Get Married in New Orleans City Park

New Orleans City Park’s 1,500 acres offer wedding couples a taste of the city’s historical past in its natural splendor with old oak trees, bayous, bridges, and art. Once the site of Allard Plantation facing Bayou St. John, located at the intersection of Carrollton and City Park Avenues in the Mid-City area of New Orleans. Hurricane Katrina has damaged some areas of the Park and some places have not re-opened. It is best to see the location you want to use in person to determine if it meets your needs. Many intimate spots in City Park are available to do weddings that require no fees. There are also beautiful places in the Park to rent for a large wedding like Pops Fountain and the Botanical Gardens. The City Park Commission should be contacted for rental fees. For a small weekend elopement or before a cruise departing from New Orleans there are other little out of the way places where a small wedding can take place, lovely walkways, large oak trees, fountains, small bridges, and statues. Most open public places are free for a small simple wedding but are first come first serve, therefore selecting alternate spots in the Park is recommended. There are several small bridges over the bayous or lagoons that can be used or under one of the many large old oak trees. By arriving early and walking through the area the couple and a small wedding party can choose a nice location to do a short ceremony. If you desire a larger wedding and a reserved spot you can contact City Park at their web page or call them.

New Orleans City Park Office

1 Palm Drive

New Orleans, Louisiana, 70124-4608

Phone: 504.482.4888 Fax: 504.483.9412


--------------------------------------------------------------------------------




New Orleans Marriage License Information

---

It is possible to be married on the same day you get your license. Either the bride or groom before may obtain the license from the State Office of Vital Records at 1010 Common St, New Orleans, or other Parish Clerks of Court offices before the ceremony is conducted. The New Orleans Office is open on Saturday. Identification is required along with authentic copies of birth certificates and any divorce judgments. In some cities there is a three-day waiting period. In New Orleans a Minister or Judge can waive the waiting period in writing for non-residents when good reasons exist. No medical tests are necessary. The license is good for 30 days. You must present the license to the person doing the ceremony in advance as it requires the officiant to complete some portions in black ink only. A ceremony must be conducted before 2 adult witnesses who also sign the certificates. The cost of the license is just under $30.00 paid to the State. For further information contact the office located near the City Hall:



ORLEANS PARISH MARRIAGE LICENSE OFFICE

The Orleans Parish Marriage License Office is 1010 Common St at O'Keefe and Tulane Ave. -- just a short drive from the French Quarter, Uptown, Garden District and the CBD. The phone number is

504-568-3620

Another close to the French Quarter the Second City Court at 225 Morgan Street on the west bank in New Orleans. It is a nice ferry ride across the Mississippi River (pedestrians ride for free, automobiles only $1.00) from the Canal Street Ferry Landing,by River Wall MAll. It is a half city block to the court building with a clock tower. This office closes at 3:00PM, so arrive no later than 2:15PM. Phone number is (504) 368-4099 to verify times.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Marriage licenses will not be issued on Saturdays, but you can obtain your marriage license in any Louisiana Parish as you drive into New Orleans.

Visitors can go to the Algiers Court House to get a license using the Canal St. Ferry.

504-368-4099
Hours: 9 am - 3 pm Mon.- Fri


--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

The 'Peristyle' at City Park.

---

New Orleans Wedding Minister Information

Jerry Kenneth Schwehm served as as Justice of the Peace in 1990 to 1994 in Slidell, La. and was ordained in 1989 as a Lay Minister after serving as Elder and Deacon in his church for many years. He has a BA and JD from Louisiana State University (1972) and an Honorary Doctor of Divinity from a local Bible Church in 1990. He has performed numerous wedding ceremonies and is available in the Greater New Orleans area to perform your personalized marriage ceremony. He will go to your location or at his office in Fig House. He may be contacted at the below e-mail.

Fig Street Weddings

Fig Street New Orleans, La. 70125

504/617-6359


--------------------------------------------------------------------------------


Studio mailing address: 65115 Highway 41, Pearl River, La. 70452
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

More info at www.figstreet.com/weddings


-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Helpful Links

New Orleans City Park Page

New Orleans Weddings Page

New Orleans Marriage License

Elope To Pirates Alley

More Information On City Park

Fig Street Art Studio Prints

Easy to elope to New Orleans

Elope to New Orleans in historical spots in parks or French Quarter, see link http://ht.ly/1WDaB


New Orleans is fast becoming a favorite destination spot for weddings. The city is full of history and has protected its old buildings in the original city center called the French Quarter. Many historic buildings rent spots for weddings.


