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== Finding Virginia Marriage Records == | == Finding Virginia Marriage Records == | ||
*1660 - Colonial government required church officials to record all marriages in church registers (few records survive) | *1660 - Colonial government required church officials to record all marriages in church registers (few records survive) | ||
*1780 - Law required ministers report all marriages to county clerk | *1780 - Law required ministers report all marriages to county clerk | ||
*1853 - State law required clerk of the court in the county or independent city to issue marriage licenses and keep marriage records | *1853 - State law required clerk of the court in the county or independent city to issue marriage licenses and keep marriage records | ||
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| align="left" | Library of Virginia, Marriages | |||
| width="70%" align="left" colspan="2" | [http://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/guides/marriage-records/ On Library of Virginia], free, incomplete, includes Accomack, Amelia, Augusta, Bedford, Brunswick, Buckingham, Caroline, Charlotte, Culpeper, Cumberland, Dinwiddie, Elizabeth City, Essex, Fairfax, Fauquier, Fincastle, Gloucester, Goochland, Halifax, Hanover, James City, King and Queen, King George, Loudoun, Lunenburg, Northumberland, Nottoway, Powhatan, Prince Edward, Prince George, Prince William, Pulaski, Richmond (County), Shenandoah, Spotsylvania, Stafford, Sussex, and Warren | |||
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