Top:  Copulirte im Jahre 1812 (Weddings in 1812)

First Column: Date of wedding

Second Column:  Sundays of Proclamation or Date of Dispensation.  These are called the MARRIAGE BANNS [Aufgebote], from an Old English word meaning "to summon", and are the public announcements in a parish church that a marriage was going to take place and community members were given a chance to object. For three weeks before the marriage the announcements were read or posted in church. In modern times, we still ask the question "If anyone knows of any reason why this couple should not be joined in marriage let him speak now or forever hold his peace?" but only at the wedding. The parish records listed the three dates on which the marriage banns were announced.

Closely related, underage and widowed people required special permission to marry [dispensation]. Widowed people were required to undergo a year-long morning period. This was shortened in times of war when there was a shortage of available men or if a widow had children that needed to be cared for. If a close relationship was discovered after marriage, a rehabilitation was required which granted the couple permission to stay married. These were recorded like a marriage but sometimes twenty or thirty years after a marriage. Sometimes a chart showing the relationship can be found either in the parish registers.

Third Column: Name of Groom: Hans Jochen Christian Bade from Biendorf.

Fourth Column: Name of Bride: Margretha Elisabeth Sophia Nevern (spelled Never in other records)

Fifth Column: Witnesses

Sixth Column: Name of Pastor:  Riedel