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From: "Greg & Winn" <>
Subject: [COX] Virginia Marriages
Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2001 12:44:40 -0500


I don't know if this is always free....But, I just accessed it with no problem.....Winnette



VIRGINIA MARRIAGES, 1851-1929

In 1584, Queen Elizabeth I of England gave Sir Walter Raleigh
permission to establish colonies in the new world. The area he
settled was named Virginia in honor of the queen. This database
consists of marriage records from many Virginia counties; this update
to the database adds records from Greene, Patrick, and Rockbridge
counties to those of Albemarle, Charlottesville, Essex (including Old
Rappahannock), Lee, Loudoun, Marion, Marshall, Page, Pittsylvania,
Pulaski, Raleigh, Richmond, Shenandoah, Stafford Taylor, Wayne,
Wetzel, and Wirt counties. Most of these records are quite complete
because a state law passed in 1853 required that county and
independent city clerks issue marriage licenses and keep marriage
registers. Before a license was issued, the parties to be married had
to offer the following information: full names, ages, places of birth
and residence, proposed marriage date and place, marital status
(widowed or single), parents' names, groom's occupation, and
minister's name. After the marriage ceremony, the minister returned
the information to the clerk, who recorded it in a marriage register.

Source Information: Dodd, Jordan, Liahona Research, comp. "Virginia
Marriages, 1851-1929." [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com,
2000. Original data: See Extended Description (at Web address below)
for original data sources listed by county.

To search this database, go to:
http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/4498.htm
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