Early Virginia marriages. Pt. I


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General Index to Marriages


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Index to Marriages of Old Rappahannock and Essex Counties, Virginia, 1655-1900


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Old Rappahannock County, originally embracing lands lying on both sides of the Rappahannock River, was organized in 1656 and was formerly a part of Lancaster County. In 1692 Old Rappahannock was abolished. The portion lying south of the river was taken to form Essex County, and the area north of the river formed the county of Richmond. Records of Old Rappahannock and Essex counties, on which this work is founded, date from 1655 and are on file at the courthouse in Tappahannock, Essex County. Some marriage bonds of the period 1804 to 1853 were previously copied into the marriage register, instituted as the official catalogue of marriages. In compiling this work, Mrs. Wilkerson used not only the marriage bonds found in the register and the marriage register itself, but also inferential marriage proofs derived from wills, deeds, and court order books. The result is a work of astonishing magnitude; the period covered runs to nearly 250 years and the number of persons namedΓ including brides, grooms, parents, and guardiansΓ touches 10,000. The text is arranged alphabetically throughout and includes the date of the marriage record and the source.




DeKalb County, Alabama, Marriage Index, 1836-1916


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This new publication, which is extracted almost entirely from newspapers and archival sources in Scotland, follows the settlement of Scots west of the Mississippi River during the first hundred years after American Independence. Mr. Dobson's latest book identifies about 2,000 individuals who ventured to the West. While the entries vary considerably, virtually every one provides the name of the immigrant, a date (birth, arrival, marriage, death), the state or territory of his/her residence, and the source of the information. Some of the listings give the individual's occupation, the name of a parent(s) and/or spouse, place of residence in Scotland, or more.




Marriage Records of Scioto County, Ohio, 1803-1860


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Compilers Shoemaker and Rudity have assembled a definitive list of 9,000 marriages performed in this southern Ohio county between 1803 and 1860. Each record contains the names of the bride and groom, the date of the marriage, a source citation, and often ages, places of residence, and the names of parents. For convenience, the records are listed in alphabetical order by grooms' names; brides and all others mentioned in the records are listed separately in the index.




King and Queen County, Virginia Marriage Records Index, 1853-1975


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The base source for these data is a typewritten index for the period 1866-1980, which provides the date a marriage license was issued, names of the parties, and the location of the record in an original record (book, page, entry/line number). When possible, the license issue date has been replaced with the date of marriage. An asterisk (*) indicates data that differ between sources. Preference is given to the license information because it was created before the register. The compiler has added to these index entries: (1) data from marriage licenses or certificates, 1853-1903, and various marriage registers for the period 1871-1975; (2) the surname of a widowed bride's father in parenthesis, if given; (3) and place of birth and/or place of marriage if not in King and Queen County. If the marriage date is not found, the date given is when the marriage license was issued, and is followed by "L". Entries are arranged alphabetically by the groom's surname and include: Name of Groom, Name of Bride, Marriage or License (L) Date, and Source or Bk.-Pg.: No. An index of bride's names completes this work. 2021, 81/2x11, paper, alphabetical, index, 182 pp




Red Book


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" ... provides updated county and town listings within the same overall state-by-state organization ... information on records and holdings for every county in the United States, as well as excellent maps from renowned mapmaker William Dollarhide ... The availability of census records such as federal, state, and territorial census reports is covered in detail ... Vital records are also discussed, including when and where they were kept and how"--Publisher decription.




Marriages of Surry County, North Carolina, 1779-1868


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Marriages of Surry County contains abstracts of all extant marriage bonds and licenses for the period 1779 until 1868 when bonds, as prerequisites for licenses, were discontinued. The data in this volume are arranged throughout in alphabetical order by the surname of the groom, and each entry provides the name of the bride, the date of the marriage bond, and the names of the bondsmen, clergymen, and justices of the peace. Altogether the text bears reference to approximately 16,000 persons.