Just get a license from the New Orleans Marriage License Office at 1010 Common Street, make an appointment with Chaplain and do a ceremony before 2 witness in a historical setting in the French Quarter or lovely City Park.

Read more of the details here-http://www.figstreet.com/guesthouse/weddings.html

For details and more information on how to elope to New Orleans also see this news article http://ht.ly/2G7oS

Jerry Schwehm, a New Orleans native, has performed weddings in the Greater New Orleans area, as an officiant for 20 years. A retired clergyman and former Justice of the Peace he has married couples in swamps, hotels, homes, and the usual places. Couples contact him to elope to the historic New Orleans French Quarter and its lovely parks from all over the USA. He is President of the American Association of Wedding Officiants. He can be reached via email.


Sample Wedding Ceremony and Vows: Link: http://bit.ly/bfOkow 

Simple Basic Wedding Ceremony

 The step which you are about to take is the most important into which human beings can come. It is a union of two people founded upon mutual respect and affection. Your lives will change, your responsibilities will increase, but your joy will be multiplied if you are sincere and earnest with your pledge to one another.
 __(Groom)___________, will you have this woman to be your wedded wife, to love her, comfort her, honor and keep her, and forsaking all others, keep you only unto her, for so long as you both shall live? 
_ (Bride)____________, will you have this man to be your wedded husband, to love him, comfort him, honor and keep him, and forsaking all others, keep you only unto him, so long as you both shall live?
 Take hands and repeat after me: I, __(Groom)___________, take you, __(Bride)___________, to be my wedded wife, to have and to hold, for better for worse, for richer for poorer, to love and to cherish, from this day forward.
 I, ___(Bride)________, take you, _(Groom)__________, to be my wedded husband, to have and to hold, for better for worse, for richer for poorer, to love and to cherish, from this day forward.
 Do you have a ring for the bride?   Please place the ring on the bride's finger and say: With this ring, I thee wed. 
Is there a ring for the groom? Please place the ring on the groom's finger and say: With this ring I thee wed. 
Let these rings be given and received as a token of your affection, sincerity and fidelity to one another.
 In as much as _____________ and _____________ have consented together in wedlock and have witnessed the same before this company, and pledged their vows to each other, by the authority vested in me by the State of Louisiana, I now pronounce you husband and wife. (You may now kiss .)

Get Married In Pirates Alley New Orleans

The Ghost In Pirates Alley- the first wedding there in the 1800's

The First Wedding In Pirates Alley New Orleans

The tradition of being married in Pirates Alley in the French Quarter is clouded in secrecy and varies as who tells the tale. One is never sure who was actually the first to get married there but this tale as told to me often during my life is a sure as any tale of pirates, ghosts, and love. Back in the days of the Pirates of Barataria many young men from many places joined in to make a fortune. Called "smugglers" by some, hated by Spain, used by France but admired by Americans as an independent lot who at times would help the poor and ill treated.

I am told one Reginald Hicks, who began as a mere cabin boy on an English ship was taken by some pirates and raised by them. Only a lad in his early teens when captured ultimately raised himself to a first mate of a pirate ship by the time of the War of 1812. He was trusted by all his pirate brethren and their leader Jean Lafitte. He was known to go along with several other men to met with General Jackson to aid the Americans in the Battle of New Orleans, mostly as "cannoneers" as they were very good shots.
Of course Master Hicks was a good looking young man having many a lass looking at him but in his heart was none other but a beautiful Creole French girl, Marie Angel Beauchamp. She too had only thoughts of him and whenever he came into the City they would steal off into the night, keeping their love a secret as it was not permissible for a young  Creole Catholic girl to be seeing a Pirate of English extraction.

As things would happen on Master Hicks' visit to meet with General Jackson he learned that his Marie was expecting their child. He being raised as an English gentleman his first decade of life did not want to leave the city without getting married. His child would have a father and his love would not be scorned for having a child without a husband. All evening they searched in vain for a priest to marry them but most required that they both be Catholic, others would not think of doing a ceremony on such short notice. Eventually they had two options, simply jumping a broom down in Barataria or seeking out a German born baker in the jail who was also an ordained Protestant minister. Master Hicks did not want to take Marie to Barataria which meant she would have to stay and may never see her family and friends in the city again.  So they very early in the morning made their way to the Cabildo and asked the jail's warden if they could speak with the German Minister. He would only allow them to see him through the iron gate facing Orleans Alley. But right there and then they were married. Soon gathered many early arriving workers and some visitors who witnessed the first wedding in Pirates Alley. Documents drawn and signed by a Notary on his way to file others for record at the Cabildo and all present signed making the marriage both Civil and Religious.
Here again the story varies as exactly what happened. What happened to Master Reginald Hicks remains a mystery, some say he was killed in the Battle of New Orleans and seeks out his lovely Marie nightly in Pirates Alley today as a spirit. Others say he and Marie left for Galveston with Pirate Lafitte after Louisiana was sold to America. But if you go to Pirates Alley early in the morning on the right day of the right month you can hear laughter and celebration and wedding bells and a cold breeze passes you by. Could it be the ghost of Master Hicks seeking his bride?

