From: myths@ic24.net   
      
   On Sat, 28 May 2022 13:40:11 +0100, Jenny M Benson   
    wrote:   
      
   >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?   
      
   It's probably not relevant, but I heard of a wedding in the early   
   1960s in an RC church with the Registrar present.  Just before the   
   start, the couple, the priest and the Registrar went to the vestry to   
   discuiss the fact that the residence requiremenmt (three weeks) had   
   not been satisfied - another few days were needed.  With a large   
   congregation in the church and a large meal waiting in a local hotel,   
   the Registrar eventually agreed that the church service could go ahead   
   on the understanding the couple would attend the Registry Office the   
   next week for a civil ceremony, the priest managing to give the   
   Registrar sufficient confidence that he (the priest) would see that   
   they did.   
      
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