Re: Dual Marriage Question

["mexicanfhr" <jonathan@...>]

Joseph wrote:

- Well I guess i'm not much help but 
> what the priests were suppose to do when someone from another parish 
> came to be married in the church they were suppose to contact that 
> parish to make sure they were in good standing. [Note: Can anyone else 
> confirm what I just said. I am pretty sure I read that some place maybe 
> in George Ryskamp's Book].
> 

Ryskamp, does talk about the pre-marriage investigations, in chapter
10, page 193 of his book.  Usually the results, of such investigations
were kept in the "informaciones matrimoniales" or the "diligencias
matrimoniales"

Also, what makes you think that the two wives Maria Genoveba and Maria
Josefa were from a different parish.  Because, at times, people were
not christened in a parish, but the family may have moved to the
parish, after the children were christened, but they lived in the
parish for years.  The priest may then think, that he didn't need to
make any further contact.

Jonathan