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Freedmen's Bureau Virginia Marriages ca. 1815-1866--Names of thousands of former slaves are included in these records. A free index can be viewed at [http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#p=collectionDetails;t=searchable;c=1414908 FamilySearch Record Search]. Records may include the name of the bride & groom, date of marriage registration, residence, previous marriages, names and ages of children. | Freedmen's Bureau Virginia Marriages ca. 1815-1866--Names of thousands of former slaves are included in these records. A free index can be viewed at [http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#p=collectionDetails;t=searchable;c=1414908 FamilySearch Record Search]. Records may include the name of the bride & groom, date of marriage registration, residence, previous marriages, names and ages of children. | ||
The Family History Library has microfilm copies of marriage bonds and marriage registers for most counties to about 1935 (and some to the 1960s). They can be found in the Family History Library Catalog Locality Search under | The Family History Library has microfilm copies of marriage bonds and marriage registers for most counties to about 1935 (and some to the 1960s). They can be found in the Family History Library Catalog Locality Search under: | ||
::VIRGINIA - VITAL RECORDS, | ::VIRGINIA - VITAL RECORDS, | ||
::VIRGINIA, [COUNTY] - VITAL RECORDS. | ::VIRGINIA, [COUNTY] - VITAL RECORDS. | ||
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''Virginia Marriage Records from the Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, the William and Mary Quarterly, and Tyler's Quarterly''. <ref> Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing, 1982. (Family History Library<span id="fck_dom_range_temp_1218642986372_536" /> book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=149032&disp=Virginia+marriage+records%20%20&columns=*,0,0 975.5 V2v].) </ref> This is especially useful for finding marriage information from the 1700s. It is based on various sources for 41 counties. | ''Virginia Marriage Records from the Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, the William and Mary Quarterly, and Tyler's Quarterly''. <ref> Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing, 1982. (Family History Library<span id="fck_dom_range_temp_1218642986372_536" /> book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=149032&disp=Virginia+marriage+records%20%20&columns=*,0,0 975.5 V2v].) </ref> This is especially useful for finding marriage information from the 1700s. It is based on various sources for 41 counties. | ||
A guide to [[Portal:Virginia|Virginia]] marriage records is: | A guide to [[Portal:Virginia|Virginia]] marriage records is ''Marriage Records in the Virginia State Library: A Researcher's Guide''. <ref> Vogt, John, and T., William Kethley. ''Marriage Records in the Virginia State Library: A Researcher's Guide''. Athens, Georgia: Iberian Pub. Co. 1988. (Family History Library book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=624073&disp=Marriage+records+in+the+Virginia+State+L%20%20&columns=*,0,0 975.5 V23v 1988].) </ref> Describes the available microfilmed and published records and has helpful background information. | ||
More published marriage records can be found in the Family History Library Catalog Locality Search under: | |||
::VIRGINIA - VITAL RECORDS | |||
More published marriage records can be found in the Family History Library Catalog Locality Search under VIRGINIA - VITAL RECORDS | ::VIRGINIA, [COUNTY] - VITAL RECORDS. | ||
== '''Divorce Records''' == | == '''Divorce Records''' == | ||