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From: "Daniel Morgan" <>
Subject: Re: Longest marriage celebrated tomorrow
Date: 2 Jun 2005 15:02:43 -0700
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singhals wrote:
> Well, since one of the states in the American Deep South didn't even
> begin marking civil marriage records until about 1930 ... it's certainly
> not a lead-pipe cinch. Most of the other states in the Deep South were
> recording marriages by 1900.

This is drifting a bit OT, but ... Which state didn't have civil
registration until about 1930? This surprises me, unless you mean that
pre-1930 marriages were registered by counties, with no requirement to
report them to the state.

The expression on my face is surprise and interest, not disbelief. :-)

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