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From: "Janet" <>
Subject: Re: [ABERDEEN] Scotland's People.
Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2008 11:59:00 -0000
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I've been watching this thread that I started and thank those who have replied. I have a marriage date on a birth record, but Scotland's People doesn't have the certificate of marriage. I gave the specific date and where I found the date, and got a reply from Scotland's People that they don't help with searches. That wasn't my problem, and then they said, and I quote:

If you think a record has been missed out however then please contact GROS
as we cannot check that as we do not hold those original records -
http://www.gro-scotland.gov.uk.

I wondered if it had anything to do with the religion of the happy couple?

Janet

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Louise Park" <>
>
> It may be that some people went through a ceremony but never legally got
> married as such, and eventually became married using the "habit and
> repute" method, or, of course, married by declaration before a Sherriff
> (I have no idea if there were any fees for this) - thus avoiding the fines.
>
> Louise


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