Believe as you may.



 Today couples can still get married in Pirates Alley  by a German Protestant wedding officiant. For more in formation visit his web page at: http://www.figstreet.com/guesthouse/firstpiratesalleywedding.html

 

 

---

 

JK Schwehm at Fig Street.
Copyright 2003 [Fig Street, LLC]. All rights reserved.
Revised: March 25,2009 by the author

Elope To New Orleans

How to Elope To New Orleans and Get Married in the French Quarter for about $300.

---

Elope to Jackson Square in New Orleans, it is easy. All you need for a small ceremony is to contact Fig Street Weddings for details on how to rent the Square or use a free spot by one of the gates. Get a marriage license at the Marriage License office at 1010 Common St. New Orleans. Set up a time and date and if you like, even select a photographer from a recommended list, who do reduced rates for small weddings New Orleans Wedding Photographers.
See for more details- http://www.figstreet.com/guesthouse/jacksonsquarewedding.html

Couples can get married in one day if they get the license in the morning, weekdays only, make an appointment, get a waiver of delay, and do a simple ceremony before 2 witnesses. Great when you are taking a cruise ship out of New Orleans for the Honeymoon.

Get Married in New Orleans

Get Married in New Orleans http://ow.ly/TDBV

http://www.figstreet.com/guesthouse/weddings.html

Dr. Schwehm is able to travel to other places to perform your wedding ceremony. He has officiated weddings in Baton Rouge, Lafayette, and some small towns in Louisiana. And in Biloxi, Gulf Port and Bay St. Louis, Mississippi at the Casinos on the Gulf Coast. You would be responsible for some travel costs. Ask about a Beach Wedding In Bay St. Louis, Ms. on a nice white sand beach or along the New Orleans Lake Front. Contact him at his e-mail address for details.
Dr. Jerry Kenneth Schwehm, President and Moderator of the American Association of Wedding Officiants, a native of New Orleans, has conducted many personalized weddings over the past 17 years, usually referrals for wedding planners and hotels in New Orleans. He has done wedding ceremonies in many locations, including outside locations, in chapels, parks, homes, halls, hotels, backyards, restaurants, fishing boats, sailboats, his painting studio, and in his living room. In historic old homes in New Orleans, outside in old French Quarter court yards, in a swamp, in historic Jackson Square, and in the French Market, among other fantastic places in the Greater New Orleans area. He has done Theme Weddings, Jazz weddings, Mardi Gras weddings, Pirate weddings, and Beach weddings among others. Dr. Schwehm is assisted by several other ministers on dates Dr. Schwehm is not available. Be sure to e-mail for updates due to the hurricane and recovery process.

Weddings In New Orleans City Park

New Orleans City Park’s 1,500 acres offer wedding couples a taste of the city’s historical past in its natural splendor with old oak trees, bayous, bridges, and art. Once the site of Allard Plantation facing Bayou St. John, located at the intersection of Carrollton and City Park Avenues in the Mid-City area of New Orleans. Hurricane Katrina has damaged some areas of the Park and some places have not re-opened. It is best to see the location you want to use in person to determine if it meets your needs. Many intimate spots in City Park are available to do weddings that require no fees. There are also beautiful places in the Park to rent for a large wedding like Pops Fountain and the Botanical Gardens. The City Park Commission should be contacted for rental fees. For a small weekend elopement or before a cruise departing from New Orleans there are other little out of the way places where a small wedding can take place, lovely walkways, large oak trees, fountains, small bridges, and statues. Most open public places are free for a small simple wedding but are first come first serve, therefore selecting alternate spots in the Park is recommended. There are several small bridges over the bayous or lagoons that can be used or under one of the many large old oak trees. By arriving early and walking through the area the couple and a small wedding party can choose a nice location to do a short ceremony. If you desire a larger wedding and a reserved spot you can contact City Park at their web page or call them.

