Western States Marriage Index

The Western States Marriages website contains 686,739 marriages as of 3 December 2008. Most of the marriages are pre-1930 with the majority being before 1900. You may search several states at the same time or narrow your search to one state. When doing a search be sure that the bride or groom selection is made correctly for the name you type into the name fields. There is no cost for using the site. The site is hosted by BYU Idaho and the extraction work is taking place at the Idaho Falls Regional Family History Center. New names are added daily to the index.

States Included:


 * Alaska
 * Arizona
 * California
 * Colorado (western)
 * Idaho
 * Montana
 * New Mexico (1700s)
 * Nevada
 * Oregon
 * Utah
 * Washington (eastern)
 * Wyoming

Index Contents:


 * Names of the bride and groom
 * Marriage date and place
 * County and state
 * Place of residence for the bride and the groom 
 * List of County, State and the years and number of records included in the index.

The goal for this index is to have marriages from all 12 western states at the fingertips of family researchers.