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From: L&AL <>
Subject: Re: [COX] Virginia Marriages
Date: Tue, 02 Jan 2001 21:29:05 -0600


Winnette,
The last I checked (two weeks ago) to access Ancestry.com there is a monthly fee. I am not
sure if all of their data bases are for fee or free. I did take a free trial to their site --
I didn't find anything there. So I canceled.
Arleen

Greg & Winn wrote:

> 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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