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Philadelphia Marriage Records Before 1885

Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Marriage Index - FamilySearch Historical Records

Marriage license records for years 1916-1951 are available at the City Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The city and county of Philadelphia were combined in 1854. In 1860, the city passed a law requiring the Board of Health to register all marriages. In 1885, Pennsylvania authorized the Orphans’ Court in each county to register marriages.

https://www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/Pennsylvania,_Philadelphia_Marriage_Index_-_FamilySearch_Historical_Records Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Marriage Index - FamilySearch Historical Records

Philadelphia County PA Marriage Records - LDS Genealogy

Marriage register of Philadelphia County, 1814 to 1839 Family History Library Marriages recorded by the Registrar General of the Province, 1685-1689 Family History Library Names of persons for whom marriage licenses were issued in the province of Pennsylvania previous to 1790 Family History Library Newspapers.com Marriage Index, 1800s-1999 Ancestry

https://ldsgenealogy.com/PA/Philadelphia-County-Marriage-Records.htm Philadelphia County PA Marriage Records - LDS Genealogy

Philadelphia County – Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia researchers should know that the Philadelphia Marriage Indexes from October 1885 through December 1951 are available online at FamilySearch. Marriage records are available for the following dates at the following repositories: 1 July 1860-October 1885 – Philadelphia City Archives.

https://genpa.org/public-collections/pennsylvania-county-pages/philadelphia-county/ Philadelphia County – Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania

MARRIAGE RECORDS, 1885-1951, PENNSYLVANIA - searchmypast

U.S. Marriage Collection › Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Marriage Index, 1885-1951 MARRIAGE RECORDS, 1885-1951, PENNSYLVANIA Name First and middle name (s) Last name (*Required) Year of birth (YYYY) State Keywords Gender Event Birth Marriage Divorce Death Obituary Cemetery Military/War Family History Court/Will Land & Property Census Includes

https://www.searchmypast.net/search/us-marriage/philadelphia-pennsylvania-marriage-index-1885-1951/ MARRIAGE RECORDS, 1885-1951, PENNSYLVANIA - searchmypast

Pennsylvania, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1845-1963

Marriage licenses have been issued by the Clerk of Orphans Court at each county courthouse since September 30, 1885. This collection includes marriage records from various counties beginning in 1845 through 1963. Marriage certificates recorded the following details: name of the groom and bride marriage place gender and race age and date of birth

https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61324/ Pennsylvania, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1845-1963

Passenger Arrival Records | National Archives

The records are arranged by port or airport of arrival. The National Archives has passenger arrival records, sometimes called "ship passenger lists," for arrivals to the United States from foreign ports between approximately 1820 and December 1982 (with ... NARA does not have passenger lists of vessels arriving before January 1, 1820. There are ...

https://www.archives.gov/research/immigration/passenger-arrival.html Passenger Arrival Records | National Archives

Records of District Courts of the United States | National Archives

21.21.1 Records of the U.S. District Court. Textual Records (in Boston): General records, consisting of dockets, 1789-1969, with indexes, 1790-1886; case files, 1790- 1906; records relating to bankruptcy, 1800-78, and to naturalization, 1790-1906; and records of the clerk of the court, 1819-1912.

https://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/021.html Records of District Courts of the United States | National Archives