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After the certificate was completed, the clerk issued a license. When the marriage was performed, the minister returned the information to the clerk, who recorded it in the county or city marriage records or registers. For many counties the certificates no longer exist, but the county marriage record books generally provide the marriage information and the parents' names. | After the certificate was completed, the clerk issued a license. When the marriage was performed, the minister returned the information to the clerk, who recorded it in the county or city marriage records or registers. For many counties the certificates no longer exist, but the county marriage record books generally provide the marriage information and the parents' names. | ||
*'''[[Gretna Greens in the United States|Gretna Greens]].''' When an '''eloping''' Virginia couple's marriage is not in their home county, search for it in alternate places like [[Prince William County, Virginia|Manassas, Prince William, Virginia]], or [[Howard County, Maryland]], or [[Surry County, North Carolina|Mount Airy, Surry, North Carolina]], or [[Pike County, Kentucky]].<ref name="Eakle1">Arlene H. Eakle, "Have you searched and searched for a marriage without finding it?" in ''Genealogy Blog'' at http://www.arleneeakle.com/wordpress/2007/02/19/have-you-searched-and-searched-for-the-marriage-without-finding-it/ (accessed 8 January 2011).</ref> | *'''[[Gretna Greens in the United States|Gretna Greens]].''' When an '''eloping''' Virginia couple's marriage is not in their home county, search for it in alternate places like [[Prince William County, Virginia|Manassas, Prince William, Virginia]], or [[Howard County, Maryland]], or [[Surry County, North Carolina|Mount Airy, Surry, North Carolina]], or [[Pike County, Kentucky]].<ref name="Eakle1"><span>Arlene H. Eakle, "Have you searched and searched for a marriage without finding it?" in ''Genealogy Blog'' at <a href="http://www.arleneeakle.com/wordpress/2007/02/19/have-you-searched-and-searched-for-the-marriage-without-finding-it/">http://www.arleneeakle.com/wordpress/2007/02/19/have-you-searched-and-searched-for-the-marriage-without-finding-it/</a> (accessed 8 January 2011).</span></ref> | ||
==== '''Copies of Marriage Records'''. ==== | ==== '''Copies of Marriage Records'''. ==== | ||
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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 "[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. | 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 [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. | ||
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::VIRGINIA - VITAL RECORD | ::VIRGINIA - VITAL RECORD | ||
::VIRGINIA, [COUNTY] - VITAL RECORDS. | ::VIRGINIA, [COUNTY] - VITAL RECORDS. | ||
[[Virginia Marriages (FamilySearch Historical Records)]] | |||
==== Cohabitation Records ==== | ==== Cohabitation Records ==== | ||
The Cohabitation Records, | The Cohabitation Records, officially titled, "Register of Colored Persons, Augusta County, State of Virginia, Cohabiting Together as Husband and Wife," are a record of free African American families living in Virginia immediately after the end of the Civil War. The records were created by the Freedmen's Bureau in an effort to document the marriages of formerly enslaved men and women that were legally recognized by an act of the Virginia Assembly in February 1866. Virginia State Law (White, Barnetta McGhee, Ph.D.,) ''Somebody Knows My Name: Marriages of Freed People in N.C. County by County.''(Athens, GA: Iberian Publishing Co.), 1995: xxxiv. For more information about these records see the [[Cohabitation Records]] and [[Virginia Cohabitation Records]] Wiki pages. | ||
=== '''Divorce Records''' === | === '''Divorce Records''' === | ||
Divorce records are usually kept by the county court. The records for 1853 to the present can be obtained by going to [http://vitalrec.com/va.html VitalRecords.com] . The library has not obtained copies of divorce records. | Divorce records are usually kept by the county court. The records for 1853 to the present can be obtained by going to [http://vitalrec.com/va.html VitalRecords.com] . The library has not obtained copies of divorce records. | ||
== Adoption Records == | == Adoption Records == | ||