Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Marriage Index - FamilySearch Historical Records/Known Issues

Question 1
Question 1 – How do you use the index to find the marriage records? Are the actual marriage records available or just the index? Answer 1: As stated on the LearnMore page under the description of this collection: Marriage indexes are arranged by the names of brides and grooms with the year of the marriage and the license number. The surname of the spouse is shown in parentheses. Use the license numbers listed in this index to find copies of the marriage license records. Marriage license records for years 1885-1915 are available on microfilm at the Family History Library and Family History Centers. Marriage license records for years 1916-1951 are available at the City Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Question 2
Question 2 –There are many missing pages in this collection. Do you have a comprehensive list of them? Is there a way to view the images? Answer 2: Many of the pages were missed when the records were filmed. We do not have these images on the microfilm. You will need to contact the City of Philadelphia, Clerk of the Orphans’ Courtto see about the availability of these missing records. Below is a list of the missing images. Indexes 1885-1916 B, part 1 • Page 2 is missing (image 1 is page 1, image 2 is page 3). This group ends with page 337 on image 336. • Page 189 is missing.

B, part 2 • Page 338 is missing. This group starts with page 339. • Page 434 is missing (image 96 is page 433; image 97 is page 435). E • Pages 1 &amp; 2 are missing (group starts on image 1 [page 3]) F • Page 3 is missing (image 2 is page 2, image 3 is page 4) • Page 81 is missing (image 79 is page 80, image 80 is page 82) • Page 117 is missing (image 114 is page 116, image 115 is page 118) H • Image 1 has torn page which makes it appear to be page 4, but it must be 1 or 2. It also has some of the data from page 4. Either 1 or 2 is missing. • Page 142 is missing (image 141 is page 141, image 142 is page 143) Numerous torn pages at the end J • Page 46 is missing (image 47 is page 45, image 48 is page 47) K • Page 20 is missing (image 19 is page 19, image 20 is page 21) L • Pages 210 &amp; 211 are missing. (image 210 is page 209, image 211 is page 212) • Page 230 is missing. (image 228 is page 229, (image 229 is page 231) M • Page 255 is missing. (image 254 is page 254, image 255 is page 256) • Page 262 is missing. (image 260 is page 261, image 261 is page 263) • Page 264 is missing. (image 261 is page 263, image 262 is page 265) • Page 269 is missing. (image 265 is page 268, image 266 is page 270) • Page 271 is missing. ( image 266 is page 270, image 267 is page 272) • Page 327 is missing. (image 321 is page 326, image 322 is page 328) • Page 372 is missing. (image 365 is page 371, image 366 is page 373) • Page 384 is missing. (image 377 is page 383, Image 378 is page 385) Mc • Page 108 is missing. (image 107 is page 107, image 108 is page 109) N • Page 37 is missing. (image 36 is page, 36 image 37 is page 38) O • Images 2 &amp; 3 are FROM the 1917-1938 Group I believe they are pages 1 &amp; 2 Image 3 is marked as page 2 from the 1917-1938 group They are missing from the 1917-1938 "O" listings. • Page 11 is missing.(Image 12 is page, 10 image 13 is page 12) P • Page 210 is missing ( See Q) Q • Image 1 is page 210 from "P" R • Page 148 is missing. (image 147 is page 147, image 148 is page 149) S part 1 • Page 102 is missing. (image 101 is pager 101, image 102 is page 103) • Page 108 is missing. (image 106 is page 107, image 107 is page 109) • Page 129 is missing. (image 126 is page 129, image 127 is page 130) • Page 219 is missing. (image 215 is page 218, image 216 is page 220) • Page 263 is missing. (image 258 is page 262, image 259 is page 264) • Page 281 is missing. (image 275 is page 280, image 276 is page 282) • Group stops at page 305 S part 2 • Page 306 is missing. Group starts with page 307 on image 1 • Page 311 is missing. ( image 4 is page 310, image 5 is page 312) • Page 347 is missing. (image 39 is page 346, image 40 is page 348) • Page 379 is missing. (image 70 is page 378, image 71 is page 380) • Page 513 is missing. (image 203 is page 512, image 204 is page 514) • Page 529 is missing. (image 218 is page 528, image 219 is page 530) • Page 574 is missing. (image 262 is page 573, image 263 is page 575) T • Page 17 is missing. (image 16 is page 16, image 17 is page 18) U • Page 11 is missing. (image 10 is page 10, image 11 is page 12) V • Page 17 is missing. (image 16 is page 16, image 17 is page 18) W • Page 187 is missing. (image 186 is page 186, image 187 is page 188) • Page 265 is missing. (image 264 is page 264, image 264 is page 266) • Page 296 is missing. (image 294 is page 295, image 295 is page 297)

Indexes 1917-1938

B Part 1 • missing page 2 image 1 is page 1 image 2 is page 3 C • missing page 215. (image 216 is page 214, image 217 is page 216) H • Missing pages 1-4. This group starts on page 5 • This group stops on image 325 which is page 329 with Hunter John S. There must be additional pages because if you do a search under the surnames Hurwitz or Hyatt there are listings listings from the spouse with these surnames. M • Missing pages 1-5. This group starts on page 6 O • Missing pages 1-3. ( please refer to group 1885-1916 " O " for two of these missing pages) • This group starts on image 1 page 4 P • Missing page 75. (image 75 is page 74, image 75 is page 76) Q • The OTHER "O" page 3 is on image 13 in this group S part 1 • Missing pages 1-3. • This group starts image 1 page 4 This group ends page 228 S part 2 • Missing page 229. Group starts with image 1 page 230 some information from page 231 appears on this image because of a torn page W • Image 1 is page 3 ,Image 2 is page 2, Image 3 is page 1 • On image 188 it says" Look for pages 190-198 near end of book • Missing page 188. (image 187 is page 187, image 188 is page 189) • Image 189 is page 199 • Image 197 is page 207 • Image 198 is page 188 • Image 199 is page 208 • On image 224 it says " Pages 234-237 in back" • Image 302 is page 315 • Images 303- 311 are pages 190-198 • Image 312 is page 236 • Image 313 is page 234 • Image 314 is page 237 • Image 315 is page 235 • Image 316 is page 317 • Image 318 is page 316

Indexes 1947-1951

• The "M" group is missing • There are also torn pages with some loss of information at the beginning and at the end of the letter group


 * Go to the Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Marriage Index - FamilySearch Historical Records article
 * Go to the Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Marriage Indexes, 1885-1951collection at FamilySearch.org