Summary of Marriage Records in the United States by State

= Places to look for Marriage Records =


 * State Archives * City and County civil registrations * Chruch records of marriages * Online records sites like Ancestry, Footnote, World Vital Records, Heritage Quest... * FamilySearch in the Advanced Search, Records Search, and Historic Books * Newspapers often listed articles about marriages * Family Bibles and personal histories * Obituraries sometimes give marriage dates * Submitted genealogies posted by others * Google and other web site search sites, and don't forget to search Google Books

Look for more detailed information in the Wiki under each State by clicking on the link for Vital Records.

Summary of where to find Marriage Records online for each State
Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming