Western States Marriages
Brigham Young University–Idaho has added Western States Marriages
Quotation from their site:
"For going on three decades, the BYU-I (formerly Ricks College) Arthur Porter Special Collections area of the David O. McKay Library in Rexburg, Idaho has been extracting early marriage records from counties in the western part of the United States. This extraction is called the Western States Marriage Index. In August 2006, this index was turned over to the Idaho Falls Regional Family History Center in Idaho Falls, Idaho when Blaine Bake, who began the index, retired from the university.
Most of the pre-1900 marriages are included in the index for Arizona, Idaho and Nevada. Many counties for those same states have been extracted into the 1930’s and some, much later. A significant number of marriages from selected counties in California, western Colorado, Montana, Oregon, Utah, eastern Washington, and Wyoming are also included. Very early marriages (1700’s) in New Mexico are currently being added. For more details, see "List of Counties by State". As of May 21, 2007, this file contains over 490,409 marriage records with additional entries being added nearly every working day.
At this time, the index is not comprehensive for the time period and/or localities described. However, the goal for this index is to have marriages from all 12 western states at the fingertips of family researchers. In the meantime, the index represents an effort to share results even though the index is incomplete and further proofreading and editing may be needed. Users are invited to notify us when errors are found or corrections needed. Please use the e-mail address below.
Please note that parents of the bride and groom are seldom mentioned in marriage records. As is the case for all indexes, it is recommended that the original marriage records be reviewed for additional information not extracted and for transcription accuracy.
Each entry in the index may contain the following:
names of the bride and groom
marriage date and place
county and state in which the marriage is recorded
residency of the bride and/or groom
miscellaneous comments "
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Quotation from their site:
"For going on three decades, the BYU-I (formerly Ricks College) Arthur Porter Special Collections area of the David O. McKay Library in Rexburg, Idaho has been extracting early marriage records from counties in the western part of the United States. This extraction is called the Western States Marriage Index. In August 2006, this index was turned over to the Idaho Falls Regional Family History Center in Idaho Falls, Idaho when Blaine Bake, who began the index, retired from the university.
Most of the pre-1900 marriages are included in the index for Arizona, Idaho and Nevada. Many counties for those same states have been extracted into the 1930’s and some, much later. A significant number of marriages from selected counties in California, western Colorado, Montana, Oregon, Utah, eastern Washington, and Wyoming are also included. Very early marriages (1700’s) in New Mexico are currently being added. For more details, see "List of Counties by State". As of May 21, 2007, this file contains over 490,409 marriage records with additional entries being added nearly every working day.
At this time, the index is not comprehensive for the time period and/or localities described. However, the goal for this index is to have marriages from all 12 western states at the fingertips of family researchers. In the meantime, the index represents an effort to share results even though the index is incomplete and further proofreading and editing may be needed. Users are invited to notify us when errors are found or corrections needed. Please use the e-mail address below.
Please note that parents of the bride and groom are seldom mentioned in marriage records. As is the case for all indexes, it is recommended that the original marriage records be reviewed for additional information not extracted and for transcription accuracy.
Each entry in the index may contain the following:
names of the bride and groom
marriage date and place
county and state in which the marriage is recorded
residency of the bride and/or groom
miscellaneous comments "
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Labels: BYU, Idaho, Western States
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