Definition of marriage notice
An example: For Marjorie Tennent ID GWLG-69W under sources I put a citation from the British Newspaper Archive, Family Notices which gives the marriage date (13 March 1940), event type as Marriage Notice, event date (13 March 1940), and the event place as being Plymouth. From my mother's collection of newspaper clippings I have the marriage being held in a church in Scotland on 13 March 1940 (there are several newspapers clippings, good descriptions, and photographs). The names all tie up. The dates concur but not the location. Is there any explanation for this? A newspaper error? What is a marriage notice - just a notification of an event but not necessarily the actual location which doesn't seem to be logical. In the light of the newspaper clippings should I delete the source document. Any help gratefully received.
Kind regards
JohnBromby
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I have just had to delete my previous response to your query, as I discovered what has really happened here!
Initially, I could only find references to the marriage on the BNA website to found in the newspapers of Coatbridge (Lanarkshire), but that was by making Marjorie Tennent the subject of my search. However, upon taking a closer look at the FamilySearch source (which you have attached to her profile) I noticed the Citation reference contains the wording:
"Entry for Richard James Barton and D I Barton, Major, 13 March 1940."
I then carried out a search on Richard James Barton on the BNA website, using Western Morning News (a Plymouth, Devon publication) in the Publication field. Sure enough, this brings up the reference to the marriage taking place at Gartsherrie Parish church, Coatbridge. Richard's parents appear to be residents of North Cornwall, which is how the marriage notice got to be posted in a south west of England newspaper.
So, nothing wrong here - perhaps the Coatbridge newspaper references have yet to find their way from the BNA website to the FamilySearch database, or they are proving more difficult to find (in FamilySearch) than the one you have found.
On your actual point of the "Definition of marriage notice", the meaning is literally that. The "Notice" (when related to appearing in a newspaper) will always have an "Event place" relating to the place of the paper's publication, rather than where the marriage took place (or was due to take place, if placed in advance of the marriage event).
Just to confuse matters, I have seen FamilySearch indexed records appear under the heading of "Marriage Notice" when the record has related to a Marriage LICENCE. In the same way, that will not always mention the actual place where the marriage was due to take place (the same with Banns records) as the document might have been issued (or entry recorded) far away from where the marriage later took place.
If you think the situation you are referencing will cause confusion, you can always add a note against the source (under "Reason this source is attached") explaining why a marriage that took place in Scotland has any connection with Plymouth, Devon (as the "Event Place").
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Hello Paul, awesome. A sincere thank you for your detailed reply and time spent. Not only does it solve that particular issue but also helps in understanding and resolving similar cases.
I will now update the details. I confess that I initially just added names but now have spent time in cataloging my mothers notes and clippings on the Tennent and these will be slowly added to my tree.
Once again thank you for your input.
JohnBromby
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