Scottish Record Office

[TerriG]

Whilst we're on the subject of Scottish marriages (sorry to hijack your topic Ian).  Would I be able to get a copy of a marriage licence (Catholic) from 1962 and, if so, what information would it contain?

[Forfarian]

You would be able to get a copy of the Extract of Marriage (commonly referred to as the marriage certificate) but you would have to order a copy as it's after the cut-off date for viewing online. The religious denomination makes no difference.

As for the information contained, see http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/content/help/index.aspx?r=554&628

I do not know anything about marriage licences. Not even whether or not they formed part of the process of marriage in Scotland in 1962.

[TerriG]

Thanks Forfarian.  I've seen the marriage certificate, but I know that my grandad & his fiancée had to get a licence, presumably because the bride wasn't Catholic.

[Forfarian]

Thanks Forfarian.  I've seen the marriage certificate, but I know that my grandad & his fiancée had to get a licence, presumably because the bride wasn't Catholic.

That, then, must have been something to do with the internal procedures of the RC church, nothing to do with civil registration, and unlikely to be in the National Records of Scotland. You presumably know from the Extract of Marriage the name of the priest who performed the ceremony, and which church he was incumbent at. Try asking the office of whichever RC diocese that church is in.

[TerriG]

Thanks, I'll look into that.