Vital records,
as their name suggests, are connected with central life
events: birth, marriage, and death. Maintained by civil
authorities, they are prime sources of genealogical
information; but, unfortunately, official vital records are
available only for relatively recent periods. These records,
despite their recent creation in the United States, are
critically important in genealogical research, often
supplying details on family members well back into the
nineteenth century.
The Source: A Guidebook of American Genealogy,
by Loretto Szucs and Sandra Luebking.
Make check or money order payable to State Registrar of Vital
Statistics. For earlier records, write to County Clerk in county where
event occurred.
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This database is a collection of marriage records from the county between
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before and during these growth years. It contains the records for nearly
22,000 marriages. The names were extracted from LDS microfilms and local
newspapers. Each entry shows the names of spouses, date of marriage,
county in which the record is kept, and reference information about the
source.
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