West Virginia, Marriages Index, 1785-1971
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Title
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West Virginia, Marriages Index, 1785-1971
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West Virginia Marriages, 1853–1970.
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Publisher
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Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.
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Place
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Provo, Ut.
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Date
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2011
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Language
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English
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Temporal coverage
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1785-971
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Description
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From Ancestry.com, "beginning in 1853 Virginia law (which still applied to counties that would make up West Virginia) required counties to issue marriage licenses and record marriages in registers. Prior to this, Virginia law required that church marriages be recorded in registers, and starting in 1780, copies of these registers had to be forwarded to civil authorities. Details contained in this index were extracted from these county marriage records, which include bonds, applications, licenses, register entries, and returns."
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Accessed online at Ancestry.com
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Related resource
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https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/search/collections/2538/