Oklahoma, Church Marriages - FamilySearch Historical Records

What is in This Collection?
This collection is an index to selected marriages from a few churches in Oklahoma for the years from 1852-1948. The images of these records are not available due to privacy restrictions.

What Can These Records Tell Me?
Marriage records may contain the following information:


 * Name
 * Name of spouse
 * Birth place
 * Parents’ names
 * Marriage date
 * Marriage place
 * Marital status

How Do I Search This Collection?
Before searching this collection, it is helpful to know:
 * The name of your ancestor
 * The approximate date of marriage
 * The place where the marriage occurred

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.

Remember to:
 * Whenever possible, look at the original record. If often has more information than the indexed record
 * Print or download a copy of the record, or extract the genealogical information needed
 * In case you need to find this record again later, copy the citation found on each record or image. Familysearch wiki has a Example Research Log that you can download and use for this purpose

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

 * Use the age to calculate a birth date and to find other records such as birth, christening, census, land and death records
 * Use the information to find additional family members. Witnesses or bondsmen were usually relatives
 * Repeat this process with additional family members found, to find more generations of the family
 * Church Records often were kept years before government records were required and are a good source for finding ancestors before 1900

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

 * Try viewing the original record to see if there were errors in the transcription of the name, age, residence, etc. Remember that there may be more than one person in the records with the same name
 * Collect entries for every person who has the same surname. This list can help you identify possible relations that can be verified by records
 * If you cannot locate your ancestor in the locality in which you believe they lived, then try searching records of a nearby locality in an area search
 * Standard spelling of names typically did not exist during the periods our ancestors lived in. Try variations of your ancestor’s name while searching the index or browsing through images
 * Remember that sometimes individuals went by nicknames or alternated between using first and middle names. Try searching for these names as well
 * Search the indexes and records of Oklahoma, United States Genealogy
 * Search in the Oklahoma Archives and Libraries

Citing This Collection
Citations help you keep track of places you have searched and sources you have found. Identifying your sources helps others find the records you used.


 * Collection Citation:

"Oklahoma, Church Marriages, 1852-1948." Database. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org : accessed 2017. Citing Trinity United Methodist Church, Purcell and Oklahoma Historical Socity, Oklahoma City.

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