How to Find State Marriage Licenses

February 8, 2009 by  

Historical marriage information is important to establish your relationship with ancestors and to grow and expand your family tree. These national public records can provide several key pieces of information for genealogical research.

Although many people remember a wedding, key data like maiden names are sometimes forgotten by time. With these maiden names come a whole other branch of your family tree that you might not have even know you had. Sometimes marriage license archives also contain details like occupation that can tell you much about the bride’s family’s background and social class.

Luckily, for those trying to find out more about their ancestors, historical marriages information is a matter of public record. They also cover all documented unions in the US. Whether your family comes from Pennsylvania or Palm Beach, you can probably find what you are looking for.

A simple online search can reveal many possible results, but the more details you know about the bride and the groom in question, the easier it will be to limit the records. For those needing more information about a marriage in order to fully expand a family tree, public records, combined with family history, can provide many details necessary to getting a clear picture of your ancestors.

Different states keep personal archives, but because those databases are national public records, they are available across the US, from the comfort of your computer. You can even request a mail-order copy of the marriage license of interest. In the event that you do not know where your family comes from, or a couple did not get married in the state you expected, national archives can help solve some of the mysteries of your family tree by searching all historical marriage information across the US.

Now that you know the names and marriage records of your ancestors, you are one step further to painting a complete picture of family. Historical marriage information is easily available on the internet, and essential to those researching genealogy.

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