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 *In Texas, duplicate copies '''''are not''''' sent to the Department of State Health Services
-If you cannot locate your ancestor in the databases below try searching for marriage information in [[Substitute Records for United States Marriage Information|other records]]. <br>
+{| width="100%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="6" border="1"
+|-
+| colspan="4" | '''Marriage Indexes and Digital Images '''
+|-
+| width="15%" align="left" | '''Database Name - Index and Image'''
+| width="70%" align="left" colspan="2" | '''Link or links to access database'''
+| width="15%" align="center" | # of records
+|-
+| Ancestry, Marriages, 1780-2002
+| width="35%" align="center" | [http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1169 Free using Ancestryinstitution at FamilySearch Centers]
+| width="35%" align="center" | [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1169 $, Use your own Ancestry subscription]
+| align="center" | 6,844,294
+|-
+| width="30%" | FamilySearch, Marriages, 1790-1950
+| width="70%" align="left" colspan="2" | {{RecordSearch|1619127|On FamilySearch}}; free; INCOMPLETE for all counties and years
+| align="center" | 1,566,937
+|}
+{| width="100%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="6" border="1"
+|-
+| colspan="4" | '''If you do not locate the marriage in the above, try:'''
+|-
+| width="15%" align="left" | '''Database Name-Index Only '''
+| width="70%" align="left" colspan="2" | '''Link or links to access database'''
+| width="15%" align="center" | # of records
+|-
+| width="30%" | FamilySearch, Marriage Index, 1780-2002
+| width="70%" align="left" colspan="2" | {{RecordSearch|1936414|On FamilySearch}}; free;
+| align="center" | 3,331,399
+|-
+| width="30%" | FamilySearch, Marriage Index, 1796-1950
+| width="70%" align="left" colspan="2" | {{RecordSearch|1681022|On FamilySearch}}; free;
+| align="center" | 1,674,368
+|-
+| Ancestry, Marriages, 1851-1900
+| width="35%" align="center" | [http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=4125 Free using Ancestryinstitution at FamilySearch Centers]
+| width="35%" align="center" | [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=4125 $, Use your own Ancestry subscription]
+| align="center" | 292,425
+|}
+{| width="100%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="6" border="0"
+|-
+| '''''Can't access Ancestry?'''''
+| Visit your [https://www.familysearch.org/locations local Family History Center] or your local public library.
+|-
+| width="30%" | '''No marriage record for your ancestor?'''
+|
+[[Gretna Greens in the United States|Search for Gretna Greens]]-- locations away from the home county where marriage laws were less restrictive. <br> [[Marriage Information Substitute Records|Search other records]] with marriage information.
+|}
 For marriages that exist during the time period, try the following databases. Try each link.
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 |}
 http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/vs/field/localremotedistrict.shtm
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