Indiana, Church Marriages - FamilySearch Historical Records

What is in the Collection?
The collection consists of an index to selected church marriages for the years 1780 to 1993. Most are Catholic but other denominations are also represented. The collection may also contain other types of records as well as marriages. In addition, some of the records are in Latin. For help reading these records see the wiki article Latin Genealogical Word List.

What Can these Records Tell Me?
The content of the records varies by denomination and time period. You may find any of the following:


 * Marriage place and date
 * Name of bride and groom
 * Birth places and dates of the bride and groom
 * Residences of the bride and groom
 * Previous spouse, if any
 * Ages
 * Race
 * Parents’ names
 * Name of the officiator
 * Names of witnesses

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 * The name of the individual
 * The date of the event or the name of a parent or spouse

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I Found the Person I Was Looking For, What Now?

 * Cite the record just in case you need to find it later. See below for help citing this collection.
 * Use the age or estimated birth date to find other church and vital records such as birth, baptism, marriage, and death records. (Make sure that if it’s a marriage article, you take the word marriage out, if it’s a birth article, take the word birth out, etc.)
 * Use the information found in the record to find land, probate and immigration records.
 * Use the information found in the record to find additional family members in censuses. Witnesses were usually family members.
 * Repeat this process with additional family members found, to find more generations of the family.
 * Church Records were kept years before counties began keeping records. They are a good source for finding ancestors before 1900.

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