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While the forms of the marriage certificate change, the gathered information is very much the same on each form. There are many pieces of handwritten paper that provide the information but are not in printed form – some give more family data than others. Forms ask for names, residences, occupation, age, parents’ name, where and when the marriage intention was published, the location of the wedding, the person presiding at the wedding, the number of previous marriages and the date of the wedding. The person presiding at the wedding probably indicates the religious background or the nearest person legally allowed to preform the wedding. Interesting to see which home town they choose to marry in or if another town is chosen. The information provided is usually accurate since it uses more recent knowledge and is given by the participants. This set of marriage certificates start in 1851 and ends in 1925.
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Document identity
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mp48wd00g
label
Wayland marriages, 1785-1933 (individual certificates)
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document
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1
Source metadata
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mp48wd00g
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document
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normalized
title
Wayland marriages, 1785-1933 (individual certificates)
description
While the forms of the marriage certificate change, the gathered information is very much the same on each form. There are many pieces of handwritten paper that provide the information but are not in printed form – some give more family data than others. Forms ask for names, residences, occupation, age, parents’ name, where and when the marriage intention was published, the location of the wedding, the person presiding at the wedding, the number of previous marriages and the date of the wedding. The person presiding at the wedding probably indicates the religious background or the nearest person legally allowed to preform the wedding. Interesting to see which home town they choose to marry in or if another town is chosen. The information provided is usually accurate since it uses more recent knowledge and is given by the participants. This set of marriage certificates start in 1851 and ends in 1925.
date
["1785–1933"]
year
1785
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
10-10
institution
Wayland Town Clerk
collections
Wayland Massachusetts Historical Town Records (AKA Sudbury, Massachusetts (1638-1780), East Sudbury, Massachusetts (1780-1835), & Cochituate Massachusetts (1848 to date))
subjects
Vital records
Genealogy
History
History--Sources
Marriage
subjectsGeographic
Massachusetts
Middlesex (county)
North and Central America
United States
Wayland
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Books
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Text
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United States
state
Massachusetts
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Middlesex
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Wayland
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1
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import
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1 item (1519 pages)
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no
Source extras
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bc386m938
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bc386m94j
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42.35
schema:longitude
-71.35
notes
Title supplied by cataloger.
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mp48wd00g
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document
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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