I have been lucky enough to find the marriage records for my great grandparents on line.
The book that contains these records is at Wareham , Massachusetts. There are two entries- one that contains the date they filed their intent to marry and the other the date they actually married and who married them- what a find! I am ecstatic!
1:270 Bump, Edward Wareham Benson, Maria Middleborough m. 24-Nov 1748 Israel Fearing Esq.1:272
Bump, Edward Wareham Benson, Meriah Middleborough int. 09-Apr 1748
Note the differences in the spelling of her name- I have seen it spelled Mariah on more than one document- so I am assuming that the correct way is Mariah. Such a pretty name- if onlyI could travel time back in time to meet them!
Deb, you're so right! Wouldn't it be so fun to have a time machine or at least a way to peek back into time? I would love to gaze at even the most ordinary things from long ago -- even the inside of a turn-of-the-century general store would be heavenly to see!
ReplyDeleteIt would be great! There are so many things I would want to see!
ReplyDeleteWhat a find Deb, it's great when we find info about our ancestors.....
ReplyDeleteI have a full subscription to ancestry.com and there are great USA records on there eg. census, social security death index, immigration/emigration, some BMD, military, etc. Obviously some records are not on there but I have found great details for some of my ancestors who emigrated to the US. If you want me to look anything up for you please contact me through my email.....Hugs Chrissy xx
Hi Chrissy- You have such wonderful information about your ancestors on your blog! I may take you up on the look ups as I do have many ancestors from England- thanks!
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