Alabama, Randolph County Marriage Records - FamilySearch Historical Records

What is in This Collection?
This collection contains unbound marriage records from the office of the Randolph County Probate Judge.

What Can These Records Tell Me?
The records may include:


 * Names of the groom, bride, and officiator.
 * Names of parents or guardians, especially in later records
 * Names of witnesses
 * Date of the marriage or license
 * Birth dates and places of the bride and groom (in later records)
 * Residences of the bride and groom
 * Occupation of the groom (frequently)
 * Name of the officiator, usually either a Minister (MG) or a Justice of the Peace (JP)

Coverage Map
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How Do I Search the Collection?
Before searching the collection, it is helpful to know:
 * The name of the individual
 * The date of the event or the name of a parent or spouse

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How Do I Analyze the Results?
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I Found the Person I Was Looking For, What Now?

 * Use the age to calculate a birth date and to find other records such as birth, christening, census, land and death records.
 * Use the information to find additional family members. Witnesses or bondsmen were usually relatives.
 * Repeat this process with additional family members found, to find more generations of the family.
 * Church Records often were kept years before government records were required and are a good source for finding ancestors before 1900.
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 * Use the age or estimated birth date to find other county or Alabama Vital Records such as birth, baptism, and death records.
 * Use the information found in the record to find additional family members in the United States Census, 1900 (FamilySearch Historical Records) or the United States Census, 1910 (FamilySearch Historical Records), United States Census, 1920 (FamilySearch Historical Records), United States Census, 1930 (FamilySearch Historical Records). Search the state censuses as well.
 * Use the information found in the record to find Alabama Probate Records.
 * Search for death or burial information in BillionGraves Index or at Find A Grave.
 * If applicable, search for immigration and naturalization records as well.
 * Repeat this process with additional family members found, to find more generations of the family.

I Can’t Find the Person I’m Looking For, What Now?

 * Try viewing the original record to see if there were errors in the transcription of the name, age, residence, etc. Remember that there may be more than one person in the records with the same name.
 * Collect entries for every person who has the same surname. This list can help you identify possible relations that can be verified by records.
 * If you cannot locate your ancestor in the locality in which you believe they lived, then try searching records of a nearby locality in an area search.
 * Standard spelling of names typically did not exist during the periods our ancestors lived in. Try variations of your ancestor’s name while searching the index or browsing through images.
 * Remember that sometimes individuals went by nicknames or alternated between using first and middle names. Try searching for these names as well.
 * Search the indexes and records of Alabama, United States Genealogy.
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Citing This Collection
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