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A to Z Marriages

Directory of links to marriage records for the USA, Canada, Ireland, and the UK.

Amazon.com Genealogy Bookstore - Marriage Records

American marriage laws in their social aspects

A digest by Fred Smith Hall, Elisabeth W. Brooke, published 1919. Includes a breakdown of marriage laws by topic and by state.

BMD Certificate Exchange Site - The place to list all your unwanted Birth, Marriage or Death Certificates, Will Transcriptions, etc.

For people to list any birth, marriage or death certificates that they may have acquired in error. The service is free. If you find a certificate, e-mail addresses are supplied to contact the person who owns the certificate.

Certificate Sharing

A free website that allows you to share birth, death and marriage certificate information with others.

eBay Listings: Births, Marriages, Deaths

Online auction service for buying & selling.

FamilySearch.org - Free Family History and Genealogy Records

Forbidden Relatives: The American Myth of Cousin Marriage

A book by Martin Ottenheimer.

GenealogyMagazine.com - Colonial Love and Marriage

Myra Vanderpool Gormley's insightful article on marriage in Colonial America.

I Dream of Genealogy - Marriage Databases

A list of links to other sites.

Kissing Cousins in Genealogy

Companion site to the Kissing Cousins Mailing List, for marriages of the same family name such as a Walter/Walter marriage, as well as families that have 2 relatives that married into the same family and both had issue. Also for families that married into one another repeatedly.
[The original link is broken. This link points to an archived copy on the Wayback Machine]

Marriage Law for Genealogists: The Definitive Guide

What everyone tracing their family history needs to know about where, when, who and how their English and Welsh ancestors married. A book by Rebecca Probert for sale from Amazon.com.

MyVitalRec.com

Information for ordering by mail or online: birth, death, marriage or divorce.

Quaker Marriages

Researching Marriages

Article on researching marriages.

Revolutionary War Period Bible, Family & Marriage Records

Index to microfilm volumes of abstracts from pension files.

The Legal Genealogist - What’s in a married name?

An article by Judy G. Russell.

Vital Records US

Information and guidelines on acquiring vital records information in the United States. Includes state and county contact and pricing information.

Weddings Past and Present

War brides from around the world.

World Bride Index

Alphabetical index of millions of brides from genealogy files on other web sites.