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Marriage license, marriage bonds, and banns
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Mike Poston <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 18 Jan 2008 17:47:22 -0500
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A colleague asks:

"After 1860, could you avoid paying for a marriage license by having the 
banns called (assuming your church called banns)?  I can't say that I've 
ever seen the question addressed, but my impression is that Virginia 
REQUIRED a license once they quit doing the bonds."

My initial reaction was that publishing/crying the banns was quite 
separate from the civil requirements for marriage (license/marriage 
bonds/or what-have-you), but I simply don't know. Any thoughts?

Mike Poston
Rockville, Maryland

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