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 ==== '''STEP ONE: Find Marriage Information in Index'''  ====
-{| width="100%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="6" border="0"
+{| width="100%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="6" border="1"
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-| align="left" colspan="3" | '''Michigan Marriage Database - Includes Index and Digital Images'''
+| colspan="4" | '''Marriage Indexes and Digital Images '''
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-| width="10%" | ''Try:''
+| width="15%" align="left" | '''Database Name - Index and Image'''
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+| width="70%" align="left" colspan="2" | '''Link or links to access database'''
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+| width="15%" align="center" | # of records
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+| width="30%" | FamilySearch, Marriages, 1820-1935
-| width="25%" | {{RecordSearch|1810350|Michigan, County Marriages, 1820-1867}}
+| width="70%" align="left" colspan="2" | {{RecordSearch|1810350|On FamilySearch}}; free; INCOMPLETE for all counties and years; '''Does not''' include the following counties: Alger, Alpena, Barry, Eaton, Gladwin, Kalkaska, Kent, Lenawee, Missaukee, Monroe, Montmorency, Oceana, Oscoda, Schoolcraft, and Shiawassee.
-| width="65%" |
+| align="center" | 371,310
-'''Free;''' name index with images online at FamilySearch.
+|}
-'''Does not''' include the following counties: Alger, Alpena, Barry, Eaton, Gladwin, Kalkaska, Kent, Lenawee, Missaukee, Monroe, Montmorency, Oceana, Oscoda, Schoolcraft, and Shiawassee.
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+{| width="100%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="6" border="0"
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-| align="left" colspan="2" | '''Can't find your ancestor in the online index?'''
+| width="30%" | '''No marriage record for your ancestor?'''
-| [[Tips for Searching an Online Index|Tips for searching online indexes]]
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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.
-| align="left" colspan="2" | '''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.
-[[Substitute Records for United States Marriage Information|Other records with marriage information]]
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 ==== '''STEP TWO: Obtain the Record'''  ====
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 :*Order a copy of a marriage record for a fee from the [http://www.michigan.gov/sos/0,4670,7-127-1633_8723_11893_41510-143215--,00.html county clerk].
 ''OR''
 :*Order a copy of a marriage record for a fee from the [http://www.michigan.gov/mdch/0,1607,7-132-4645---,00.html Michigan Department of Public Health].
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 :*Copies may be ordered from the [http://www.michigan.gov/sos/0,4670,7-127-1633_8723_11893_41510-143215--,00.html county clerk].
 ''OR''
 :*Copies may be ordered from the [http://www.michigan.gov/mdch/0,1607,7-132-4645---,00.html Michigan Department of Public Health].