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Over the past decade, the BYU-Idaho Family History Center has been extracting early marriage records from counties in the western part of the United States. Virtually all of the pre-1900 marriages are included in the index for Arizona, Idaho and Nevada. Many Idaho and Utah counties have been extracted into the 1930’s and some, much later. A significant number of marriages from southwestern Wyoming, eastern Washington, eastern Oregon and selected counties in California are also included. For a more details see “List of Counties by State”. As of 23 August 2001, this file contains some 267,000 marriage records with additional entries being added nearly every working day. University students in the Special Collections area of the McKay Library in Rexburg, Idaho have typed the resulting manuscript information into an Internet database. The file represents an effort to share results even though the list is incomplete and further proofreading and editing may be needed. Continuing efforts are ongoing to add new counties and to make appropriate corrections. Users are invited to notify us when errors are found or corrections needed. Please review “Search tips” for additional suggestions in using the database. The index may not be comprehensive for the time period and/or locality described. Also, note that parents of the bride and groom are seldom mentioned in marriage records. As is the case for all indexes it is recommended that the original marriage record be reviewed for additional information not extracted and for transcription accuracy. Each
entry in the index may contain the following: Special thanks are made to the administrators, staff and student assistants at the McKay Library for their support especially Bruce Bills, Tom Liau, Mat Miles and Gale Reeser. Also, appreciation is extended to the past and present supervisors of the Arthur Porter Special Collections area, namely Barbara Jardine (deceased), Ruth Walker Hammar and Verna Hatch. Carol Burdick Davidson, Cara Petterson, Ardis Parshall, and Karen Wahlquist also deserve a special note of appreciation for extracting the records for Lincoln County, Wyoming, Cassia County, Idaho and Piute County, Utah respectively. Blaine R. Bake, editor |
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Send suggestions or comments to:
Blaine R Bake, BYU-Idaho (familyhistory@byui.edu),
224D McKay Library, 525 South Center, Rexburg, ID
83460-0405, (208) 356-2376