Posts about marriage records research, including primary source marriage records, certificates, announcements, and banns for genealogy research.

23 May 2022

Major US Naturalization Laws

By |23 May 2022|Marriage Records, Migration Records, Naturalization Records|0 Comments

Download this handy list of Major US Naturalization Laws from 1790-2005. The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) compiled this useful list, available at no charge. Major US Naturalization Laws More than 27 naturalization [...]

11 Mar 2021

Duplicate Prussian Marriage Records

By |11 Mar 2021|German Genealogy, Marriage Records, Prussian Genealogy|0 Comments

Have you found duplicate Prussian marriage records in your research? At last night's Legacy Family Tree webinar on Locating Ancestors in Prussian Genealogy Records, one genealogist asked me about finding two different records for [...]

22 Mar 2018

Google Maps and Uncommunicative Records

By |22 Mar 2018|Chicago Genealogy, Maps, Marriage Records, Research Tips, Search Strategies|6 Comments

Today's post is about Google Maps and Uncommunicative Records. I only wish I'd thought of this work-around sooner for place research. I've had a love-hate relationship with turn-of-the-(20th)-century Cook County marriage licenses for years now. [...]

19 Oct 2015

FamilySearch German Databases Updated

By |19 Oct 2015|Databases, Death Records, Digital Collections, Genealogy, German Genealogy, Marriage Records, Prussian Genealogy|3 Comments

An astute friend told me that the FamilySearch German Databases updated on 18 September 2015. Great news! If you haven't searched the three main German databases available at FamilySearch in a while, it's worth taking [...]

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