Hi: There were no marriage licenses issued in Michigan until the late 1860's. You have several options, however, and may or may not find an answer. Churches usually recorded marriages and many church records have been copied. Sometimes in a county history, marriage dates will be mentioned. Obituaries also often contain a marriage date. The 1900 and 1910 censuses give the number of years married. Hope this helps. Marge ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, April 28, 2006 12:13 PM Subject: [MILENAWE] marriage records 1830-1850 for Techumseh,MI > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: saxton,Daniels > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/mFB.2ACE/2735 > > Message Board Post: > > Any idea as to existance of a marriage license for John Saxton and > Derinda Daniels would be appreciated.Their gravestone is in the > Tecumseh,MI city cemetary.John was born in PA on Oct. 30,1807 and Derinda > in NY in 1817.They had 8 children and I'm suprised that I'm doing this > solo.Any help would be appreciated. >

We may not have marriage licenses, but we do have marriage records. Birth and death records were not required by the state of Michigan until 1867, that is very true. BUT, counties were supposed to start recording marriages right from the begining of the county (or close to). Lenawee County had marriage records, but we also had a courthouse fire in 1852. *Therefor our marriages start in 1852. * now, that said, those early marriages don't have a lot of data in them, name of groom, bride, who married them, when, where and witnesses. Sometimes we get ages too. Those early marriages are on microfilm at the Library of Michigan in Lansing and the original book is still in use at the Lenawee County Court house in Adrian. Good luck in your research. On 4/28/06, Marge Wilcox <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi: > There were no marriage licenses issued in Michigan until the late 1860's. > You have several options, however, and may or may not find an answer. > Churches usually recorded marriages and many church records have been > copied. Sometimes in a county history, marriage dates will be mentioned. > Obituaries also often contain a marriage date. The 1900 and 1910 censuses > give the number of years married. Hope this helps. > Marge > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, April 28, 2006 12:13 PM > Subject: [MILENAWE] marriage records 1830-1850 for Techumseh,MI > > > > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > > > Surnames: saxton,Daniels > > Classification: Query > > > > Message Board URL: > > > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/mFB.2ACE/2735 > > > > Message Board Post: > > > > Any idea as to existance of a marriage license for John Saxton and > > Derinda Daniels would be appreciated.Their gravestone is in the > > Tecumseh,MI city cemetary.John was born in PA on Oct. 30,1807 and > Derinda > > in NY in 1817.They had 8 children and I'm suprised that I'm doing this > > solo.Any help would be appreciated. > > > >