Gretna Green and Marriage Records

Gretna Green is a term you need to know if you are searching for marriage records. In this video professional genealogist J. Mark Lowe joins me to discuss Gretna Green: what it means (and what an anvil has to do with it), why it matters, and how Gretna Greens may have affected your ability to find your ancestors’ marriage records. This is part 1 of a 2 part series with Mark Lowe on marriage records. In part 2 Mark will walk us through a case study for finding marriage records relating to a Gretna Green in the United States.

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⌚ Jump to Video Sections:
(0:00) Introduction - About J. Mark Lowe
(06:29) What Does Gretna Green Mean?
(09:54) Reasons Why People Married at a “Gretna Green”
(15:07) Understanding Context: Marriage Statistics
(23:45) More Reasons to Go Looking for a Gretna Green Marriage

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