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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.

eBay Listings: Births, Marriages, Deaths

Online auction service for buying & selling.

FamilySearch - Free Family History and Genealogy Records

FamilySearch Blog - Online United States Birth, Marriage, and Death 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.

Quaker Marriages

Revolutionary War Period Bible, Family & Marriage Records

Index to microfilm volumes of abstracts from pension files.

The Legal Genealogist - What

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 Wedding Bells Thru 1899