FamilySearch.org USA Marriage Record Databases Update

Here are recent USA marriage-record related databases updated at Family Search.org. We have also updated the following records on this site:

 

 

THE FOLLOWING MARRIAGE RECORD RELATED DATABASES WERE POSTED OR UPDATED AT FAMILYSEARCH.ORG SINCE 25 July 2012:

 

Utah Marriages 1887-1966 – Name index to marriage records from the state of Utah – 245,379 records and as of 16 July 2012.

Utah, County Marriages 1787-1937 – Name index of marriage records from local county courthouses. The records consist of bound volumes, applications, licenses, certificates, etc. This collection is currently 71% complete and more records will be added as they are completed – 398,852 as of 16 July 2012, up 104,670records from 8 May 2012.

Ohio County Marriages, 1789-1994 – Name index and images of county marriage records acquired from local courthouses. Currently this collection is 75% complete. Additional records will be added as they are completed – 3,266,530 records and 2,126,722 images as of 16 August 2012; up 140,274 records and 696,204 images from 2 April 2012.

Texas, Comanche County Records, 1858-1955Browsable Images – Not indexed yet – Records from Comanche County, Texas including births, marriages, divorce minutes, court records, probate records, and scholastic census records – 321,875 images as of 30 August 2012; up 730 images from 19 June 2011.

Washington, Pierce County Marriage Returns, 1891-1950 – Browsable Imaged Records – includes marriage records recorded in Pierce County, Washington. This collection is being published as images become available. 12,789 images as of 31 August 2012; up 873 images from 22 March 2012.

Pennsylvania County Marriages 1885-1950Imaged Records – Name index and images of county marriage records acquired from local courthouses. Most of the records consist of marriage licenses, certificates, and affidavits, docket books, with a few marriage declarations & Justice of the Peace marriages – 2,221,287 records and 3,181,302 images as of 8 September 2012. Up 553,636records and 849,493images since 22 June 2012.

Minnesota Marriage Index 1958-2001 – Index of marriages from the Minnesota Department of Health and the Minnesota Center for Health Statistics, Office of the State Registrar in St. Paul. Index provided by Ancestry.com – 2,414,041 records as of 20 September 2012.

Tennessee, White County Records, 1809-1975 -Browsable Images – includes marriages, 1950-1975; chancery court records 1825-1937, and circuit court records, 1809-1900. The county court records include primarily probate records. The chancery and circuit court records include disputed estate and property records, some wills, and divorces. 203,799 images as of 26 September 2012.

Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Towns Records, 1579-2001 – Browsable Images – Vital and town records acquired from local town clerk offices. These include birth, marriage, and death records. 1,239,396 images as of 27 September 2012.

Maine, Vital Records, 1670-1907  – Imaged Records – Name index and images of birth, marriage and death returns acquired from the State Board of Health, Division of Vital Statistics and the state archives. Records are organized alphabetically, then chronologically within a name. The collection is divided into three parts, Vital Records Prior to 1892, 80 towns, Vital Records, 1892-1907, and Delayed returns for births, deaths, and marriages, 1670-1891. At present, only the 1892-1907 vital records have been indexed. 634,833 records and 2,466,220 images as of 28 September 2012.

Vermont, Vital Records, 1760-2003 – Browsable Images – Part of set used under Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954. The collections consist of a name index and images (index cards) of town clerk transcriptions of births, marriages and deaths for the years 1760 to 1954. Indexing continues on records outside this year range and will be added to the collection as they are completed. Images for the years 1955 to 2008 courtesy of Ancestry.com and the Vermont State Archives. The records in this collection are for the years 1760 to 2003. 1,162,117 images as of 4 October 2012.

