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== Marriage Records == | == Marriage Records == | ||
An 1805 law required registration of marriages with the clerk of the local district court. Most counties kept marriage records from the date the county was created | An 1805 law required registration of marriages with the clerk of the local district court. Most counties kept marriage records from the date the county was created. | ||
An 1867 law required the counties to send copies of the records to the Office of the State Registrar (see address above). Licenses were not required until 1887 | An 1867 law required the counties to send copies of the records to the Office of the State Registrar (see address above). Licenses were not required until 1887. | ||
The Family History Library has marriage records for most counties, from county creation to 1920 or later, and some indexes to the 1950s or later. | |||
You can obtain copies from the county clerk's office. | |||
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