Does someone know when/if Iowa counties used marriage license application forms prior to 1920? This would have been a separate document that included family information i.e.: parent's names, place of birth, etc. Don Woodley RAOGK for Bremer, Butler, Floyd and Franklin Counties in Iowa. Researching Woodley, Butler, Ayers, Trindle, Cornford, Relf, Lingenfelter and others as time permits.

Don, I don't know about all counties in Iowa, but suspect that most did have marriage license applications pretty early. On the Clayton co. website are applications 1855-1860. Scroll down to 'Marriage Licenses' and click on a year to see what they included: http://www.sharylscabin.com/Clayton/marriage/marriage_index.htm Regards, Sharyl Ferrall coordinator, Clayton co. IAGenWeb http://iagenweb.org/clayton ----- Original Message ----- From: "Don" <dwdwrks2@omnitelcom.com> To: <IOWA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, April 03, 2009 6:28 AM Subject: [IOWA] Marriage License Applications Does someone know when/if Iowa counties used marriage license application forms prior to 1920? This would have been a separate document that included family information i.e.: parent's names, place of birth, etc. Don Woodley RAOGK for Bremer, Butler, Floyd and Franklin Counties in Iowa. Researching Woodley, Butler, Ayers, Trindle, Cornford, Relf, Lingenfelter and others as time permits. _____________________________________________ For additional information concerning how the list works, how to sub and unsub and list rules, visit http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~richard/ialist/ _____________________________________________ ---------------------------------------- Your support makes IAGenWeb possible. ~Visit The Friends of IAGenWeb Store today~ http://www.cafepress.com/iagenweb/ _____________________________________________ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IOWA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I don't know about all Iowa counties but here's what I have from some of my research: A marriage in Wapello Co. in Aug 1890 has the name of the bride, her age, her birthplace, her father, her mother's maiden name, and the fact that it was her third marriage . It also gives same information for the husband. Another marriage, same county, in June 1892, the marriage register gives the name of both the groom and bride, their ages next birthday, place(s) of their births, each ones parents' names including the mother's maiden name. Also where and when married, witnesses, certified by whom. Note: Although the application indicated the bride was born in Henry Co. IA, the 1885 IA Wapello Co. IA census says she was born in Jefferson Co. IA. which is correct. juanita > Does someone know when/if Iowa counties used marriage license > application forms prior to 1920? This would have been a separate > document that included family information i.e.: parent's names, place > of birth, etc. > > Don Woodley > > RAOGK for Bremer, Butler, Floyd and Franklin Counties in Iowa. > Researching Woodley, Butler, Ayers, Trindle, Cornford, Relf, > Lingenfelter and others as time permits. > _____________________________________________ > > For additional information concerning how the list > works, how to sub and unsub and list rules, visit > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~richard/ialist/ > _____________________________________________ > ---------------------------------------- > Your support makes IAGenWeb possible. > ~Visit The Friends of IAGenWeb Store today~ > http://www.cafepress.com/iagenweb/ > _____________________________________________ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IOWA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Top o' Don, Like Sharyl's, great Iowa genealogy minds run in the same channel so they would no doubt agree with her. Other sources for similar data would be church marriage records. For example, in the Catholic faith, one of the questions asked of the couple was the church and it's location that they were baptized in. One reason for this was for the announcement of the banns of marriage in the baptizing churches. When you contact these places, civil or denominational, always ask for all the data on the original book/register, not necessarily the doc. you're looking for. Keep in mind, the union did not have to be in the same county the application was processed in. Dick Before they called them tail-gate parties, they were known as Irish wakes! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Don" <dwdwrks2@omnitelcom.com> To: <IOWA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, April 03, 2009 9:28 AM Subject: [IOWA] Marriage License Applications > Does someone know when/if Iowa counties used marriage license application > forms prior to 1920? This would have been a separate document that > included family information i.e.: parent's names, place of birth, etc.

Thank you to all who responded to my question about Marriage Application documents. Again it seems that there were at least 99 different ways of doing business in our Iowa counties back then. If such documents did exist, they were probably pitched (along with other equally useful information) for the purpose of making room for storage of newer documents of lesser or equal value. Not a happy camper today - COME ON SPRING! Don

Don wrote: "Not a happy camper today - COME ON SPRING!" Sorry Don - our forecast has now changed from a "Winter Storm Watch" to a "Blizzard Warning"! We're looking at anywhere from 4" to 12 " of our favorite white fluff - hope you didn't put the shovel away. ;-) Blessings, Kate ----- Original Message ----- From: Don To: Dick Tague ; IOWA-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Saturday, April 04, 2009 11:06 AM Subject: Re: [IOWA] Marriage License Applications Thank you to all who responded to my question about Marriage Application documents. Again it seems that there were at least 99 different ways of doing business in our Iowa counties back then. If such documents did exist, they were probably pitched (along with other equally useful information) for the purpose of making room for storage of newer documents of lesser or equal value. Not a happy camper today - COME ON SPRING! Don _____________________________________________ For additional information concerning how the list works, how to sub and unsub and list rules, visit http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~richard/ialist/ _____________________________________________ ---------------------------------------- Your support makes IAGenWeb possible. ~Visit The Friends of IAGenWeb Store today~ http://www.cafepress.com/iagenweb/ _____________________________________________ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IOWA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.285 / Virus Database: 270.11.41/2040 - Release Date: 04/03/09 17:54:00