New Orleans City Park Office

1 Palm Drive

New Orleans, Louisiana, 70124-4608

Phone: 504.482.4888 Fax: 504.483.9412


--------------------------------------------------------------------------------




New Orleans Marriage License Information

---

It is possible to be married on the same day you get your license. Either the bride or groom before may obtain the license from the State Office of Vital Records at 1010 Common St, New Orleans, or other Parish Clerks of Court offices before the ceremony is conducted. The New Orleans Office is open on Saturday. Identification is required along with authentic copies of birth certificates and any divorce judgments. In some cities there is a three-day waiting period. In New Orleans a Minister or Judge can waive the waiting period in writing for non-residents when good reasons exist. No medical tests are necessary. The license is good for 30 days. You must present the license to the person doing the ceremony in advance as it requires the officiant to complete some portions in black ink only. A ceremony must be conducted before 2 adult witnesses who also sign the certificates. The cost of the license is just under $30.00 paid to the State. For further information contact the office located near the City Hall:



ORLEANS PARISH MARRIAGE LICENSE OFFICE

The Orleans Parish Marriage License Office is 1010 Common St at O'Keefe and Tulane Ave. -- just a short drive from the French Quarter, Uptown, Garden District and the CBD. The phone number is

504-568-3620

Another close to the French Quarter the Second City Court at 225 Morgan Street on the west bank in New Orleans. It is a nice ferry ride across the Mississippi River (pedestrians ride for free, automobiles only $1.00) from the Canal Street Ferry Landing,by River Wall MAll. It is a half city block to the court building with a clock tower. This office closes at 3:00PM, so arrive no later than 2:15PM. Phone number is (504) 368-4099 to verify times.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Marriage licenses will not be issued on Saturdays, but you can obtain your marriage license in any Louisiana Parish as you drive into New Orleans.

Visitors can go to the Algiers Court House to get a license using the Canal St. Ferry.

504-368-4099
Hours: 9 am - 3 pm Mon.- Fri


--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

The 'Peristyle' at City Park.

---

New Orleans Wedding Minister Information

Jerry Kenneth Schwehm served as as Justice of the Peace in 1990 to 1994 in Slidell, La. and was ordained in 1989 as a Lay Minister after serving as Elder and Deacon in his church for many years. He has a BA and JD from Louisiana State University (1972) and an Honorary Doctor of Divinity from a local Bible Church in 1990. He has performed numerous wedding ceremonies and is available in the Greater New Orleans area to perform your personalized marriage ceremony. He will go to your location or at his office in Fig House. He may be contacted at the below e-mail.

Fig Street Weddings

Fig Street New Orleans, La. 70125

504/617-6359


--------------------------------------------------------------------------------


Studio mailing address: 65115 Highway 41, Pearl River, La. 70452
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

More info at www.figstreet.com/weddings


-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Helpful Links

New Orleans City Park Page

New Orleans Weddings Page

New Orleans Marriage License

Elope To Pirates Alley

More Information On City Park

Fig Street Art Studio Prints

Elope To New Orleans

New Orleans Weddings. Elope to the historic French Quarter for $299.00, for details see, New Orleans Weddings Information
http://www.figstreet.com/guesthouse/Images/PiratesAlleyWeddingJBishop6.jpg


#elope #weddings #FrenchQuarter

New Orleans Wedding Information and Planning Guide

New Orleans Weddings Information and Planning Guide, http://www.figstreet.com/guesthouse/weddings.html


Elopeing and getting married in New Orleans is easy. It is possible to get a license and get married in one day if you are a visitor to New Orleans. Severl historical spots in the French Quarter are free to use for a small group. Many historical homes and buildings rent out for weddings also. Several hotels allow weddings in their private courtyards. Take a look at Fig Street Weddings for details and help in planning a New orleans Wedding.



#nola #weddings #elope

New Orleans Weddings

New Orleans Weddings-Elope to a romantic spot in the New Orleans French Quarter for $295.00, http://ow.ly/l6m0 #elope #frenchquarter #nola

How To Elope In New Orleans at Wedding Blog

Elope to New Orleans on a budget, #weddings #nola #elope #frenchquarter

It is possible to get married in New Orleans area for just over $100. The wedding license runs about $30 and you can meet a former Justice of the Peace for as little as $149 on week days at his office.  Just read over the information on this web page,http://www.figstreet.com/weddings. Contact by e-mail ask about the special weekday rates at special spots and make an appointment to elope. This rate is limited on certain days and in parks close to his office and must be arranged ahead.  Meet a Minister at a local park on days made by appointment ahead of time. Limited days and hours for this rate. Must be arranged ahead of time and must have license before arranged. No walk ins. Special rate does not apply if he has to travel away from his office. Two witnesses and license  needed, not provided by officiant.


See more:
http://frenchquarterweddings.blogspot.com/2011/04/inexpensive-weddings-in-new-orleans.html