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Ancestry/Genealogy

wnylib

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3. Yeah, after considerable searching

Reply to OnDoutside (Reply #2)

Sun Feb 28, 2021, 10:00 AM

Feb 2021

in every possible location, my aunt and I concluded that one set of my great-great grandparents never did marry. They had 3 children, then split up (no divorce record), and each went on to a different partner (again, no marriage record).

Explains why my great-grandfather had his mother's maiden name.

Shacking-up in the 19th century! Wonder why they never made it legal.

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US Marriage registration records, how to find what they contain ? [View all] OnDoutside Feb 2021 OP

Not on point to your inquiry, but marriage records gave me invaluable information. no_hypocrisy Feb 2021 #1

That IS a cool story ! Every family needs (and probably has) some story like that :) Actually re OP OnDoutside Feb 2021 #2

Yeah, after considerable searching wnylib Feb 2021 #3

I wonder would be that there were so many people flooding into an area, that a couple could just say OnDoutside Feb 2021 #4

They had a small farm in northwestern PA. wnylib Feb 2021 #5