Marriage Bonds 1763-1864; Marriage Registrations 1864-1948

Marriage Bonds 1763-1864; Marriage Registrations 1864-1948 Civil registration of marriages in Nova Scotia began in 1758, with the introduction of procedures for obtaining a marriage license. The license was optional, surviving records are incomplete, and 'calling the banns' remained the preferred procedure for formalizing the marriage ritual. The parallel custom of posting a Marriage Bond, in addition to taking out a license, also dates from this early period. The bond was an optional adjunct which served to indicate the absence of legal impediments to the intended marriage; an incomplete series of these bonds exists for the years 1763-1864. Mandatory civil registration of marriages began in 1864 and has continued since, although compliance was not universal throughout the province until the early 20th century. 2024-09-18 Government of Nova Scotia Arts, Music, Literaturemarriagesvital statisticsnamesdemographics Nova Scotia original metadata (https://data.novascotia.ca)HTML https://data.novascotia.ca/datasets/nvp4-84se Marriage Bonds 1763-1864; Marriage Registrations 1864-1948 (CSV)CSV https://data.novascotia.ca/api/views/nvp4-84se/rows.csv?accessType=DOWNLOAD Marriage Bonds 1763-1864; Marriage Registrations 1864-1948 (CSV Excel)CSV https://data.novascotia.ca/api/views/nvp4-84se/rows.csv?accessType=DOWNLOAD&bom=true&format=true Marriage Bonds 1763-1864; Marriage Registrations 1864-1948 (CSV Excel (EU))CSV https://data.novascotia.ca/api/views/nvp4-84se/rows.csv?accessType=DOWNLOAD&bom=true&format=true&delimiter=%3B Marriage Bonds 1763-1864; Marriage Registrations 1864-1948 (TSV)other https://data.novascotia.ca/api/views/nvp4-84se/rows.tsv?accessType=DOWNLOAD&bom=true&format=true&delimiter=%3B Marriage Bonds 1763-1864; Marriage Registrations 1864-1948 (RDF)RDF https://data.novascotia.ca/api/views/nvp4-84se/rows.rdf?accessType=DOWNLOAD Marriage Bonds 1763-1864; Marriage Registrations 1864-1948 (RSS)RSS https://data.novascotia.ca/api/views/nvp4-84se/rows.rss?accessType=DOWNLOAD Marriage Bonds 1763-1864; Marriage Registrations 1864-1948 (XML)XML https://data.novascotia.ca/api/views/nvp4-84se/rows.xml?accessType=DOWNLOAD

Civil registration of marriages in Nova Scotia began in 1758, with the introduction of procedures for obtaining a marriage license. The license was optional, surviving records are incomplete, and 'calling the banns' remained the preferred procedure for formalizing the marriage ritual. The parallel custom of posting a Marriage Bond, in addition to taking out a license, also dates from this early period. The bond was an optional adjunct which served to indicate the absence of legal impediments to the intended marriage; an incomplete series of these bonds exists for the years 1763-1864. Mandatory civil registration of marriages began in 1864 and has continued since, although compliance was not universal throughout the province until the early 20th century.

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