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Question: I am a bit puzzled I have a copy of my father's maternal grandparents marriage cetificate!. They were married !?
in Co!. Mayo in 1877!. I was up in the Family History Centre on Saturday and saw the church record for their marriage on microfilm!. The witnesses on the church record are different to the ones on the civil record!. Could anyone who is experienced it Irish genealogy throw some light on this, please!.Www@QuestionHome@Com


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Is it possible they were married in the church with a big celebration and then later had to get a civil ceremony performed as well in order to be legal!.!?

Religious marriage ceremonies are regarded legal now in Ireland, as well as civil ceremonies, but perhaps that was not always true!.



You might also try posting this question over in the Irish travel section!. Somebody from Ireland may know!.

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I would agree with the above!. In Belgium, a catholic country overall, people get married in a registry office before they get married in church!. The civil ceremony could be just before the church wedding, or a few days / weeks before!.
The Catholic Church in Belgium requires a civil marriage as well to be valid for the Church!. Www@QuestionHome@Com

There just might have been two Marriage Ceremony's One in a Church and one Civil one,

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