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Subject: Re: NYBROOKLYN-D Digest V04 #341
Date: Mon, 9 Aug 2004 10:01:49 EDT


You can't get MD vital records as easily as other places. Luckily, my
research is in NY even though I live in Baltimore. I've been here since 1947 and am
still considered an out-of-towner.
http://mdpublichealth.org/vsa/html/marriage.html

Marcia


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Hi All,

Ah me!, That would be Elkton Maryland........Register at the nearest
Motel.....Go into town, find a justice of the peace and Bingo.....No waiting
period or blood tests. It was a very popular place, and perfectly legal. Of
course over time the laws changed and now it's not done., but way back
then....especially on Mondays, Guys and gals would get carried away on a
Saturday nite date, drive to Md. stay over Sunday and married on
Monday.....As to records, I'm sure they wound up in the Maryland marriage
records dep.t, I do not know how to get them.
DEL
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Subject: [Bklyn] Elopement


> Hi
>
> Would appreciate some help, if possible.
>
> My Aunt and Uncle eloped in 1943 from Queens before he went into the army
to
> Maryland. Was there a town/city that was a popular marriage spot right
over
> the border or Justice of the Peace that anyone on list would know about.
>
> I am trying to find her marriage record. She doesn't remember where my
Uncle
> drove to and he is dead now. Would a record of their marriage be recorded
> anywhere. Would they have needed a license to marry from NY regardless of
> marrying in Maryland? Not sure if they went there because you didn't have
to wait
> 3 days to marry or because you didn't need a license and could just get
> married instantly.
>
> Hope someone can lead me in right direction....I know she would be
thrilled
> to have her marriage record found. She tried but didn't know how to go
about
> it correctly and either do I.
>
> Thanks
> Marie

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