In Search For Free Marriage Records Online

By Claire Dowell


Whether you are tracing your family history or want information on your own marriage records, vital records are important documents. Marriage records contain the groom and bride's name, birthplace, parents, residence, occupation as well as the status of either party during the time the marriage took place. For those residents of Oklahoma marriage records are available from the county clerk office where the marriage license was issued. Another way to obtain the marriage record is to visit the State Office. The Office will then forward the request to the designated county.

Marriage records, affidavits, licenses, certificates, bond and other records are usually on file with the Court Clerk of the County, which can date as far back as the 1800's. Copies of records will usually date back to the time a county was established and are available via phone, fax or in person. Fees vary for each county as well.

For residents of Oklahoma, records are available from the Oklahoma County Courthouse. The Clerk Office has 175 volumes indexed and this ranges from 1889 up to 1951. The records contain the marriage licenses, certificates of marriage and affidavit of marriage applications. Research requests and copy fees are charged depending on whether the person is a resident or not. For residents, the charge is $20 and for non-residents, it is $30. Other charges include $1 for faxed, computer and microfilmed copies of the records. Standard mailing costs about $.25 per request. Express delivery is available only for Choctaw-Chicksaw marriage records only and costs $10.

For those searching for Pittsburg marriage records, the records are available from the Clerk office of McAlester. Requests can be made through in person and mail as well as online. Each request costs about $15. The fee is the same for those who intend to obtain marriage records in Washington County. The records are kept in Bartlesville county clerk office.

Marriage records in Jefferson County are also available from the Waurika Court Clerk. The records are unrestricted and each copy costs about $15 each. Requests can be made either through mail or in person as well as applying online. For historical records, one can check the Oklahoma Historical Society or the Southwest Oklahoma Genealogical Society in Lawton. Jackson County marriage records are available from the Altus Court Clerk and can be requested either through mail or in person. For those in Cherokee County, marriage records are available from the Tahlequah clerk of court whereas historical records are kept in the Oklahoma Historical society. Copies of the records are available for $15 and can be ordered by in person, mail and online.

For those who require the marriage records, they can also use online public records searches that provide birth, death, divorce and marriage records free. This is the fastest way to retrieve information, as one no longer has to wait in line to get their copies or wait for a few days for the request to undergo processing from the court's office.




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