Utah, Weber County Marriages - FamilySearch Historical Records

United States Utah Weber County

What is in the Collection?
Index and images of marriage applications, licenses, and certificates for the years 1887 to 1939 and Indexes only of marriage applications, licenses and certificates for the the years 1940 to 2013. Patrons will be redirected to the Weber County website for access to the images for the years 1940 to 2013. All indexes and images are located at the Weber County Courthouse in Ogden, Utah and are courtesy of Weber County.

What Can these Records Tell Me?
Marriage records usually contain the following information:


 * Groom's name and place of residence
 * Bride's name and place of residence
 * Date and place of marriage
 * Names of witnesses
 * Name of officiator

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 * The name of your ancestor
 * At least one other piece of information

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Search by name by visiting the Collection Page.
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I Found Who I was Looking for, What Now?

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 * Use the information to find additional family members. Witnesses or bondsmen were usually relatives.
 * Repeat this process with additional family members found, to find more generations of the family.
 * Church Records often were kept years before government records were required and are a good source for finding ancestors before 1900.

I Can’t Find Who I’m Looking for, What Now?

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