I would like that pre-1936 marriages for AL, also. We went to the courthouse in B'ham and looked through the books the last time we were there, and couldn't find the marriage we are trying to find. Looking for Eastis/Estis/Estes married to Ellie Smith about 1925. Sandi ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barry Jernigan" <bjernigan7040@bellsouth.net> To: <aljeffer@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2007 9:17 PM Subject: [ALJEFF] AL Marriage Index > Ancestry.com has the Alabama Marriage Index from 1936 to 1969. It's in the > "Alabama Marriage Collection" database. Couples aren't listed together but > you can search by surname, county and/or date. Click the link to the > microfilm image of the marriage index itself. Note the county number > (alphabetically in order -- 1 is Autauga County and 67 is Winston County. > Jefferson County is 37); the date (sometimes a full date or sometimes just > the month and year); volume # and certificate # and then search by the > county and date for a match. Sometimes kind of tedious but very often > ultimately rewarding. Then, if you wanted, you could order a copy of the > marriage license. > > I thought about the people in that diary from 1930. Perhaps someone might > be interested in searching for those names in the marriage index and > seeing who they married. Might jog some memories a little more? Just an > idea. > > Also, a little OT -- Ancestry has a similar database for Georgia and > Florida marriages. Florida marriages go up to 2001. Those do list the > couples if you follow the links to information about the actual > certificates and it usually gives women's maiden names as well. > > I haven't checked out the Georgia marriage database but I will be doing so > soon. Also there is a divorce index for Florida (same time frame as the > marriage index) and a divorce index for Alabama but I think it's only from > 1950 to 1959. I haven't checked it out yet. > > Anyone know of an online database of marriages for Jefferson County for > the early 1900s? Prior to 1936? Several of my great aunts and uncles > married there during that time frame as well as my great-grandparents. > > I'm going to have to make Birmingham my next research trip. I've already > got one to Cullman Co under my belt and it was a very good learning trip. > One of those trips where once you get there you wish you could just go off > by yourself and spend hours and hours just digging through everything > rather than sticking to some pre-arranged itinerary ;-) Especially in the > court house and also in the library. > > Barry Jernigan > College Grove, Rutherford Co, TN > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ALJEFFER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >