Jocelynn Can I buy the CD? From who and do you know how much it is? Thanks Barb lllorensen@sbcglobal.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jocelynn Knight" <jocelynnknight@mchsi.com> To: <paclearf@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, June 08, 2007 8:59 PM Subject: Re: [PACLEARF] Marriage License's > Robert Allison's book "Marriage Records of Clearfield County, Pa, prior > to October 1, 1885" is a great resource, he did all the work of finding > the records in the newspapers, DAR records, family genealogies, etc. > You can get the book from the Clearfield County Historical Society as > Jim Curry mentioned in his email. > > There is also a CD now available, "Centre County, PA Marriage Index, > 1764-2005". Previously there were a couple of books published by the > Friends of Centre County Library and Historical Museum, covering > 1800-1885. The new CD has added all the extra years. > > Jocelynn > jocelynnknight@mchsi.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: paclearf-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:paclearf-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Brian L Cartwright > Sent: Friday, June 08, 2007 8:32 PM > To: paclearf@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [PACLEARF] Marriage License's > > Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2007 10:16 PM > >> How about a little more details about where marriage records can be > found >> pre >> 1885? The County of Clearfield was formed in 1810 I believe but > records >> were >> located in Centre County for a while. Any more details out there? > > As far as licenses, they don't exist. The government of the Commonwealth > of > Pennsylvania had nothing to do with marriages until 1885. > > The best you can do is find where someone wrote down that a marriage > occured. > Church records > Justice of the Peace records > Family Bibles > Civil War pension applications > Newspaper notices > > Brian Cartwright > Johnstown > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PACLEARF-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PACLEARF-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message