Marriages in the Parishes of Ilava Deanery in 1801 – 1850

The article focuses on marriages in Ilava deanery which was composed from 11 parishes. The analysis is based on data from the catholic parish registers because the population was mostly Roman-catholic and there were less the 3 percent of Jews and people of the Augsburg confession. It deals not only with the number of weddings during particular years, but also during months. It also studies the number of marriages with exceptions, marriages of widows and widowers, home locations of engaged couples, their social status or occupation.