Before some couples could marry, someone had to put money on the line. A marriage bond was a financial guarantee that there was no legal reason the marriage should not take place—and the person signing that bond may provide an unexpected clue about the bride, groom, or their families. Introduction A marriage bond was a […]
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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