Summary of Marriage Records in the United States by State

= Places to look for Marriage Records =


 * State Archives
 * City and County civil registrations
 * Chruch records of marriages
 * Online records sites like Ancestry, Footnote, World Vital Records, Heritage Quest...
 * FamilySearch in the Advanced Search, Records Search, and Historic Books
 * Newspapers often listed articles about marriages
 * Family Bibles and personal histories
 * Obituraries sometimes give marriage dates
 * Submitted genealogies posted by others
 * Google and other web site search sites, and don't forget to search Google Books

Look for more detailed information on each of these areas in the Wiki under each State Portal page by clicking on the link for each of these different types of Records. You can also find more information on marriage records at United States Vital Records.

= Summary of online Marriage Records by State =

For more details about marriage records in each state go to the State Vital Records page for that state. This listing is just a summary of places online where you can search for marriage records for each State.

Alabama
Alabama Marriage Collection 1800-1969 searchable online at Ancestry.com

Alaska
Western States Marriage Index has some Alaska Marriage Records available to search for free online.

Arizona
Western States Marriage Index has some Arizona Marriage Records available to search for free online.

Arizona Marriage Collection 1864-1982 is searchable online at Ancestry.com

Arkansas
Arkansas Marriage Index 1933-1939 is searchable online at Ancestry.com

California
California Marriage Index 1960-1985 is searchable online at Ancestry.com

Western States Marriage Index has some California Marriage Records available to search for free online.

Colorado
Western States Marriage Index has some Colorado Marriage Records available to search for free online.

Arapahoe County including Denver Colorado Marriage Records 1861-1868 is searchable online at the Colorado State Archives.

Gilpin County Marriage Index 1864-1944 is searchable online at the Colorado State Archives.

Connecticut
Connecticut Marriage Index 1959-2001 is searchable online at Ancestry.com

Connecticut Town Marriage Records pre-1970 is searchable online at Ancestry.com

Delaware
Deleware Marriage Records 1744-1912 is searchable online at Ancestry.com

Florida
Florida Marriage Records 1822-1875 and 1927-2001 is searchable online at Ancestry.com

Georgia
Marriage Records of Bolloch County Georgia is searchable online at Ancestry.com

Idaho
Western States Marriage Index contains some Hawaii Marriages and is searchable online for free.

Illinois
Illinois Statewide Marriage Index 1763-1900 is searchable online for free at the Illinois State Archives

Cook County, Illinois Marriage Index 1930-1960 is searchable online at Ancestry.com

Piatt County, Illinois Marriage and Cemetery Records 1841-1852 is searchable online at Ancestry.com

Indiana
Indiana Marriage Collection 1800-1941 is searchable online at Ancestry.com

Marriage records of Kosciusko County, Indiana is searchable online at Ancestry.com

Marriage records St. Joseph County, South Bend, Indiana is searchable online at Ancestry.com

Whitley County, Indiana Marriage Records 1838-1860 is searchable online at Ancestry.com

Indiana Marriages through 1850 is searchable online at the Indiana State Library

Indiana Marriages 1993-2002 is searchable online at the Indiana State Library

Iowa
Early Iowa Marriages 1850 and Before is searchable online at the Iowa GenWeb project

Kansas
Kansas Marriage Index 1854-1873 is searchable online at Ancestry.com

Leavenworth County, Kansas Marriage Records 1900-1920 is searchable online at Ancestry.com

Kentucky
Kentucky Marriage Records, 1852-1914 is searchable online at Ancestry.com

Kentucky Marriage Index 1973-1999 is searchable online at Ancestry.com

Other Kentucky Marriage Records Databases are searchable online at Ancestry.com

Louisiana
New Orleans, Louisiana Marriage Records Index 1831-1925 is searchable online at Ancestry.com

Louisiana Marriage Records 1851-1900 is searchable online at Ancestry.com

Marriage contracts of French Colonial Louisiana is searchable online at Ancestry.com

Maryland
Some Marriage Records for Maryland Databases are searchable online at Ancestry.com

Massachusetts
Massachusetts Town Marriage Records is searchable online at Ancestry.com

Some other Marriage Records for Massachusetts are searchable online at Ancestry.com

Vital Records of Massachusetts to the year 1850 books are searchable online at Ancestry.com

Vital Records of Massachusetts to the year 1850 books are searchable online at Google Books

Michigan
Michigan Marriage Records 1870-1887 is searchable online at Ancestry.com

Minnesota
Minnesota Marriage Collection 1958-2001 is searchable online at Ancestry.com

Mississippi
Some Mississippi Marriage Records are searchable online at Ancestry.com

Missouri
Missouri Marriage Records 1805-2002 is searchable online at Ancestry.com

Some other Marriage Records Databases are searchable online at Ancestry.com

Montana
Western States Marriage Index contains some Hawaii Marriages and is searchable online for free.

Nevada
Western States Marriage Index contains some Hawaii Marriages and is searchable online for free.

Nevada Marriage Index 1956-2005 is searchable online at Ancestry.com

Some other Nevada Marriage Databases are searchable online at Ancestry.com

New Hampshire
Some Marriage Records for New Hampshire are searchable online at Ancestry.com

New Jersey
Some Marriage Records for New Jersey are searchable online at Ancestry.com

New Mexico
Western States Marriage Index contains some Hawaii Marriages and is searchable online for free.

New York
Some New York Marriage Databases are searchable online at Ancestry.com

North Carolina
North Carolina Marriage Collection 1741-2004 is searchable online at Ancestry.com

Some other North Carolina Marriage Databases are searchable online at Ancestry.com

Ohio
Some Ohio Marriage Databases are searchable online at Ancestry.com

Ohio Diocese of Toleto Catholic Parish Records 1784-2004 is searchable online for free at FamilySearch Record Search.

Oklahoma
Oregon

Western States Marriage Index contains some Oregon Marriage records and is searchable online for free.

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

South Carolina

South Dakota

Tennessee

Texas

Utah Western States Marriage Index contains some Hawaii Marriages and is searchable online for free.

Vermont

Virginia

Washington Western States Marriage Index contains some Hawaii Marriages and is searchable online for free.

West Virginia

Wisconsin

Wyoming Western States Marriage Index contains some Hawaii Marriages and is searchable online for free.