The Twelve Days of Christmas - Day 2

Original post date: 26 Dec 2016



"The second day of Christmas my true love sent to me
two turtle doves..."

Burmese Red Turtle Dove

Turtle Doves are one of the few in the animal kingdom that mate for life. They are emblems of love and faithfulness.


My gift to you this second day of Christmas is...

                      ...registers and indexes of Marriage Licenses. Let's hope these couples did indeed wed and had a long, lasting, happy marriage!




Register of marriage licenses granted, South Carolina Dec 1765 to Aug 1766

Liste de licenses de mariages émises pour le Haute Canada et Bas Canada - at LAC

List of marriage licenses issued in Upper and Lower Canada - at LAC

Hampshire allegations for marriage licenses granted by the Bishop of Winchester 

Henry County - Marriage license bonds, VA 1913

Abstracts of marriage license bonds York County, USA (from William & Mary Quarterly)

Marriage licenses and bonds as recorded in William and Mary Quarterly

Wright County, MO - marriage license records as published in Hartville newspapers

Index to Green County, PA marriage record books 1885-1929

Marriage records, Marion County, IN: Minister's returns for the Board of Health reported to the clerk, Indianapolis, IN 1929-1944

Names of persons for whom marriage licenses were issued by the secretary of the proince of New York, previous to 1784

New York marriage licenses; originals in the archives of the NY Historical Society

Supplementary list of marriage licenses, NY

Abstracts of Leicestershire marriage licenses and bonds

Index to the marriage license bonds of the diocese of Cork and Ross, Ireland, for the years from 1628-1750

Leicestershire marriage licenses, being abstracts of the bonds and allegations for marriage licences,1570-1729

Allegations for marriage licenses issued by the vicar-general of the Archbishop of Canterbury

Explanation of marriage allegations and bonds