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How to Find Pennsylvania Marriage Records (view source)
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== '''Marriages 1885 - Present''' | == '''Marriages 1885 - Present''' == | ||
*Pennsylvania counties have continuously recorded marriages since 1885. | |||
*In Pennsylvania, copies of marriage records '''''are not''''' sent to the state. | |||
==== '''STEP ONE: Find Marriage Information in Index''' ==== | ==== '''STEP ONE: Find Marriage Information in Index''' ==== | ||
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| colspan="4" | '''Marriage Indexes''' | | colspan="4" | '''Marriage Indexes and Digital Images''' | ||
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| width="15%" align="left" | '''Database Name-Index Only ''' | | width="15%" align="left" | '''Database Name-Index Only ''' | ||
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| width="30%" | FamilySearch, Marriage Index, 1709-1940 | | width="30%" | FamilySearch, Marriage Index, 1709-1940 | ||
| width="70%" align="left" colspan="2" | {{RecordSearch|1681011|On FamilySearch}}; free; INCOMPLETE for all counties and years | | width="70%" align="left" colspan="2" | {{RecordSearch|1681011|On FamilySearch}}; free; INCOMPLETE for all counties and years; no images | ||
| align="center" | 476,245 | | align="center" | 476,245 | ||
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| width="30%" | FamilySearch, Philadelphia Marriage Index, 1885-1951 | | width="30%" | FamilySearch, Philadelphia Marriage Index, 1885-1951 | ||
| width="70%" align="left" colspan="2" | {{RecordSearch|1388247|On FamilySearch}}; free | | width="70%" align="left" colspan="2" | {{RecordSearch|1388247|On FamilySearch}}; free | ||
| align="center" | 1,830,468 | | align="center" | 1,830,468 | ||
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| '''''Can't access Ancestry?''''' | | '''''Can't access Ancestry?''''' | ||
| Visit your [https://www.familysearch.org/locations local Family History Center] or your local public library. | | Visit your [https://www.familysearch.org/locations local Family History Center] or your local public library. | ||
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| width="30%" | '''No marriage record for your ancestor?''' | | width="30%" | '''No marriage record for your ancestor?''' | ||
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[[Gretna Greens in the United States|Search for Gretna Greens]]-- locations away from the home county where marriage laws were less restrictive. <br> [[Substitute Records for United States Marriage Information|Search other records]] with marriage information. | [[Gretna Greens in the United States|Search for Gretna Greens]]-- locations away from the home county where marriage laws were less restrictive. <br> [[Substitute Records for United States Marriage Information|Search other records]] with marriage information. | ||
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