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   Jenny M Benson to All   
   2 Weddings - 1 marriage   
   28 May 22 13:40:11   
   
   From: NemoNews@hotmail.co.uk   
      
   On FreeBMD I found 2 entries for the marriage of cousin of mine in 1929.   
     All the details are the same except for the page numbers.  I have   
   looked at the image and they are entered as 795 & 837.   
      
   I then turned to the Lancashire BMD site and again there are 2 entries   
   for the marriage, one at the Parish Church and one "Register Office or   
   Registrar Attended."   
      
   I know it is not that unusual for a couple to have a Civil Ceremony and   
   some sort of religious marriage service or blessing of the union, but I   
   haven't before come across 2 separate entries in the Register.  Why   
   would this be so?  Could it be that the first wedding was at the Church   
   and something not done correctly (according to civil law) so it had to   
   be "corrected" at the Register Office?   
      
   --   
   Jenny M Benson   
   Wrexham, UK   
      
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