Marriage and Divorce Records
Search Marriage and Divorce Records for Vital Statistics and Genealogy Research
What Information Can Be Found in Marriage and Divorce Records?
Marriage and divorce information can be helpful in finding lost relatives, looking for proof of citizenship,
documenting your family tree or for conducting genealogy research for medical or other reasons.
Such official documentation can clear up the uncertainty of relationships or establish others.
Like birth and death records, these vital records were not routinely maintained in the United States until the early 1900's.
However, subsequent to this period, marriage and divorce records were maintained at the state level.
The type of information that you can find in marriage and divorce records includes:
Marriage Licenses
- Addresses at time of marriage application
- Maiden name
- Birth dates, birth places & occupations
- Blood types
- Place of marriage
- Witness names
Divorce, Annulment and Separation Certificates
- Names of both parties
- Wife's maiden name
- Date and place of marriage
- Addresses at time of record
- Property settlements and child custody decisions
How to Conduct a Marriage or Divorce Records Search?
To conduct a search or obtain copies of marriage licenses or divorce, separation or annulment certificates, you should contact:
- The vital records office in the state where the marriage or marital separation occurred. The location of this office varies from state to state, but in many cases this office or these records are maintained through the state's department of health.
- The family court clerk's office in the county in which the couple lives or divorced.
National Marriage, Divorce, Annulment and Separation Records Resource Links
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Vital Records Resources - Marriage, divorce, annulment, and separation records are handled at the state level, but the CDC does offer a composite list of links to each state's vital records office.
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Latest Questions and Comments for Marriage and Divorce
Mimi Tiderman
posted inWashington Dc - Marriage and Divorce Records
We need a copy of my parents marriage certificate. They were married in Washington DC on Aug. 25th, 1951 at Christ Lutheran Church. In order to apply for VA assisted living benefits, we need this document as soon as possible. Help??
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• 2019-04-15 01:07 GMT
ypeach02
posted inIowa - Marriage and Divorce Records
Do you know the county in which the divorce took place? This early divorce record may have been filed that county's office. Please look for the county clerk's office and contact them. You may have to send a written request.
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• 2018-04-30 06:19 GMT
Rene
posted inIowa - Marriage and Divorce Records
About 1895 my great grandmother was divorced from my great grandfather...I cannot find any records anywhere pertaining to that. Are there any records still in existence? I find marriage records, but not divorce records. Can you help?
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• 2018-02-26 00:24 GMT
Angela Hicks
posted inWashington Dc - Marriage and Divorce Records
I'm looking for Frank Everette Robertson and Robin Francean Robertson divorce papers
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• 2017-12-05 23:49 GMT
Walther (waltherfo***@gmail.com)
posted inNorth Carolina - Marriage and Divorce Records
My wife is having an affair and she told me the other guy is divorced so I should grant same - I want to confirm he is divorced. I am not a NC resident. How can I obtain and/or confirm a divorce record or decree?
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• 2017-09-20 16:20 GMT
Neva LeBarre
posted inOklahoma - Marriage and Divorce Records
I am searching for the divorce decree of my wife and her ex-husband that was filed in Pottawatomie County, OK in 1986 Please help
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• 2017-06-03 23:09 GMT
Judy Johnson
posted inTexas - Marriage and Divorce Records
I am trying to find the divorce certificate for my step father & his previous wife. I believe they lived in the Dallas-Fort Worth area at the time of their divorce, but what information do I need to find out if the divorce was recorded and then get a copy of the divorce decree?
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• 2016-07-29 03:19 GMT
therese perreault
posted inMaine - Marriage and Divorce Records
I am in need of a certified copy of my divorce papers and I cannot remember the date - I think the year was 1983. My married name was Therese Dromgoole and my maiden and current name is Therese Perreault. Your help would be greatly appreciated
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• 2016-04-18 03:23 GMT
Cheryl (cyo***@bgwifi.com)
posted inKentucky - Marriage and Divorce Records
Hi
Is it possible to find out if there has been a marriage between two people when one is deceased?
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• 2016-02-24 18:52 GMT
Kathy (kwh***@hotmail.com)
posted inIndiana - Marriage and Divorce Records
In Indiana, go to https://mycase.on.gov and do the All Odyssey Courts - Case Search for dissolution of marriage. Wish I could find an easy way to search for marriage records.
