Marriage record, 1819-[ongoing].

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Marriage record, 1819-[ongoing].

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To be married in Alabama a couple must obtain a marriage license from a probate judge (see Ala. Code, 30-1-9 [1975]). This series consists of a transcription or photocopy of the marriage license which is recorded by the probate judge within thirty days of the marriage. Information includes date of issue, names, residences, birthdates, race, birthplaces, prior marriages, and names of parents of the bride and groom, as well as a certificate signed by the person performing the ceremony. This record began in 1819 and continues to the present.

Alabama Department of Archives and History

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Alabama Department of Archives and History

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Alabama County (Ala.). Probate Judges.

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Authorities: Acts of Alabama, 1849-50. Code of Alabama, 1975, Vol. 2, Constitutional Amendment No. 328. Norman, Keith B., ed. Handbook for Alabama Probate Judges. 3rd ed. Atlanta: Darby Printing Co., 1982. A court of probate was established in each Alabama county in 1850. The act that created the probate court abolished the county court and the orphans' court and transferred most of the jurisdiction of the county court to the court of ...