"In addition to baptisms, marriages, & burials, some
parish registers include records of the reading of
banns prior to marriage. Banns had to be read out in
the parish churches of both the bride and groom on
three Sundays prior to the wedding. This was to give
the parishioners the opportunity to object to any
potentially bigamous marriages. Banns are very useful
in determining what parish the groom came from if from
a different parish than the bride. Marriages were
usually performed in the bride's parish."
You will find many similar definitions; this
particular one came from
http://www.oz.net/~markhow/uksearch.htm
Kathy
--- Donwy(a)aol.com wrote:
Anyone know of the meaning of Bann's.?? as a place
or church or some thing?
having to do with Aberystruth and a wedding in 1828?
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