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Author: HoosieratHeartPatti
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Check again the Vigo County Marriage Record website as there are several listings for John
W. McCarty. The 1905 Marriage Record is listed twice - each with a different last name
for his bride and her first name spelled differently. However, one of those records
consists of 3 pages and indicates that John W. McCarty, age 68, physician, was born in
Ohio. His father is listed as Daniel and his mother as Mary Ann Pettel (sp?). For his
number of marriages, it says "4." For bride's number of marriages, it says
"3." I imagine you could use the library website to see if last name of bride -
MOORE or COX would give you clues about prior marriages for her.
As a helpful tip, I only type in LAST NAME of either groom or bride (don't type in
both last names) and let the website pull up a total listing.
It's a great website for information but sometimes not totally accurate from an
original standpoint or through later transcription. I'll contact the Vigo County
Library "Special Collections" Dept. and bring this particular Marriage Record to
their attention and maybe they'll combine the two records under one listing??? But
since the bride is shown with two different last names, don't know if they'll put
under only one name or just what.....confusing.
Wish I knew of other library websites for my ancestors that contained the actual Marriage
Records.
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