Texas, Grimes County, Marriage Records - FamilySearch Historical Records

What is in This Collection?
This collection consist of marriage records from Grimes County covering August 29, 1951 to October 18th, 1966 volumes 18 & 19.

What Can These Records Tell Me?
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How Do I Search This Collection?
Before searching this collection, it is helpful to know:
 * Name of the person
 * The location or date of the event

How Do I Analyze the Results?
Compare each result from your search with what you know to determine if there is a match. This may require viewing multiple records or images. Keep track of your research in a research log.

What Do I Do Next?
Indexes and transcriptions may not include all the data found in the original records. Look at the actual image of the record, if you can, to verify the information and to find additional information.

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

 * 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

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

 * If your ancestor does not have a common name, collect entries for every person who has the same surname. This list can help you find possible relatives
 * If you cannot locate your ancestor in the locality in which you believe they lived, then try searching records of a nearby town or county
 * Try different spellings of your ancestor’s name

Research Helps
The following articles will help you in your research for your family in the state of Texas.
 * Texas Guided Research
 * Texas Record Finder
 * Research Tips and Strategies
 * Step-by-Step Research

Related Family History Library Holdings

 * Marion Day Mullins. Grimes County, Texas, marriage record, 1848-1879

Related FamilySearch Historical Record Collections

 * Texas Marriages, 1866 -2010
 * Texas Marriages, 1837-1973
 * Texas Marriages, 1966 -2010
 * Texas, County Marriages, 1837-1965
 * Texas, County Marriages Index, 1837 - 1977

Citing This Collection
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