Source:Pennsylvania, United States. County Marriage Records, 1845-1963

Source Pennsylvania, United States. County Marriage Records, 1845-1963
[database on-line]
Publication information
Type Government / Church records
Publisher Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.
Date issued 2016
Place issued Lehi, UT, USA
Citation
Pennsylvania, United States. County Marriage Records, 1845-1963: [database on-line]. (Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016).
Repositories
Ancestry.comhttps://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=..Paid website

Original data

Pennsylvania County Marriages, 1845-1963. Various Counties (155 Rolls). Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

Usage Tips

Marriage licenses have been issued by the Clerk of Orphans Court at each county courthouse since September 30, 1885. This collection includes marriage records from various counties beginning in 1845 through 1963.

Marriage certificates recorded the following details:

  • name of the groom and bride
  • marriage place
  • gender and race
  • age and date of birth
  • parents' names
  • certificate number

This database contains records from the following counties: Adams, Allegheny, Clarion, Clearfield, Fulton, Montgomery, Potter, and Snyder.