Utah, Weber County Marriages - FamilySearch Historical Records

What is in This Collection?
Index and images of marriage applications, licenses, and certificates for the years 1887 to 1941. All indexes and images are located at the Weber County Courthouse in Ogden, Utah and are courtesy of Weber County.

What Can These Records Tell Me?
Marriage records usually contain the following information:
 * Groom's name and place of residence
 * Bride's name and place of residence
 * Date and place of marriage
 * Names of witnesses
 * Name of officiator

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 * Name of the person
 * The name of a parent or date of the event

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 * Use the age or estimated birth date to find other church and vital records such as birth, baptism, and death records
 * 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
 * Church Records were kept years before counties began keeping records. They are a good source for finding ancestors before 1900

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

 * Indexes and transcriptions may not include all the data found in the original records. You could get a copy of the original record from the Weber County Clerk. You can also find post 1941 records here
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 * 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
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Research Helps
The following articles will help you in your research for your family in the state of Utah.
 * Utah Guided Research
 * Utah Record Finder
 * Utah Research Tips and Strategies
 * Step-by-Step Research: 1850-1905 | 1900-Present

Related Family History Library Holdings

 * Milton R. Hunter, comp. and ed. Beneath Ben Lomond's peak : a history of Weber County, 1824-1900. Salt Lake City, Utah : Deseret News Press, 1944 FHL 979.228 H2d


 * Weber County Marriages. 1887-1939
 * Weber County. Applications for licenses to marry, and original marriage certificates, 1888-1947
 * Weber County. Marriage licenses, 1887-1946
 * Weber County. Civil divorces, 1859-1887
 * Weber County. Civil register of divorces, 1859-1886

Related FamilySearch Historical

 * Utah, County Marriages, 1871-1941
 * Utah Marriages, 1887-1935

Related Digital Books

 * Utah Historical Records Survey project, Division of Professional and Service Projects, Work Projects Administration. Inventory of the county archives of Utah, no. 29, Weber County (Ogden) Ogden, Utah : Historical Records Survey, 1940

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