Lean,
Thank you for this information, It has explain a lot
Charlotte
Lena Carlson wrote:
The state of Indiana did not require any information
for a marriage license other than the name of the
bride and the groom (and a guardian if either wasn't
of legal age- although they didn't always require
that) until 1882. From 1882 until the early 1900's,
the information that was newly required (parents
names, and bride and grooms ages, birth places, places
of residence) were kept in a seperate books (in most
counties they were just called "marriage
supplements"). Unfortunately Cass County has "lost"
their marriage supplements. I don't know if that is
true or if the person who was helping me that day just
didn't know about them and didn't want to take the
time to find out (unlikely because they were pretty
helpful there if I remember correctly). But the long
and short of it is that Cass County doesn't have
marriage licenses listing the parents until about
1906-ish (not sure on the exact date those start).
So basically, no you probably won't find parent
information on the 1873 marriage unless one of them
was under 18 and a parent signed permission BUT it
won't say anything about the persons relationship to
the bride or groom so you can't use that as proof that
so and so was their father or mother. Parent
information may also be found in a will record (I
leave my tableclothes to Mrs. Joe Brown, my daughter)
or in death records. Also if the person preceded their
parents in death you might find an obit saying Mrs.
Joe Brown... daughter of James and Jenny Smith, died
blah blah.
How's that for a long, complicated answer to a short,
simple question? :)
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