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• 2015-08-29 19:39 GMT
Kathy (kwh***@hotmail.com)
posted inIndiana - Marriage and Divorce Records
In Indiana, search at https://mycase.on.gov for dissolution of marriage records.
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• 2015-08-29 19:36 GMT
Sandra Julian
posted inAlabama - Marriage and Divorce Records
Looking for divorce record for Lowell V. Leak; married aldredge may in August of 1945. Divorced shortly thereafter. Aldredge married someone else in May of 1947 So divorce occurred in Marshall County, Alabama between 1945 and 1947.
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• 2015-05-06 20:53 GMT
miss robinson (robinsonmarcel***@yahoo.com)
posted inIndiana - Marriage and Divorce Records
i am looking for dissolution of marriage for aaron sterling and connie patton-sterling
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• 2015-01-15 10:21 GMT
chas
posted inMississippi - Marriage and Divorce Records
my wife was married in Corinth miss am trying to get copy of marriage certificate
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• 2014-12-11 23:34 GMT
chazzwan
posted inWashington Dc - Marriage and Divorce Records
I think my mother was divorced in Washington, DC in 1954, 55,56. Is this the right department to look for her divorce decree?
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• 2014-10-30 20:17 GMT
Kerri hughes
posted inWashington - Marriage and Divorce Records
How can I find the divorce record of my mom Leslie Macko & dad John Michael Hughes. I think he may have passed and I don't know how to find out if it is him that passed or another john hughes. They were married in Dec. 20 1966 and divorced in 1967 or 1968 in Washington state King County
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• 2014-06-28 07:28 GMT
Jacquelyn Barnes (nikione19***@gmail.com)
posted inFlorida - Marriage and Divorce Records
I need to find the date of my marriage to Russell L. Barnes in June of the early 1970s for myFL drivers license renewal and get a copy of it. If not I will have to change all of my accounts to my máiden name. I never changed my name back after our divorce and I have been told that he is deceased so I can't ask him Help
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• 2014-06-19 23:28 GMT
Bianca (carbi***@yahoo.com)
posted inGeorgia - Marriage and Divorce Records
Jillian please contact me. I have a question about Sheahan...
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• 2014-05-05 07:40 GMT
kendra tittle (kendratit***@yahoo.com)
posted inIndiana - Marriage and Divorce Records
I am looking for dissolution of marriage for michelle gorden and Michael gorden/
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• 2014-04-08 02:07 GMT
jackson bell (jacksonrb***@aol.com)
posted inMaryland - Marriage and Divorce Records
can i apply on line for divorce record
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• 2014-01-23 14:52 GMT
piper (pipergr***@hotmail.com)
posted inConnecticut - Marriage and Divorce Records
i need a copy of a divorce decree
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• 2014-01-01 21:46 GMT
Robert
posted inGeorgia - Marriage and Divorce Records
Marriage records Prior to 1952 are available from the County Probate Court where the marriage application was originally
recorded. You can request the information in person or via mail. As you are not sure of the year of the marriage, there may be extra fees to check for records over the years. Please find more details at http://dph.georgia.gov/VitalRecords.
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• 2013-12-12 20:03 GMT
Robert
posted inNevada - Marriage and Divorce Records
To obtain the certified copy of marriage certificate by mail, you need to send the request form to the county recorder in which marriage took place. In this case, it would be the Clark County Recorder. You must include Name of groom, Maiden name of brie, Date of Marriage, City of Marriage. Find more information about fees and address check here http://health.nv.gov/vs.htm.
Alternately, you can search for your name on the PublicRecords360's home page and see if there is a public marriage record available for you.
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• 2013-12-12 19:36 GMT
Joyce Barnes (j7bar***@comcast.net)
posted inGeorgia - Marriage and Divorce Records
Where can I find marriage records prior to 1952? I'm looking for the record of my parents' marriage and I have been told they were married in Dade County. I don't have the exact date, but it would have been between 1945 and 1952.
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• 2013-12-04 01:00 GMT
phillip d. sangster (beagle***@yahoo.com)
posted inSouth Carolina - Marriage and Divorce Records
this is phillip douglas sangster im trying to find out if me and my ex-wife Amanda cl sangster is divorced or not thks.
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• 2013-12-03 17:31 GMT
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