Texas, Hardin County, Marriage Records - FamilySearch Historical Records

What is in This Collection?
Marriage records and marriage license records from 1837 - 2009 of marriages in Hardin County, Texas. The records are located at the Hardin County clerk's office.

What Can These Records Tell Me?
The following information may be found in these records:


 * Name of Bride
 * Bride's Age
 * Name of Groom
 * Groom' Age
 * Date of Marriage
 * Place of marriage
 * Name of Person Performing Mrriage

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

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Related Family History Library Holdings

 * Texas, Hardin County, Marriage records, 1837-2009
 * Texas, Hardin County District Court Divorce Records,1908-1991

Related FamilySearch Historical Records Collections

 * Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977

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