In a message dated 11/3/01 7:17:31 PM Eastern Standard Time,
walk3585@cinci.rr.com writes:
I just read in a magazine that in the 19th century, the people getting
married had marriage contracts and they provide quite a bit of information
on the family. Does anyone on the list know about these contracts, and if
so, where to write for a copy. I am interested in the Hannover area. Thank
you in advance for any help.
Marion,
I don't know where one would write for a copy of these contracts, but I do
know they existed because I have the original one for my great-great
grandfather & grandmother, which was written in 1831. It is in the old
script, and there's a hole (from where it was creased for over a century and
a half) precisely where I suspect the most pertinent information would be (of
course!). This particular contract was with documents my family kept through
all the generations, so I don't have a clue where one would begin to look
except to say that this one seemed to be filed with a government office, not
with a church.
Laura