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« on: Friday 29 November 24 17:35 GMT (UK) »
I am currently transcribing the Hexham marriage registers for FreeReg and have come across a frustrating phenomenon.
In the early 1700s there are many severely ripped pages giving only partial details, however dozens of them have 'married by vertue of a Licence'.
I thought that checking the marriage licences would allow me to fill in the missing details such as the names of the grooms, however none of the names appear in the Durham marriage licences database on Family Search. I also checked the York marriage licence database on FindMyPast but they don't appear there either.
Can anyone suggest where these licences might appear?