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''Step 1. Find the year of your ancestor's marriage record.''  
''Step 1. Find the year of your ancestor's marriage record.''  


To find the marriage records available at the library, look in the Family History Library Catalog. Go to the Family History Library Catalog, and click on the tab for Town Records to see if your ancestor's town is listed.<br>
To find the marriage records available at the library, look in the Family History Library Catalog. Go to the Family History Library Catalog, and click on the tab for 'Place Search'; type in the name of the town and click 'Enter' to see if your ancestor's town is listed.  
If you can't find it listed you can search in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Geography Wikipedia] and search for the town. If it states that it is a municipality, it means that it has its own governmental records, if it states that it is a village in ..... (name of city) then you need to look for records in that city.
If you can't find it listed you can search in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Geography Wikipedia] and search for the town. If it states that it is a municipality, it means that it has its own governmental records, if it states that it is a village in ..... (name of city) then you need to look for records in that city.


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