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From: "Sandra" <>
Subject: Re: [CHS] age on Marraige Certificate
Date: Sun, 3 Sep 2000 10:08:31 -0300


The way I understand it, "full age" means that they were at least the age
of majority, which I presume was 21. It's not much but it does rule out 21
years of searching :)

Sandra



>I would love to hear the answer to this question as well, as I too was
>disappointed to see "full" in the age column on one of my certificates was
>also hoping to search for a birth record!! Now what?? Thanks.
>Tracy in a wet Toronto Ontario Canada
>
>
>
>>From: "Philip Jones" <>
>>To:
>>Subject: [CHS] age on Marraige Certificate
>>Date: Sun, 3 Sep 2000 07:42:38 +0100
>>
>>Hi all,
>>
>>I have recently received two marraige certificates, both from 1843, upon
>>which, the age column is filled in with "of full age". What a
>>dissapointment
>>as I hoped to them go searching for their births in the appropriate year
of
>>the Parish Registers.
>>
>>Can anyone suggest why the actual ages would not be filled in - and
whether
>>it is possibly to guess an age range for this particular statement.
>>
>>Philip Jones
>>
>>
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