Iowa, County Marriages 1838-1934 – Indexed Records – Name indexes for county marriages in Iowa. Currently, portions of the following counties are represented in this collection: Adair, Appanoose, Audubon, Boone, Buchanan, Calhoun, Clarke, Clinton, Crawford, Davis, Decatur, Des Moines, Dickinson, Dubuque, Franklin, Hamilton, Hancock, Hardin, Harrison, Henry, Jackson, Jefferson, Johnson, Jones, Keokuk, Lee, Louisa, Lucas, Madison, Mahaska, Marshall, Mitchell, Monroe, Muscatine, Plymouth, Shelby, Tama, Van Buren, Webster, Winneshiek, Wright. Currently this collection is 86% complete. 1,818,450 records as of 9 October 2012; up 1,623,576 records from 1 February 2012.

Iowa Marriages 1809-1992 – Name index to marriage records from the state of Iowa – There 2,626,423 marriage records of which 1,320,389 are available as of 11 October 2012.

North Carolina, Davidson County Vital Records, 1867-1984 – Browsable Images – Images of death records and marriage licenses recorded in Davidson County, North Carolina. Some of the individual volumes include an index and there are comprehensive indexes to some of the records. 79,128 images as of 14 October 2012.

Idaho, Teton County Records, 1900-1988 – Browsable Images – Marriage and land and property records located at the county courthouse in Driggs, Idaho. This collection is being published as images become available. 13,286 images as of 14 October 2012.

[NEW] Delaware, Marriage Records, 1913-1954 – Index and Images – Name index and images of Delaware statewide marriage records. The certificates are arranged by year then by certificate number. 112,894 records and 112,854 images as of 14 October 2012.

California County Marriages, 1850-1952 – Name index of marriage records including a number of different type of documents such as licenses, certificates, registers, applications, affidavits, stubs, etc. – 471,607 records as of 20 October 2012 – up 160,880 records since 12 October 2011.

[NEW] Idaho, Twin Falls County Records, 1906-1988 – Browsable Images – Death index, probate index, marriages, deeds, homesteads, patents discharges, and coroner’s records from the Clerk of District Court, Clerk and Recorder offices in Twin Falls. This collection is being published as images become available. 91,387 images as of 25 October 2012.

[NEW] Idaho, Lemhi County Records, 1868-1964 – Browsable Images – Marriage, coroners, deeds, declarations of intention, discharges, estate files, school census and student records from the county courthouse in Salmon. This collection is being published as images become available. 114,975 images as of 25 October 2012.

Virginia, Surry County Marriage Records, 1735-1950 – Indexed and Imaged Records – Various marriage records for Surry County, Virginia, including certificates to obtain a marriage license, marriage bonds and consents, marriage licenses, and marriage returns. All records are from the Register of Deeds Office, Surry, Virginia – 18,329 records and 36,046 images as of 27 October 2012.

Tennessee County Marriages 1790-1950 – Indexed and Imaged Records – of Tennessee county marriage records acquired from local courthouses. Records include marriage registers, marriage licenses, marriage bonds, and marriage certificates. Currently this collection is 21% complete. Records consist of packets, with multiple documents per packet – 1,566,937 records and 2,148,460 images as of 31 October 2012; up 560,522 records and 1,715,411 images since 26 March 2012.

New York County Marriages 1908-1935 – Name index and images of New York county marriage records. New York state began requiring marriage records for each county in 1908. The collection includes the following counties: Allegany, Broome, Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Chautauqua, Chemung, Chenango, Clinton, Columbia, Delaware, Essex, Fulton, Genesee, Greene, Hamilton, Jefferson, Lewis, Livingston, Madison, Monroe, Montgomery, Nassau, Niagara, Oneida, Ontario, Orange, Orleans, Oswego, Otsego, Putnam, Rockland, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schuyler, Seneca, St. Lawrence, Steuben, Sullivan, Tioga, Tompkins, Warren, Washington, Wayne, Westchester, Wyoming, and Yates. The collection does not include New York City nor its boroughs. Currently this collection is 41% complete. Additional records by county will be added as they are completed. 622,150 records as of 23 December 2011 – up 116,262since 23 December 2011.

[NEW] New Hampshire, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1636-1947 – Browsable Images – Include birth, marriage, and death records. 402,443 images as of 7 November 2012.

