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Genealogy Research Tips Page Two Did You Know? Some state laws allowed a lawful marriage without a marriage license. Certain churches posted notices (on the door) or read banns from the pulpit for three consecutive Sundays. The couple would then be free to contract matrimony legally and without license. Marriage licenses were issued in the county of the bride's residence. Many marriage licenses were issued without being recorded. If the Minister or Justice of the Peace who performed the wedding failed to return the validated license for recording, no record existed. It also sometimes happened that a license was issued in one county and returned to a different county for recording. Forget It! Many researchers have corresponded with me and quote lineages from materials which have been in circulation for a long period of time. Unfortunately, everything that is printed, and every line in circulation, is not accurate... but no one has been able to figure out how to stop these items from their spiral, continuously spreading and going in an increase. Therefore, periodically I will have comments intended to move researchers away from the old thoughts, so their energy can be more productively spent searching for a true connecting link. To those of you who descend from the lineage which includes Elias Wells Story, Thomas Tillman Story, etc., who are said to be sons of Solomon Story & Phoebe Ann Brooks... Solomon is said to have come from Vermont to Warren Co GA, MO, SC, AL. I say forget it! To those with ties to the Storys of Warren Co GA where Solomon Story is said to have been born Vermont, Samuel Story is said to have been born Ireland, and Jesse Story is said to have been born North Carolina, I say forget it! Can you imagine three unrelated Story families living side by side before 1800? To those trying to connect the Storys of Halifax Co NC (namely, James Story who married Elizabeth Sain) with the earlier James Story who died 1762 Rowan Co NC (widow Martha), I say forget it! Answer to the Puzzle: The neighbor brought a cow of his own and added it to the total, making 18. He gave James one half (9) cows. He gave John one third (6) cows. He gave William one ninth (2) cows. Then he took his remaining cow and went home. Those Storys had one smart neighbor! Passports Governors of any of the colonies or states issued passports for specific purposes. The passport was a letter. To obtain a passport, the citizen had to have at least one certificate of good character from a magistrate of his home county/town. Additional information may be found in the application, if preserved. Check State Archives. Georgia's governors issued permission for families (which included slaves) to move through federal treaty roads within Cherokee and Creek nations (to Tennessee and north Mississippi Territory and west). There were checkpoints, and Mississippi Archives has a number of petitions from persons caught without a passport. Mississippi has many passports for families moving from Kentucky and Tennessee (both by water and along the Natchez Trace). Tennessee has some passports for displaced settlers. Pennsylvania issued passports from Pennsylvania to Canada. 1  2  3