{"id":12283,"date":"2016-01-20T10:56:25","date_gmt":"2016-01-20T15:56:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/?p=12283"},"modified":"2017-02-21T13:20:51","modified_gmt":"2017-02-21T18:20:51","slug":"you-know-when-they-married-newspapers-give-the-details-of-what-happened","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/you-know-when-they-married-newspapers-give-the-details-of-what-happened.html","title":{"rendered":"You Know When They Married \u2013 Newspapers Give the Details of What Happened"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I was searching for the marriage certificate for the wedding of Bessie M. Bryant and Henry L. Fitch \u2013 23 November 1912, St. Albans, Vermont.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_12284\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12284\" style=\"width: 880px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/photo-0120-2016-familysearch-fitch-bryant.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12284\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/photo-0120-2016-familysearch-fitch-bryant.png\" alt=\"screenshot of a FamilySearch web page showing information for the wedding of Bessie M. Bryant and Henry L. Fitch\" width=\"880\" height=\"569\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/photo-0120-2016-familysearch-fitch-bryant.png 880w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/photo-0120-2016-familysearch-fitch-bryant-300x194.png 300w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/photo-0120-2016-familysearch-fitch-bryant-464x300.png 464w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 880px) 100vw, 880px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12284\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: FamilySearch<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I went to FamilySearch and found confirmation of their marriage. That site does not have a copy of the actual wedding certificate \u2013 but does have a copy of the index card outlining the facts of the marriage. It gives me the essential who, what, when, where and how.<\/p>\n<p>Could I find out more about their wedding \u2013 and about them?<\/p>\n<p>Turning to GenealogyBank\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/gbnk\/newspapers\/?utm_source=social&amp;utm_medium=blog&amp;utm_campaign=%20SM_Blog_txtlnk_2014_00&amp;s_referrer=social&amp;s_siteloc=blog&amp;s_trackval=%20SM_Blog_txtlnk_2014_00&amp;kbid=69919&amp;pq=1&amp;prebuy=no&amp;intver=&amp;CCPRODCODE=\">Historical Newspaper Archives<\/a>, I quickly found their wedding announcement and it brings these facts to life.<\/p>\n<p>It was as if I were attending the wedding.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_12285\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12285\" style=\"width: 781px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/doc\/newspapers\/image\/v2:111ACD379A036C80@GB3NEWS-114DECB4D3A4EA58@2419732-114DE9818EEEF7B0@6-120DC6341E2D6F75\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12285\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/st.-albans-daily-messenger-newspaper-1125-1912-fitch-bryant.png\" alt=\"article about the wedding of Bessie M. Bryant and Henry L. Fitch, Saint Albans Daily Messenger newspaper article 25 November 1912\" width=\"781\" height=\"491\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/st.-albans-daily-messenger-newspaper-1125-1912-fitch-bryant.png 781w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/st.-albans-daily-messenger-newspaper-1125-1912-fitch-bryant-300x189.png 300w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/st.-albans-daily-messenger-newspaper-1125-1912-fitch-bryant-477x300.png 477w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 781px) 100vw, 781px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12285\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Saint Albans Daily Messenger (Saint Albans, Vermont), 25 November 1912, page 7<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This newspaper article gives me more of the facts:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The middle names of the bride and groom<\/li>\n<li>That the wedding took place at her father\u2019s home on Congress Street<\/li>\n<li>The wedding was at 8:30 p.m., in the parlor<\/li>\n<li>About 35 guests attended \u2013 many of them are named along with the cities that they were from<\/li>\n<li>The couple was going to live in Springfield, Massachusetts<\/li>\n<li>The details of the wedding ceremony, how everyone was dressed, and the reception<\/li>\n<li>The best man, maid of honor and others were named<\/li>\n<li>The minister was named along with the name of his church<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The article also provides these details:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u2026the bride and groom standing in the archway composed of asparagus ferns and white chrysanthemums.<\/p>\n<p>The bride\u2026was gowned in white chiffon with silver bead trimming, and made over white satin; she wore a veil, fastened with orange blossoms and jasmine, and carried a bouquet of bride roses and lilies-of-the-valley. Her ornament was a string of gold beads, the gift of the groom.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The details of the wedding go on and on in this article.<\/p>\n<p>And so do the newspaper articles about them.<\/p>\n<p>The bride Bessie was mentioned in dozens more newspaper articles that told of her activities or those of her family.<\/p>\n<p>Only newspapers give these details. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/gbnk\/\">GenealogyBank<\/a> is an essential tool in our search to document the lives of our ancestors.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Are you attending the RootsTech Genealogy Conference?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>GenealogyBank is helping to sponsor the upcoming RootsTech conference in Salt Lake City, Utah, 3-6 February, 2016. If you\u2019re attending, come visit us at <strong>booth #523<\/strong> to discuss genealogy in general, or any specific questions you have about your own family history research.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about RootsTech, visit the website at: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rootstech.org\/?lang=eng\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.rootstech.org\/?lang=eng<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Related Marriage Record Articles:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/wedding-records-everyone-loves-a-rainbow.html\">Wedding Records: Everyone Loves a Rainbow<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/love-marriage-newspaper-engagement-wedding-announcements.html\">Love &amp; Marriage: Newspaper Engagement &amp; Wedding Announcements<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/wedding-belles-how-to-find-your-ancestors-marriage-records.html\">Wedding Belles! How to Find Your Ancestors\u2019 Marriage Records<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/was-your-ancestors-marriage-certificate-filed-late.html\">Was Your Ancestor\u2019s Marriage Certificate Filed Late?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An article showing how newspaper articles tell you more of your ancestors\u2019 stories than the bare facts of a marriage certificate. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20011,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12713],"tags":[12,2719,2045,2020],"class_list":["post-12283","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-genealogy-research-tips","tag-genealogy","tag-genealogy-search-tips","tag-marriage-records","tag-newspaper-archives"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/illustration-1202-2016-featured-graphic-wedding-rings.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12283","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12283"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12283\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20011"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12283"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12283"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12283"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}