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Instantly Buckled for Life: Scottish Marriage Records

“Suppose that young Jock and Jenny, say we two are husband and wife, the witnesses needn’t be many, they’re instantly buckled for life”.
Beyond church and civil marriages, historically there were many other ‘irregular’ ways that you could be legally married in Scotland that were not found within the other countries of the United Kingdom. Most of these forms were abolished from 1940, with another finally removed from the Scottish statute in 2006. For all of them, a celebrant was not required.
If you cannot find a marriage in the records, family historian Chris Paton will endeavour to explain why!

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Chris Paton

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Chris Paton is originally from Northern Ireland and is a Scottish based professional genealogist running the Scotland’s Greatest Story ancestral research service. A holder of a Postgraduate Diploma in Genealogical Studies, Chris has tutored for the University of Strathclyde’s postgraduate genealogical studies program and teaches online 

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