Certificate of proclamation and marriage

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This certificate of proclamation and marriage was issued in 1850 to John Forrest and Elizabeth Purdie.

The certificate includes the words 'Kirkliston, March 18th 1850 ...regularly proclaimed, and Clifton, March 29(?)th 1850 ...regularly married...'.

In 1855 the registration of birth, marriages and deaths became compulsory. Local authorities, rather than the churches, now recorded them so as to monitor population change.

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• Online ID: 000-100-045-946-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  H.OK 60
• Date: 1850
  March 1850
  
• Material: Paper
  Document / certificate, marriage
  
• Dimensions: 230 mm H; (open) 372 mm L; (closed) 186 mm L
  
• What: Document / certificate, marriage
  
• Subject:
• Who: Elizabeth Purdie
  John Forrest (Owner)
  
• Where: Clifton
  Scotland, Midlothian, East Calder
  Scotland, Midlothian, Kirkliston
  
• Event:
• Description: Marriage lines of John Forrest and Elizabeth Purdie, with 'Kirkliston, March 18th 1850 ... regularly proclaimed, and Clifton, March 29(?)th 1850 ... regularly married...', written in ink
  
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