Valentines Day - First Comes Love, Then Comes Marriage
Posted by Anne Gillespie Mitchell on January 26, 2016 Ancestry.
Valentines Day is just around the corner, which got me thinking about love and marriage and genealogy.
Marriage records are critical in tracking our ancestors – especially our female ancestors. But all states are different in when they started recording them and what they recorded.
When did my state start recording?
The best answer for this is on the Ancestry Wiki. In the search box, type in . . .
Valentines Day is just around the corner, which got me thinking about love and marriage and genealogy.
Marriage records are critical in tracking our ancestors – especially our female ancestors. But all states are different in when they started recording them and what they recorded.
When did my state start recording?
The best answer for this is on the Ancestry Wiki. In the search box, type in . . .
state name vital records:
Click on the following link for pages that tell you when they were recorded and what government agency has them.
http://www.ancestry.com/wiki/index.php?title=North_Carolina_Vital_Record
Are they online?
More and more vital records are online, although not all. The wiki will point to some and you can also try our Free State Research Guides for more information: -
http://www.ancestry.com/wiki/index.php?title=North_Carolina_Vital_Record
Are they online?
More and more vital records are online, although not all. The wiki will point to some and you can also try our Free State Research Guides for more information: -
Use the following Link to see "Free State Research Guides"
http://www.ancestry.com/cs/learning/free-state-research-guides
What if there are no marriage records?
Sometimes a marriage record doesn’t exist, but don’t despair. Ancestry has an eight page guide Finding U.S. Vital Records and Alternative Sources that will give you new ideas on where to find information on your ancestors’ marriage. -
http://www.ancestry.com/cs/learning/free-state-research-guides
What if there are no marriage records?
Sometimes a marriage record doesn’t exist, but don’t despair. Ancestry has an eight page guide Finding U.S. Vital Records and Alternative Sources that will give you new ideas on where to find information on your ancestors’ marriage. -
Click on this link to see a lot more information of "Finding U.S. Vital Records and Alternative Sources
http://c.ancestry.com/cs/media/finding-vital-records-and-alternatives.pdf
Also, don’t forget to check the Card Catalog on Ancestry. You can filter by Marriage and Divorce and sort by Date Added and keep track of what is new on Ancestry. Ancestry may have added just the record you are looking for and that record may hold the solution to that brick wall you’ve been trying to tear down. Happy searching -
http://c.ancestry.com/cs/media/finding-vital-records-and-alternatives.pdf
Also, don’t forget to check the Card Catalog on Ancestry. You can filter by Marriage and Divorce and sort by Date Added and keep track of what is new on Ancestry. Ancestry may have added just the record you are looking for and that record may hold the solution to that brick wall you’ve been trying to tear down. Happy searching -