tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527613590529958801.post5310370670882568923..comments2024-03-21T19:08:05.737-07:00Comments on Genealogy's Star: What about missing marriage records?James Tannerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02989059644120454647noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527613590529958801.post-18681900008980293362017-09-16T21:00:52.415-07:002017-09-16T21:00:52.415-07:00I have indicated that I intend to keep writing on ...I have indicated that I intend to keep writing on this issue. James Tannerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02989059644120454647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527613590529958801.post-47278739523841544542017-09-16T21:00:03.729-07:002017-09-16T21:00:03.729-07:00Since I have no idea what the presenter said in th...Since I have no idea what the presenter said in the class at the BYU Conference, I cannot address that issue, but Scotland did have a practice known as marriage by habit and repute. England abolished clandestine or common-law marriages in the Marriage Act 1753. The Marriage Act of 1753 applied to Ireland after the Act of Union in 1800. If the presenter indicated that common law marriages were allowed in either Scotland or Ireland, then I would have to disagree. James Tannerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02989059644120454647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527613590529958801.post-69119471663088885572017-09-16T17:04:53.350-07:002017-09-16T17:04:53.350-07:00Check out Jane Austen's "Sense and Sensib...Check out Jane Austen's "Sense and Sensibility" and other works that deal with this issue. Fun reading and informative. Also, in a BYU Gen Conference in one class, the leader said that many couples in either Ireland or Scotland just lived together and were considered married during a certain period of time. Right?Cathy Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10461484882494138496noreply@blogger.com