Marriage Records
Creator: Elk County. Register of Deeds
Date: 1875-1950
Level of Description: Series
Material Type: Government record
Call Number: Unavailable
Unit ID: 199017
Space Required/Quantity: Microfilm only
Title (Main title): Marriage Records
Scope and Content
Scope and content: Variety of records related to marriages taking place in Elk County. Includes registers of marriages and State Board of Health forms related to marriage, with information such as license number, names and ages of bride and groom, parents' names (including mothers' maiden names) and nationalities, occupations of bride and groom, number of marriage for bride and for groom (first, second, etc.), and other such information. Series also includes the more typical marriage applications, affidavits, and licenses. These include license number; names, addresses, and ages of contracting parties; date of license; names of parents or guardians consenting; endorsement of party performing ceremony. Affidavit records show oath that no legal impediment to marriage exists, date, signatures of contracting parties.
Locators:
No Locators Identified
Microfilm:
- MF 7487 no. 2: Book "A" Marriage application record book 1878-1890
- MF 7487 no. 3: Book "B" (to p. 204) Marriage application record book 1890-1900
- MF 7488: Book "B" (cont'd from p. 205) Marriage application record book 1890-1900
- MF 7488 no. 2: Book "C" Marriage application record book 1900-1906
- MF 7488 no. 3: Book "D" Marriage application record book 1905-1917
- MF 7489: Book A 1875-1885
- MF 7489 no. 2: Book B 1885-1892
- MF 7489 no. 3: Book C 1892-1900
- MF 7490: Book D 1900-1905
- MF 7490 no. 2: Book B Register of marriages 1896-1913
- MF 7490 no. 3: Book E 1905-1917
- MF 7490 no. 4: Book A (second book A) State Board of Health record 1917-1924
- MF 7491: Book B 1924-1931
- MF 7491 no. 2: Book C 1931-1939
- MF 7491 no. 3: Book D to pg 391 1939-1947
- MF 7492: Book D (cont'd w/pg 391) 1939-1947
- MF 7492 no. 2: Book 1 1947-1950
Index Terms
Subjects
-
Elk County (Kan.) -- Genealogy
Marriage licenses -- Kansas -- Elk County
Marriage records -- Kansas -- Elk County
Registers of births, etc. -- Kansas -- Elk County
Agency Classification:
-
Local Government Agencies. Elk County. County Offices. Register of Deeds.