I wonder if the church warden got the books out and filled in the preliminary details, the witnesses signed where necessary and then all parties and the vicar dashed off, leaving the books for the church warden to eventually put them away. (When my friend was church warden she used to get out the relevant register and then, after the event, she went back to the church to put it back in the safe and lock up. Once we became part of a group of churches, the vicar didn't have a key for the safe - if s/he personally needed to access it, then s/he contacted one of the wardens and borrowed a key.)
JanetinYorkshire
Genealogists never die - they just swap places in the family tree
What a shame that you don't even know the month of the marriage, I did wonder what was on the next page and thought it likely to be a big gap for such a small place, and was very sceptical on the FMP transcription
At least they have really looked into it - so nothing more you can do, how annoying.
I just keep thinking of Father Ted (I know RC - but even so)
I just keep thinking of Father Ted (I know RC - but even so)
You and me both Carolyn - I always think of Graham Greeneās whisky priests and Father Ted when I see some of the slipshod parish register entries for some of my Donegal ancestors.
Researching: HOEY(Fermanagh, other Ulster counties and Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada) BANNIGAN and FOX (Ballyshannon, Donegal, Ireland and Portland, Maine, USA) REYNOLDS,McSHEA, PATTERSONandGOAN(Corker and Creevy, Ballyshannon, Donegal, Ireland) DYER (Belfast and Ballymacarrett) SLEVIN and TIMONEY (Fermanagh) BARNETT (Ballagh, Tyrone and Strangford, Down)
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