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*[http://vitalsearch-ca.com/gen/ca/_vitals/camarrin.htm California Marriages]<br>
*[http://vitalsearch-ca.com/gen/ca/_vitals/camarrin.htm California Marriages]<br>


{| width="550" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" border="1" align="center"
{| cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" width="550" align="center" border="1"
|+ '''Information in California Marriage Records'''  
|+ '''Information in California Marriage Records'''  
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| width="52%" valign="middle" height="50" bgcolor="#99ccff" align="center" | '''Types of Information'''  
| valign="middle" align="center" width="52%" bgcolor="#99ccff" height="50" | '''Types of Information'''  
| width="16%" valign="middle" bgcolor="#99ccff" align="center" | '''early&nbsp;- 1905'''&nbsp;  
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" bgcolor="#99ccff" | '''early&nbsp;- 1905'''&nbsp;  
| width="16%" valign="middle" bgcolor="#99ccff" align="center" | '''1905 - present'''
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" bgcolor="#99ccff" | '''1905 - present'''
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| width="52%" valign="middle" height="25" bgcolor="#99ccff" align="center" | '''Name of Bride/Groom'''  
| valign="middle" align="center" width="52%" bgcolor="#99ccff" height="25" | '''Name of Bride/Groom'''  
| width="16%" valign="middle" align="center" |
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" |
| width="16%" valign="middle" align="center" | &nbsp;
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" | &nbsp;
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| width="52%" valign="middle" height="25" bgcolor="#99ccff" align="center" | '''Date of Marriage'''  
| valign="middle" align="center" width="52%" bgcolor="#99ccff" height="25" | '''Date of Marriage'''  
| width="16%" valign="middle" align="center" | &nbsp;  
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" | &nbsp;  
| width="16%" valign="middle" align="center" | &nbsp;
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" | &nbsp;
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| width="52%" valign="middle" height="25" bgcolor="#99ccff" align="center" | '''Location of Marriage'''  
| valign="middle" align="center" width="52%" bgcolor="#99ccff" height="25" | '''Location of Marriage'''  
| width="16%" valign="middle" align="center" | &nbsp;  
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" | &nbsp;  
| width="16%" valign="middle" align="center" | &nbsp;
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" | &nbsp;
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| width="52%" valign="middle" height="25" bgcolor="#99ccff" align="center" | '''Presiding Official'''  
| valign="middle" align="center" width="52%" bgcolor="#99ccff" height="25" | '''Presiding Official'''  
| width="16%" valign="middle" align="center" | &nbsp;  
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" | &nbsp;  
| width="16%" valign="middle" align="center" | &nbsp;
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" | &nbsp;
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| width="52%" valign="middle" height="25" bgcolor="#99ccff" align="center" | '''Date of Birth'''  
| valign="middle" align="center" width="52%" bgcolor="#99ccff" height="25" | '''Date of Birth'''  
| width="16%" valign="middle" align="center" | <br>  
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" | <br>
| width="16%" valign="middle" align="center" | &nbsp;
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" | &nbsp;
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| width="52%" valign="middle" height="25" bgcolor="#99ccff" align="center" | '''Place of Birth'''  
| valign="middle" align="center" width="52%" bgcolor="#99ccff" height="25" | '''Place of Birth'''  
| width="16%" valign="middle" align="center" | <br>  
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" | <br>
| width="16%" valign="middle" align="center" | '''&nbsp;'''
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" | '''&nbsp;'''
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| width="52%" valign="middle" height="25" bgcolor="#99ccff" align="center" | '''Residence at Time of Marriage'''  
| valign="middle" align="center" width="52%" bgcolor="#99ccff" height="25" | '''Residence at Time of Marriage'''  
| width="16%" valign="middle" align="center" | <br>  
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" | <br>
| width="16%" valign="middle" align="center" | '''&nbsp;'''
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" | '''&nbsp;'''
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*'''[[Gretna Greens in the United States|Gretna Greens]].''' When an southern California couple's marriage is not in their home county, search for it in alternate places like [[Clark County, Nevada|Las Vegas, Clark, Nevada]], or [[Yuma County, Arizona|Yuma, Yuma, Arizona]]. A favorite alternative for northern California was [[Washoe County, Nevada|Reno, Washoe, Nevada]].<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 a southern California couple's marriage is not in their home county, search for it in alternate places like [[Clark County, Nevada|Las Vegas, Clark, Nevada]], or [[Yuma County, Arizona|Yuma, Yuma, Arizona]]. A favorite alternative for northern California was [[Washoe County, Nevada|Reno, Washoe, Nevada]].<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>


=== Divorce Records  ===
=== Divorce Records  ===
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Divorce records have been kept by the superior court in the county where the divorces were granted. You can write to the clerk of the court for information. You can also write to the State Department of Health for records since 1962.  
Divorce records have been kept by the superior court in the county where the divorces were granted. You can write to the clerk of the court for information. You can also write to the State Department of Health for records since 1962.  


Many of the early marriages for the state are searchable online at no cost in the&nbsp;[[Western States Marriage Index|Western States Marriage Index]].  
Many of the early marriages for the state are searchable online at no cost in the&nbsp;[[Western States Marriage Index|Western States Marriage Index]].


== &nbsp;Death Records  ==
== &nbsp;Death Records  ==
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