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From: Barbara Archer <>
Subject: Re: [PAFRANKL-L] obtaining marriage certificates
Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1999 08:26:30 +0100


Lora,

For vital records in Franklin County, contact the Clerk of Courts, 156
Lincoln Way, East
Chambersburg, PA 17201-2211
(717) 264-4125

To get a record, you would need the marriage date. I have not tried
this for Franklin County, but one method I've used elsewhere is to
contact the county or state historical society and get a copy of a
newspaper wedding announcement, and get the date from that.

By the way, I have not yet managed to get a copy of a certificate from
any state--what they send is using just a listing--just the names and
date. Good for proof, but useless for snagging the parents of bride and
groom!

You might want to call to see what date the records begin. I couldn't
get a record for my ggrandparents' marriage in 1871--records didn't go
back that far.

Best of luck,
Barbara

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