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Do You Have to Pay to Get North Carolina Marriage Records?

The idea of putting together a family album, or a family tree, of your entire family is a great idea - in your mind.  That kind of project begins to resemble a nightmare once you begin the research, though, and realize how difficult it can truly be.  There are, after all, many different family branches you'll have to wade through in order to get to the information that you'll need to fully fill out your family tree.  One question most people have when starting this kind of project is if they will have to pay to access information like North Carolina marriage records.

Marriage Records

Most beginning family researchers think the most vital pieces of documentation to locate are birth records and death records.  This seems logical, as birth records reveal when and where someone came into this world, and death records reveal where and when they left the world.  While birth and death records are great sources of information, they're not the best piece of historical documentation.  What can help you jump from one branch to another on your family tree?  There are actually other types of documentation that hold better information and work better, such as census reports and North Carolina marriage records.

Why do marriage records help? Have you ever taken a close look at a record of this type?  When you do, you'll quickly notice a great deal of information in one compact location.  A marriage record shows not only who the bride and groom are, but also when they were born, where they were born, and when and where they were married.  It can even give you information on the bride and groom's parents and where they were born.  This wealth of information allows you to swing to newly discovered branches of your family tree.  Marriage records have assisted more than one genealogist out of a jam.

Paying

So will you need to pay to gain access to North Carolina marriage records? If you were married in the state and you are looking for an official piece of documentation to prove your marriage, then yes, you will need to pay the state for an official copy of your marriage record.  If, however, you're simply looking for historical information, you will not have to pay anyone anything.  There are many websites available that allow access to things like North Carolina marriage records free of charge.  This means that you can easily fill in a number of the branches in your family tree without having to pay out a great deal of money, the ideal setup for most people who want to create their own family trees but who have little money, or time, to waste doing so.

North Carolina Counties:

Alamance Alexander Alleghany Anson Ashe Avery Beaufort Bertie Bladen Brunswick Buncombe Burke Bute Cabarrus Caldwell Camden Carteret Caswell Catawba Chatham Cherokee Chowan Clay Cleveland Columbus Craven

Cumberland Currituck Dare Davidson Davie Dobbs Duplin Durham Edgecombe Forsyth Franklin Gaston Gates Graham Granville Greene Guilford Halifax Harnett Haywood Henderson Hertford Hoke Hyde Iredell Jackson

Johnston Jones Lee Lenoir Lincoln Macon Madison Martin McDowell Mecklenburg Mitchell Montgomery Moore Nash New Hanover Northampton Onslow Orange Pamlico Pasquotank Pender Perquimans Person Pitt Polk Randolph

Richmond Robeson Rockingham Rowan Rutherford Sampson Scotland Stanly Stokes Surry Swain Transylvania Tryon Tyrrell Union Vance Wake Warren Washington Watauga Wayne Wilkes Wilson Yadkin Yancey