Hi - Please can someone advise me where in Clearfield a Marriage before 1885 would be recorded ? Does one have to know what Church, or Minister, etc. to contact ? Thanks, Sally

The Clearfield Historical Society donated a book to the Clearfield Courthouse that has "some" marriage license info before 1885. It is NOT a complete record of marriage applications. There were no records kept/recorded before 1885 EXCEPT at the local churches and/or your family bible. In glancing at the Historical Society book there are mentions of marriages from 1794, 1877, 1846....etc......but again it is not a complete list of names for Clearfield County. It basically is a list that was compiled from someone going around to the local churches and making a list of names and dates. Kim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dutton Family" <rdutton1@tampabay.rr.com> To: <PACLEARF@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2007 9:06 AM Subject: [PACLEARF] Marriage License records before 1885 > Hi - Please can someone advise me where in Clearfield a Marriage before > 1885 would be recorded ? Does one have to know what Church, or > Minister, etc. to contact ? Thanks, Sally > > ------------------------------- > 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 >