Scottish Banns & Marriage Certs Help!

[Algall]

Can anyone help explain the Scottish banns and marriage certificates for c1841.
I was looking for a marriage extract in the OPRs and found 2 entries for the same couple.
The first I think is the proclamation of banns for the bride read in her parish (Bothkennar) on 19/02/1841 and the second on 01/03/1841 in Dunipace states "John Leget in the parish and Agnes McKay in the parish of Bothkennar were proclaimed in order to marriage and no objections offered they got a certificate thereof"
Is this the reading of the bans or is this the closest I will get to a marriage certificate?
Algall

[Little Nell]

Prior to Civil registration beginning in 1855, in the parish registers you may well find two entries for the same couple.  This is the proclamations, roughly the equivalent of the banns being read in England and Wales.  They took place in the home parishes of the bride and the groom if they lived in different parishes. 

Sometimes this is the only indication of a marriage - the marriage ceremony itself may not have been recorded.

Nell

[Maggie1895]

Nell,
I wondered if that was the reason for the double banns, thanks for confirming it.
Algall, if your couple married in 1841 there is a slim chance they may still had children on or after 1855 - families were often large and spread over a fair period of time.   
If they did, the child's birth certificate, which you can see on Scotland's People, will often show the exact date of the parent's marriage just below the M.S. (maiden surname) of mother.
Just a thought, but it's come up for me more than once,
Maggie

[MonicaL]

Just as a research note  Information on parents' marriage and place was introduced sometime after 1862ish on Scottish birth certs...and mighty useful this is for research 

Monica

[MonicaL]

Checking IGI for children of John and Agnes, can't see any entry for children after the birth of their fourth child, John, in 1849 in Dunipace 

Monica

[Ninatoo]

And don't forget the brilliant 1855 birth marriage and death certificates as they hold the most detailed information of the lot!