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| width="30%" | FamilySearch, Marriages, 1820-1935  
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| 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="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.  
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{| width="100%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="6" border="1"
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| colspan="4" | '''If you do not locate the marriage in the above, try:'''
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| 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
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| width="30%" | FamilySearch, Marriages, 1822-1995
| width="70%" align="left" colspan="2" | {{RecordSearch|1674849|On FamilySearch}}; free; INCOMPLETE for all counties and years
| align="center" | 1,908,148
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| Ancestry, Marriages, to 1850
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| Ancestry, Marriages, 1851-1875
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| '''''Can't access Ancestry?'''''
| 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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==== '''STEP TWO: Obtain the Record'''  ====
==== '''STEP TWO: Obtain the Record'''  ====
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==== '''STEP ONE: Find Marriage Information in Index'''  ====
==== '''STEP ONE: Find Marriage Information in Index'''  ====


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| colspan="4" | '''Marriage Indexes and Digital Images '''
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| align="left" colspan="3" | '''Michigan Marriage Database - Includes Index and Digital Images'''  
| 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="10%" | ''Try 1st:''
| width="30%" | FamilySearch, Marriages, 1820-1935
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| width="70%" align="left" colspan="2" | {{RecordSearch|1810350|On FamilySearch}}; free; INCOMPLETE for all counties and years; Records include such information as names of bride and groom, date of license, ages, race, residences, birthplaces, occupations and names of the fathers of the bride and groom.
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| width="30%" | FamilySearch, Marriages, 1868-1925  
| width="25%" | {{RecordSearch|1452395|Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925}}
| width="70%" align="left" colspan="2" | {{RecordSearch|1452395|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.  
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'''Free;''' most counties 1868-1925: Free name index with images online at FamilySearch.
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Records include such information as names of bride and groom, date of license, ages, race, residences, birthplaces, occupations and names of the fathers of the bride and groom.  


{| width="100%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="6" border="1"
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| 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, Marriages, 1822-1995
| width="70%" align="left" colspan="2" | {{RecordSearch|1674849|On FamilySearch}}; free; INCOMPLETE for all counties and years
| align="center" | 1,908,148
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|-
| ''Try 2nd:''
| Ancestry, Marriages, to 1850
|  
| width="35%" align="center" | [http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2092 Free using Ancestryinstitution at FamilySearch Centers]
|  
| width="35%" align="center" | [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2092 $, Use your own Ancestry subscription]
| align="center" | 13,881
|-
|-
|  
| Ancestry, Marriages, 1851-1875
| {{RecordSearch|1810350|Michigan, County Marriages, 1868-1925}}
| width="35%" align="center" | [http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=5299 Free using Ancestryinstitution at FamilySearch Centers]
|  
| width="35%" align="center" | [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=5299 $, Use your own Ancestry subscription]
'''Free;''' name index with images online at FamilySearch.
| align="center" | 51,913
 
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<br> '''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]]
|  
|  
|-
[[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?'''
|
[[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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