I have been trying to get my Great Grandparents Marriage Record from West Virginia for the past year. I just got a letter from the Catholic Churhc Archives that they could not find the records again. I know they got married in either 1930 or 1931. They were from Italy and had their marriage arranged. Does anyone know of any other legal documents that would have this information on it?
2006-11-02 19:36:56 · 5 answers · asked by jjk_16_21 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Genealogy
Hey JJK,
The church may not be the best place to get the record. Usually the church files the record with the local municipality, and they file it with the state. So, if you start with the town they were married in, and search for Vital Records, Marriage Certificates, you should locate a town/city record keeping facility. Otherwise, just pay more with the state records keeping.
For 1930, that should be easy. Here are some sites:
2006-11-03 02:26:50 · answer #1 · answered by BuyTheSeaProperty 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Have you tried the courthouse? In some times and places, the civil marriage might leave a paper trail a religious ritual might not.. Most people have both kinds of records.
good luck
2006-11-02 19:50:23 · answer #2 · answered by Ms. Switch 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nowadays the easier way to find worldwide relatives is through Facebook, Twitter, Orkut, My Space, and others. I'm from Rio de Janeiro and if you wanna I can try to help you somehow. All you have are their full names? Only this? Don't you have address, phone number, state, city..? We are a very big country but it isn't impossible to find.
2016-03-28 05:25:03 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Check with court house and see if they have records or if not where are their archives.
2006-11-02 19:46:07 · answer #4 · answered by DeeJay 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
thats a hard one good luck on your search
2006-11-02 19:40:39 · answer #5 · answered by julieelise32604 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