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=== Ordering Copies of Marriage Records === | === Ordering Copies of Marriage Records === | ||
Copies of Virginia marriage records are available at several places. | Copies of Virginia marriage records are available at several places. Contact the clerk of the court of the county or independent city for copies of the certificates, licenses, and registers kept by the county. For more recent records, you may contact [http://vitalrec.com/va.html VitalRecords.com]. | ||
Contact the clerk of the court of the county or independent city for copies of the certificates, licenses, and registers kept by the county. | |||
Marriage records more than 50 years old are available to immediate family members only who provide proper identification. | Marriage records more than 50 years old are available to immediate family members only who provide proper identification. | ||
The Library of Virginia for copies of extant county marriage records and indexes from 1853 to 1935, microfilmed marriage bonds, and published marriage records for many counties. Vogt's book (see below) describes the holdings of the Library of Virginia. | The [[Library of Virginia]] for copies of extant county marriage records and indexes from 1853 to 1935, microfilmed marriage bonds, and published marriage records for many counties. Vogt's book (see below) describes the holdings of the Library of Virginia. | ||
The Library of Virginia has compiled a database entitled | The Library of Virginia has compiled a database entitled [http://www.lva.virginia.gov/whatwehave/vital/marriage-records/index.htm Marriage Records Collection] of various card index files to marriages, formerly available to researchers in their reading room, that were created over the years by different individuals. It indexes selected information found in a variety of collections and sources at the Library. The records vary in completeness. | ||
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 {{RecordSearch|1368338|FamilySearch}}. 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 {{RecordSearch|1368338|FamilySearch}}. 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: | ||
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*''Virginia Marriage Records from the Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, the William and Mary Quarterly, and Tyler's Quarterly''. (Baltimore: Genealogical Publ., 1982). ({{FHL|149032|item}}) 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''. (Baltimore: Genealogical Publ., 1982). ({{FHL|149032|item}}) This is especially useful for finding marriage information from the 1700s. It is based on various sources for 41 counties. | ||
Another guide to [[Virginia]] marriage records is ''Marriage Records in the Virginia State Library: A Researcher's Guide''.<ref>John Vogt and T. William Kethley, ''Marriage Records in the Virginia State Library: A Researcher's Guide'' (Athens, Ga.: Iberian Pub. Co. 1988). {{FHL|624073|item|disp=FHL Book 975.5 V23v 1988}}. Describes the available microfilmed and published records and has helpful background information.</ref> | |||
Additional published marriage records can be found in the Family History Library Catalog Place Search under: | |||
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