All of these marriages were authorized by calling the banns in the spouses' churches. On June 18, 1638 Bronck signed his banns of marriage as Jonas Jonasson Bronck. "Ondertrouw" should not be confused with the reading of the banns, engagement or betrothal. They do not exist for couples who married by banns. German civil law required the publication of banns of marriage until 1998. Unlike publishing the banns of marriage, an engagement party has never been required. In British Columbia, only Doukhobors can be married by banns. The archive also includes notices of banns and minutes of the deanery. Quakers were allowed to announce banns in their meetinghouses. Such a formal church announcement of the intent to marry is known as banns. But Cooke's "marriage banns" were a portent of the future. In some jurisdictions, reading the banns may be part of one type of legal marriage. However, without a licence, calling of banns, and a ring, the parson refused. On 17 May the banns were read in the Royal Chapel of Stockholm Palace. The banns were published but the wedding never took place.