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For each county in Ohio, the Family History Library has microfilmed the marriage records up to 1910 and some to 1970. Many existing county records of marriages before 1876 have been indexed in the International Genealogical Index, available at the Family History Library and at Family History Centers. However, 25 counties have large information gaps or are not included in this index. | For each county in Ohio, the Family History Library has microfilmed the marriage records up to 1910 and some to 1970. Many existing county records of marriages before 1876 have been indexed in the International Genealogical Index, available at the Family History Library and at Family History Centers. However, 25 counties have large information gaps or are not included in this index. | ||
==== Marriage Laws ==== | |||
The first law regulating marriages in the Territory was published in the fall of 1788, at Marietta. | |||
:Section 1. Provided that males of the age of fourteen, and not prohibited by the laws of God, might be joined in marriages. | |||
:Section 2. Provided that any of the Judges of the General Court or Common Pleas or ministers of any religious society within the district in which they resided, might solemnize marriages. | |||
:Section 3. Provided that before being joined in marriage, the parties should give notice of their intentions by having them proclaimed the preceding Sabbath in their congregation ; or notices in writing under the hand and seal of one of the Judges before mentioned, or a Justice of the Peace of the county, and posted in some public place in the town where the parties respectively resided ; or a license might be obtained from the Governor, under his hand and seal, authorizing the marriage without the publication aforesaid. | |||
A supplementary act was passed August I, 1792, empowering every Justice of the Peace to solemnize marriages in their respective counties, after publication aforesaid, or upon license. | |||
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==== Published Early Marriage Records ==== | |||
*''Ohio Marriages Extracted from the Old Northwest Genealogical Quarterly''. <ref> {{WorldCat|6795465|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}; {{FHL|83310|item|disp=FHL Film 928183 item 3, fiche 6051390, book 977.1 V25s}} Smith, Marjorie, ed. ''Ohio Marriages Extracted from the Old Northwest Genealogical Quarterly''. Thomson, Illinois: Heritage House, 1977-80. (Family History Library book 977.1 V25s; film 928183 item 3; fiche 6051390.) </ref> | *''Ohio Marriages Extracted from the Old Northwest Genealogical Quarterly''. <ref> {{WorldCat|6795465|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}; {{FHL|83310|item|disp=FHL Film 928183 item 3, fiche 6051390, book 977.1 V25s}} Smith, Marjorie, ed. ''Ohio Marriages Extracted from the Old Northwest Genealogical Quarterly''. Thomson, Illinois: Heritage House, 1977-80. (Family History Library book 977.1 V25s; film 928183 item 3; fiche 6051390.) </ref> | ||