Stan

So if you moved to an area where no-one knew you, you could get away with pretty much anything!

Until all the records are computerised and read as a whole, that is...  :)

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