Washington, County Marriages, 1855-2008Indexed Records and Browsable Images – Images and partial index of marriage records from Washington counties. The index includes marriage records for Clallam, Lewis, Pacific, Snohomish, Thurston, and Wahkiakum Counties. Images for both indexed and non-indexed counties are available in the browse. — 48,385 records and 326,358 images as of 16 November 2012; up 198,700 images since 19 June 2012.

Oregon, Douglas County Records, 1852-1952 – Browsable Images – This collection includes deed records and indexes, 1852-1920. It also includes marriage records and indexes from 1913-1952. This collection is being published as images become available. – 168,850 images as of 16 November 2012 – up 28,293images since 10 July 2012.

Montana, Chouteau County Records,1876-2011 – Browsable Images – Images of Chouteau County records held at various repositories. Records located in the Museum of the Northern Plains (River and Plains Society) include voter registers, school district records, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church records, Riverside Cemetery records and newspapers clippings of births, marriages and deaths. Records held by the Chouteau County Courthouse include birth, death, probate, naturalization, deeds and school census records. This collection is being published as image become available. — 241,430 images as of 17 November 2012.

Montana, Cascade County Records, 188-2009 – Browsable Images – County record collections from the following record custodians. History Museum in Great Falls: Probate, voter registers, naturalization and immigration records. Great Falls Genealogy Society: Probate case files, # 535-3165, 1903-1926; court orders for dependent children, 1903-1937; old age applications, naturalization records, pre 1945. County Clerk’s Office: Deeds from 1880-1941 and index to 1995. Includes: Marriage licenses. – 613,979 images as of 17 November 2012; up 548,247 images since 19 Aug 2011.

California, San Mateo County Records – 1855-1991 – Browsable Imaged Records – County records including marriage intentions (1856 to 1943), naturalizations, deeds, patents, homesteads, and military service discharges. This collection is being published as images become available. – 1,513,645  images as of 17 November 2012 – up 270,440 images from 17 July 2012.

[NEW] Oregon, Marion County Records, 1849-1976 – Browsable Images – Includes marriage, birth, land and property, probate, naturalization, tax and old age pension records from the Marion County Clerk. – 406,225 images as of 19 November 2012.

[NEW] Maine, Marriage Index,1892-1966, 1977-1996 Marriage index,1892-1996, by the Maine Department of Human Services from the Maine State Archives This index does not have data for 1967-1976 – 857,131 records as of 19 November 2012.

[NEW] Virginia, Isle of Wight County Records, 1647-1917 – Browsable Images – Images from original records at the Circuit Court in Isle of Wight, Virginia. Records include marriages, guardianships, military lists, court orders, dockets, bonds, fees, and judgments. This collection is being published as images become available – 110,425 images as of 21 November 2012.

Indiana Marriages 1811-1959 – Indexed in partnership with the Indiana Genealogical Society. Name index of marriages recorded in the Indiana Territory and in the State of Indiana between 1811 and 1959. This collection includes searchable index data for marriage returns and licenses from the following counties: Adams, Allen, Bartholomew, Benton, Blackford, Boone, Brown, Carroll, Clark, Clay, Daviess, Dearborn, Decatur, De Kalb, Delaware, Dubois, Elkhart, Fayette, Floyd, Fountain, Franklin, Fulton, Gibson, Hamilton, Harrison, Hendricks, Henry, Huntington, Jackson, Jay, Jefferson, Jennings, Kosciusko, LaGrange, Lake, Lawrence, Marshall, Ohio, Owen, Rush, and Sullivan. Microfilm copies of original records are available at the Family History Library and at family history centers. Currently this collection is 54% complete. Additional records will be added as they are completed. – 2,067,319 records and 1,702,671 images as of 22 November 2012 – up 186,209 records since 7 July 2012.

[NEW] Idaho, Marriage Index, 1947-1961 Index to marriages created by the Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics. Covering marriages filed between May 1, 1947 and December 31, 1961 – 131,597 as of 22 November 2012.

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