Does anybody know how far back in time from wedding date does one have to look for a "dispensa por consanguineidad"? How long could the process take when it was already known that the bride and groom were related in the fourth degree? Was it a matter of several months or of years? Does anybody have a suggestion on how I should look for it?
Thank you in advance for any help you can provide. Looking for this type of documents is for me "advanced research".
//Belinda
Dispensa dated days after marriage.
I don't know how far back one has to go, bit I have certainly seen some dispensas dated a fer days AFTER the marriage actually took place.
At least this one:
-Matrimonio de Juan de Villa Rl y Maria de la Garza, españoles: 16 de agosto de 1692, Libro de la Parroquial de Monterrey
-Dispensa matrimonial de Doña Maria de la Garça (de 20 años, hija legitima del Capitan Miguel de la Garça falcon y Doña Getrudiz de Renteria, ya difuntos; A.P.: Capan. Blas de la Garça y Beatris Gonçalez) & de Juan de Villa Rl (de 28 años, hijo del Capan. Juan de Villa Real y de Juana de la Garça; A.M.: Franco. de la Garça y Juana Garcia): 20 de agosto de 1692, Monterrey, NL
Victoriano Navarro
Dispensa dated days after marriage
Thank you Victoriano
Yours and Claudias answer to the other similar question are very revealing. The possibility of the dispensa being dated after the wedding didn't cross my mind. This makes it a greater challenge. I was hoping to find more information about my great grandmother Virginia García Camarena of whom I can't find anything in FamilySearch. I've been reading church books of her approximate birth year, but this takes a long time. That year in particular is even difficult to read (handwriting style!)
Belinda Alvarez