Questions tagged [marriage-records]
For questions about finding or interpreting records of marriage, such as marriage certificates, registers, indexes, marriage licenses, banns, records of dowries, and marriage taxes.
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Aden Colony records for Native Yemenis
Where can I find birth, death, and marriage records, as well as the register of persons for Aden Colony for Native Yemenis? As far as I know, the people that I am researching are all Muslims by ...
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British India records for Native Indians and Pakistanis
Where can I find birth, death, and marriage records, as well as the register of persons for British India for Native Indians and Pakistanis? As far as I know, the people that I am researching are all ...
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Understanding B.D. abbreviation on Irish Marriage Register
Can anyone help me understand what the abbreviation B.D. means in the attached image of my 2nd Great Grandparents marriage record?
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What name birth or step
In my life, I have never been known by my birth name, only by my step name. In my marriage, both birth and step names are recorded, my children are recorded in my step name. I want to start a family ...
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Marriages in Caracas Venezuela 1969
I was married in Caracas in 1968 or 1969. How I can obtain these records from that time? I live in the USA now and need documentation for USCIS to process my Citizenship.
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Parents date of marriage
How can I find the date for my parents' marriage? They were married in Virginia.
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New Jersey Marriage Index
I found an entry for a 1923 marriage on the New Jersey Marriage Index. It references a VOL and Page #. Where can I view the Volumes?
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Reading German Church Records
These are fairly easy to read, but there are a few words that I can't read.
The godparents/witnesses usually aren't that useful, I am less concerned about them.
The mother's surname is spelled two ...
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finding 20th Century marriage records
Trying to find a marriage record for my ex father in law and ex mother in law, for my kids family tree. I know they were married in Missouri. I also know it was before 1962, they had a son that year. ...
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Transcribing address from New York 1870 marriage certificate
I am having trouble transcribing an address from a New York marriage certificate from 1870. Hopefully someone with knowledge of the area and time might be able to see it as I am unfamiliar with the ...
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"Place of Marriage" in New Jersey Marriage Index
I am looking at the New Jersey Marriage Indexes (available on Archive.org and Ancestry.com, and probably other places as well). Here is a couple of example entries:
My question is about the two ...
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Deciphering Work Profession from marriage certificate
I received a marriage certificate in the post yesterday from 1918, in the Christchurch district of Hampshire.
I am struggling to read what the groom's work profession was:
Any thoughts / reasonings ...
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Who did my great-great-great-grandfather marry?
I can say that my interest for genealogy started when I got my great-great-grandfather baptism record from Ciudad Real, Spain. This is the record (online version in Family Search):
It's a bit hard to ...
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Wording on an English marriage register from Somerset in 1834
I am confused by the word "resident" when referring to the groom - here in context:
Henry Chapman (a bachelor) resident of this parish
and Grace Cummins (a spinster) of this parish
To me it ...
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Help needed to resolve two conflicting pieces of information
I have traced one of my ancestors to this particular individual, but the trail goes dead and other family trees have gone with, what i perceive as incorrect.
James Borland, married Janet Livingtone in ...
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