Marriage witnesses added to our existing 767 marriages at Barnard Castle for 1813-1837, giving you 1,629 new names to search in. The Barnard Castle marriages were particularly revealing, because it turned out that for minors, the person who gave consent was named, and we didn’t record that level of detail the first time through these records. If you purchased a marriage in Barnard Castle, you’ll want to review it (log in, click My Previous Orders), especially if the groom or bride was a minor, because for most minors, you get records like this:

• 28 Sep 1825 Thomas Stephenson (bachelor, mason), of this Chapelry married Jane Stephenson (spinster, minor), of this Chapelry, by licence with consent of the father Douthwaite Stephenson
  Witnesses: George Bell, Margaret Bellwood
• 31 Jan 1833 William Humphreys (bachelor, minor, clock & watch maker), of this Chapelry married Mary Linn (minor & spinster), of this Chapelry, by licence with consent of Thomas Humphreys his father and John Linn her guardian
  Witnesses: Dorothy Humphreys, Joseph Stephenson

We also made several corrections to names, so if you were unable to find a marriage here before, you might want to try again now.