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Searching for maiden names in old marriage records should be one of the first priorities of all genealogy research. One maiden name of an ancestors wife brings a whole new set of relatives into focus.

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Every old marriage has someone's ancestors in it!  Add your records and connect with others researching your genealogy roots!

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Who had the first marriage?

The ancient society that began the formal custom of marriage is not clear, but ancient writing has described the love and marriage of different historical brides and grooms, and pottery recovered from this era has been found decorated with wedding scenes. Records must have been kept of marriages with dates and names-wouldn't it be great if we could possibly trace our family history back to these early wedding participants!

 

U.K., Ireland & Canada Marriages:

Some of the places marriage records may be gleaned from:

  • Church records
  • County marriage ledgers
  • Divorce records
  • Family bibles, letters and diaries
  • Family traditional stories
  • Old biographies
  • Old newspapers
  • State Archives

Genealogy Resources:

All Free Records.com - Public Records and Where to Find Them - AFR shows what public records are held in a state and by whom, with the addresses to request them or get more info.

Ancestorhunt.com - Bible Records, Genealogy Search Engines, Obituary search, US and UK searches and more!

Archives.com - named one of the best family history websites by Family Tree Magazine.

Census Diggins - Databases and transcriptions. Don't forget to register for the weekly Free Giveaway!

Free Census Records - US, United Kingdom and Canada Census record links categorized down to the county level.

Free Genealogy Search Engines - free genealogy searches and sources by state.

Genealogy Links - Genealogy resources and guides for the united states.

Newspaper Obituaries - RECENT newspaper obituaries for each state.

Interesting genealogy sites thefreewebsite.net

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