Before there was a marriage certificate, there might have been three public announcements telling an entire congregation that a marriage was about to take place. Those announcements—the marriage banns—may survive even when the marriage record you are searching for does not. Introduction Marriage banns were public announcements of an intended marriage, traditionally made in a […]
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We usually use an ancestor’s age to estimate a birth year. But sometimes the more revealing clue is how that age compares with everyone else’s. Age gaps between spouses, children, siblings, and other household members can point toward second marriages, stepchildren, missing children, incorrect relationships—and even an entire missing generation. Age is one of the […]
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That unrelated “boarder” living with your ancestor may not have been unrelated at all. Boarders, lodgers, and roomers can turn out to be cousins, future spouses, coworkers, migration companions, or newly arrived relatives—and the person who looks least important in the household may provide the clue that connects the family. When genealogists examine a census […]