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Member Since: March 2003 Posts: 603 Send Message	Ann	Report	10 Aug 2004 09:16
Member Since: March 2003 Posts: 603 Send Message	I don't see why it would not be allowed. At my wedding in 1998 we had my mother and my mother in law as witnesses.
Member Since: September 2003 Posts: 2,953 Send Message	Lisa J in California	Report	10 Aug 2004 08:30
	I have one certificate with an aunt as a witness. Several certificates with the father's signature, but he was the church warden, so perhaps he was allowed to do that. William, the church warden, also signed for others, perhaps who didn't have witnesses.
Member Since: August 2003 Posts: 15,575 Send Message	Guinevere	Report	10 Aug 2004 08:22
	Hi, It was possible for fathers to be witnesses. I have entries with fathers, mothers, brothers and sisters. But I also have entries where the witnesses are no relation. Gwynne
	Researching: Lowestoft and North Suffolk, Monmouthshire, Breconshire, Somerset
Member Since: July 2003 Posts: 597 Send Message	Joan	Report	10 Aug 2004 08:09
Member Since: July 2003 Posts: 597 Send Message	I'm tryin to find marriage records and hoping the witness names may help. In one or two it looks as though the father of the groom was a witness. Has anyone a similar situation/ Was it allowed? Thanks. Joan