User:Mcbridelw/Sandbox 5

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== Estimating a marriage date ==
  
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== '''Marriages Before 1822'''  ==
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== '''Find Your Ancestor in All Possible Census Records'''  ==
  
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Before 1822, no marriages were recorded by the county or state. You must search substitute records to locate your ancestor’s birth date and place. Substitutes for birth record information:
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*Census records 1900 and later often list a marriage year or the age at first marriage.  
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*Find the birth year of the first child and estimate that the marriage took place one to two years before that birth.  
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*Marriage age for a female's first marriage was about 16-21.
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*Marriage age for a male's first marriage was about 18-25.
  
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::::*[[West Virginia Cemeteries|Cemetery Records]] <br>
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<center>[[User:Batsondl/Sandbox Strategy 2#When_did_the_birth_occur|Choose another marriage year]]</center>
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Revision as of 14:55, 14 March 2013

Estimating a marriage date

Find Your Ancestor in All Possible Census Records

  • Census records 1900 and later often list a marriage year or the age at first marriage.
  • Find the birth year of the first child and estimate that the marriage took place one to two years before that birth.
  • Marriage age for a female's first marriage was about 16-21.
  • Marriage age for a male's first marriage was about 18-25.
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