Please forgive me..it was late last night when I type that info. I intended
to type the names down tonight but I had company. Please give me a couple of
days and I will continue, the list is 3 pages long and I will have to do it
as time permit. Hopefully I will have it all done for everyone over the
weekend. I apologize for getting behind.
Carol Jo
----- Original Message -----
From: <bass103(a)juno.com>
To: <INCLAY-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2000 10:23 PM
Subject: Re: marriage affadavits--WHERE?
I wondered that myself.
On Wed, 29 Mar 2000 19:16:30 -0500 "Rachel Ellis" <rellis(a)ncci.net>
writes:
>Where is the "below is a list of affidavits sttesting to Clay County
>Marriages"?
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Carol <cjbishop(a)marlownet.net>
>To: <INCLAY-L(a)rootsweb.com>
>Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2000 12:42 AM
>Subject: marriage affadavits
>
>
>> Marriage Affidavits, Clay County, Indiana, to 1852
>> Compiled and edited by Carolynne Wendel
>> Published below is a list of affidavits attesting to Clay County
>marriages that took place before or during 1852. After the original
>marriage
>records were destroyed in the courthouse fire on November 30,1851,Clay
>County marriages prior to that time were re-recorded by affidavit.
>Since a
>marriage could not be recorded unless the persons involved arranged
>for it,
>the list published here undoubtedly does not include all Clay County
>marriages that occurred by 1852. The original affidavits are recorded
>in a
>volume at the County Clerk's Office, Brazil, Indiana. The list given
>here
>was compiled from a microfilm copy of the affidavits which is filed at
>the
>Genealogy Division,Indiana State Library,Indianapolis.
>> 1.Dates preceded by "lic." refer to the day the marriage license was
>issued. All other dates given are the day of marriage. Page numbers
>refer to
>the page on which the affidavit appears in the Clay County record book
>in
>which it is recorded.
>> 2.In some of the affidavits, thedate of the marriage license or of
>the
>marriage is given as "on or about" a certain day. In the compilation
>printed
>here, each of these doubtful dates is marked by a dagger. (note: I
>will use
>the + sign).
>>
>>
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