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Re: Curiosity: Interfaith Marriages

Ziphead — Fri May 27, 2016 3:40 pm

Author: Ziphead

Posted: Fri May 27, 2016 3:40 pm

Documentation of interfaith marriages can be hard to find depending on the family. From my experience, the family is either full of them or doesn't have any.

Re: Curiosity: Interfaith Marriages

BobK — Wed May 04, 2016 8:16 pm

Author: BobK

Posted: Wed May 04, 2016 8:16 pm

bwalsh1956 wrote:

..... check out www.upstreamvistula.org. ....

http://www.upstreamvistula.org/Mysteries/Myst_MixedMarriages.htm

The percentages must be taken lightly. Catholics were heavily pressed to marry in their church for fear of
excommunication. I'm sure the percentages would be higher in Catholic parishes.

Though I've yet to find a document for my own family tree, but I know there was at least one cross-faith marriage.
I've seen quite a large number of German surnamed individuals marrying Polish surnamed.[/url]

Re: Curiosity: Interfaith Marriages

sheep17 — Wed May 04, 2016 7:13 am

Author: sheep17

Posted: Wed May 04, 2016 7:13 am

In my years of research, I have come across several interfaith marriages. The spouses religion have always been listed - as Cath. for Catholic, Acath. for not Catholic, and in a few cases as Luth.
Leonore

Re: Curiosity: Interfaith Marriages

bwalsh1956 — Mon May 02, 2016 4:13 pm

Author: bwalsh1956

Posted: Mon May 02, 2016 4:13 pm

I have an ancestor, a German Lutheran living in poland, who married a catholic German in her church. His religion was noted.
You may want to check out www.upstreamvistula.org. Look under "unsolved mysteries". They show an analysis of "mixed marriages" in plock from 1825 to 1835. It happened about 15% of the time.

Curiosity: Interfaith Marriages

Philip — Mon May 02, 2016 1:12 pm

Author: Philip

Posted: Mon May 02, 2016 1:12 pm

Hi everyone,

I would like to ask this question to anyone who is doing researches, wherever in Poland, Lithuania, Ukraine, Russia, Belarus.

Have you ever seen a Marriage Certificate that is an Interfaith one?
Considering Catholics, Jewish, Protestant, or Orthodox Christian, have you ever found one?
Did they declared they were of different Religion?
Is it possible that the Marriage was never recorded cause it was an interfaith one?

If you have some ideas or experiences, you're welcome to share it, I think it is an interesting topic for all of us .

Thank You