Marriage & Anniversary Records for Genealogy Research

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Marriages and Anniversaries Mining Newspapers for Engagements, Marriages, Anniversaries & Divorce Records

Thomas Jay Kemp 20 June 2012



◦ Over 6,100 newspapers  All 50 states  1690 to today  Over 1.2 Billion Records  Millions of Engagement, Marriage & Divorce Records






















• Who?


• Who? – Name: Bride – Name: Groom


• Who? – Name: Bride – Name: Groom

• What?


• Who? – Name: Bride – Name: Groom

• What? • When?


• Who? – Name: Bride – Name: Groom

• What? • When? • Where?


• Who? – Name: Bride – Name: Groom

• • • •

What? When? Where? How?


• Church


• Church • Reception


• Church • Reception • Bride - bio


• Groom – bio


• Groom – bio • Born in SC


• Groom – bio • Born in SC • Approx. Age


• • • •

Groom – bio Born in SC Approx. Age How long in DC


• • • • •

Groom – bio Born in SC Approx. Age How long in DC Work history


• • • • • •

Groom – bio Born in SC Approx. Age How long in DC Work history Honor & Trust


• Not seeing: – Parent’s Names – Other Family




• Out of area – Yonkers, New York


• Out of area – Yonkers, New York • Wedding Details


• Out of area – Yonkers, New York • Wedding Details • Bridesmaids, Maid of Honor, flower girl – all named


Independent Inquirer (Brattleboro, Vermont) 28 June 1834, page 3



Eastern Argus (Portland, Maine) 19 Aug 1828, page 3


Eastern Argus (Portland, Maine) 19 Aug 1828, page 3


Eastern Argus (Portland, Maine) 19 Aug 1828, page 3


Eastern Argus (Portland, Maine) 19 Aug 1828, page 3


Eastern Argus (Portland, Maine) 19 Aug 1828, page 3


Eastern Argus (Portland, Maine) 19 Aug 1828, page 3


Eastern Argus (Portland, Maine) 19 Aug 1828, page 3


Eastern Argus (Portland, Maine) 19 Aug 1828, page 3



Philadelphia Inquirer 29 Jan 1895


Philadelphia Inquirer 29 Jan 1895 • Names, ages


Philadelphia Inquirer 29 Jan 1895 • Names, ages • Residence


Philadelphia Inquirer 29 Jan 1895 • Names, ages • Residence • Where married


Philadelphia Inquirer 29 Jan 1895 • • • •

Names, ages Residence Where married 1st wife died, 14 months ago


Philadelphia Inquirer 29 Jan 1895 Names, ages Residence Where married 1st wife died, 14 months ago • Married 63 years • • • •


Philadelphia Inquirer 29 Jan 1895 Names, ages Residence Where married 1st wife died, 14 months ago • Married 63 years • Only death in family • • • •


Philadelphia Inquirer 29 Jan 1895 Names, ages Residence Where married 1st wife died, 14 months ago • Married 63 years • Only death in family • # of children, grandchildren etc. • • • •


Philadelphia Inquirer 29 Jan 1895

1880 Census Garrett County, MD


Philadelphia Inquirer 29 Jan 1895

1880 Census Garrett County, MD



















Boston Post Boy (Massachusetts) 22 July 1751, page 2


Commercial Daily Register (Sandusky, Ohio) 25 January 1862, page 1


Can You Read This? i cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it dseno't mtaetr in waht oerdr the ltteres in a wrod are, the olny iproamtnt tihng is taht the frsit and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it whotuit a pboerlm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Azanmig huh? yaeh and I awlyas tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt!


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