Re: [Gramps-users] Different kind of weddings

[Piotr C. <pio...@gm...>]

On 2/21/07, Duncan Lithgow <dli...@gm...> wrote:
> As for your example, they are clearly separate events, and I would say
> that the event types are both wedding. There is also plenty of space to
> add details in the 'Description' field. My wedding ... oh, I just
> checked and it's not recorded. I'd better do that before my wife noticed
> it.
>
> Duncan

There may be many kinds of marriage in different countries so we can't
possibly list all of them. Yet two kinds are in my opinion quite
universal: one done during a religous ceremony (e.g. in a church) and
one done in front of a civil servant, so called state one.

In Poland these two used two be taken seperately and consequently had
different dates as weddings are usually taken on Saturday when offices
are closed. Today it's most common to only have a wedding in church
and the registration at the city council is done by the priest.

It is, of course, still possible to have these two ceremonies
seprately. Also, there are people who marry at the city council only
due to their beliefs and it might be worth noting in the program.

Piotrek