Michigan, County Marriages - FamilySearch Historical Records/Known Issues

Known Issues
NOTE: To determine which digital records are likely to be found within a collection or to find missing images, see, Using Film Notes in the Catalog to determine the content of a final browse point in Historical Records (56000).

NOTE: Most missing records are available on microfilm. See Ordering a microfilm or microfiche (55678). To view films, see Finding a family history center near you (54018).

NOTE: The correct spelling for the browse paths below should be “affidavits”:


 * Berrien &gt; Marriage affadavits, a total of 69 browse points misspelled.
 * Jackson &gt; Marriage affadavits, 1899, v. 2.
 * St Joseph &gt; Marriage affadavits, 1926.
 * Wayne &gt; Marriage affadavits, a total of 17 browse points misspelled.

Question #1: Some records are missing. Where can the records be viewed? Answer #1: See answers below for information about known missing records and respective film numbers, if available, or alternate online location:


 * Mackinac county records are not online. The films can be found in the Catalog by using the keyword search Michigan Mackinac Marriages

Question #2: The Event Type and Year Range (browse point) title does not properly reflect the actual digital record content. How can I determine what digital records are likely to be found within a collection? Answer #2: The list of known browse point discrepancies describes the event type or year range existing in the collection:


 * Wayne &gt; Marriage indexes, 1867-1873, v. G contains both the index and the marriage certificates The index is found on images 1 through 50; the corresponding certificates are found starting with image 51.
 * Berrien &gt; Marriage affidavits, 1915, v.1 and v.2 are transposed. Records from January 1 – June 23 are located in Berrien &gt; Marriage affadavits 1915 v. 2, and records from June 23- December 31 are located in Berrien &gt; Marriage affadavits 1915 v. 1.

Question #3: When trying to view records from the record detail page, the image viewer displays no browse points or navigation icons. How can I view the records? Answer #3: Certain restricted films include images that are beyond the 75 year cut-off date for displaying marriage records. As a result, the indexed records are viewable, but without browse capability for the entire film or the second page of a record. The second image can be viewed if the mother was indexed and the search criteria includes the mother’s maiden name. If a particular film is not available online when browsing by county, then the film is available to order.

If additional problems are encountered with the collection, you can report them at [mailto:support@familysearch.org support@familysearch.org].


 * If searching the collection: please include the name of the collection, and all search criteria used, including name, event, dates and places.
 * If browsing the collection: please include the full browse path you used to get to where the problem occurred. The browse path is located above the image viewer window. For example: Michigan, County Marriages, 1820-1935 &gt; Allegan &gt; Marriage licenses, 1924, v. 10 &gt; Image 1 of 153.
 * If you are reporting a technical issue: please include your operating system and browser version.

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