Temple Marriage and sealing

I am faced with a question and wondered if I could get help. My parents had a civil marriage in 1970. My parents were then sealed together in the Washington DC Temple around 1978. I am wondering what the protocol would have been to do the sealing? Would they have had to provide a marriage license in order to have that ordinance done?

Thank you for your help.

Rebecca Bingham

1976 GHI (which is now publicly available on the Church History Catalog) states you need to present a marriage certificate.

Nowadays you just need the date and place of the marriage, not the license itself.

Cmanrogers wrote: Sat Sep 07, 2024 2:49 pm 1976 GHI (which is now publicly available on the Church History Catalog)

Wow, good find! Here's a link where you can see the various General Handbook editions:
https://catalog.churchofjesuschrist.org/record/ec0636de-03a3-4c7d-abb2-e6f67851973b/6b696866-424f-4c20-a510-c7b552040380?view=browse