Philadelphia has civil records of marriages from 1860. From 1885 (to 1951) the marriage indexes are on FamilySearch.com. Sign up / register for a free account on FamilySearch, and you'll be able to click through from the index transcript page to the image of the actual record. You can then download or print it for your files. At this time period, you will get name, age, occupation, address of bride and groom--but no info on parents unless one or both were minors and there's a parental consent form attached. So, good news: you can get it free online. Good luck! Hope that helps. Claire K Sent from my iPhone On Mar 12, 2014, at 12:24 PM, "David Railton" <[email protected]> wrote: > I have a copy of a church record of a marriage in Philadelphia in 1887. Can > anyone please tell me what the procedure was for the documentation of a > marriage at that time? Would a license need to be taken out before the > marriage? If so how would it be possible for me to obtain a copy of the > licence and from where? > > Thank you. > > David Railton > > Cheshire, England ...

Speaking of Family Search…is anyone having problems with searching???? > From: [email protected] > Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2014 12:36:29 -0400 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [PAPhl] Marriage record - Phiadelphia - 1887 > > Philadelphia has civil records of marriages from 1860. From 1885 (to 1951) the marriage indexes are on FamilySearch.com. Sign up / register for a free account on FamilySearch, and you'll be able to click through from the index transcript page to the image of the actual record. You can then download or print it for your files. > > At this time period, you will get name, age, occupation, address of bride and groom--but no info on parents unless one or both were minors and there's a parental consent form attached. > > So, good news: you can get it free online. Good luck! > > Hope that helps. > > Claire K > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Mar 12, 2014, at 12:24 PM, "David Railton" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I have a copy of a church record of a marriage in Philadelphia in 1887. Can > > anyone please tell me what the procedure was for the documentation of a > > marriage at that time? Would a license need to be taken out before the > > marriage? If so how would it be possible for me to obtain a copy of the > > licence and from where? > > > > Thank you. > > > > David Railton > > > > Cheshire, England > ... > ********* > Visit the threaded archives of this list: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/PAPHILAD > ********* > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Yes Sent from my iPad > On Mar 12, 2014, at 12:52 PM, Regina <[email protected]> wrote: > > Speaking of Family Search…is anyone having problems with searching???? > >> From: [email protected] >> Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2014 12:36:29 -0400 >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [PAPhl] Marriage record - Phiadelphia - 1887 >> >> Philadelphia has civil records of marriages from 1860. From 1885 (to 1951) the marriage indexes are on FamilySearch.com. Sign up / register for a free account on FamilySearch, and you'll be able to click through from the index transcript page to the image of the actual record. You can then download or print it for your files. >> >> At this time period, you will get name, age, occupation, address of bride and groom--but no info on parents unless one or both were minors and there's a parental consent form attached. >> >> So, good news: you can get it free online. Good luck! >> >> Hope that helps. >> >> Claire K >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On Mar 12, 2014, at 12:24 PM, "David Railton" <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> I have a copy of a church record of a marriage in Philadelphia in 1887. Can >>> anyone please tell me what the procedure was for the documentation of a >>> marriage at that time? Would a license need to be taken out before the >>> marriage? If so how would it be possible for me to obtain a copy of the >>> licence and from where? >>> >>> Thank you. >>> >>> David Railton >>> >>> Cheshire, England >> ... >> ********* >> Visit the threaded archives of this list: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/PAPHILAD >> ********* >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ********* > Visit the threaded archives of this list: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/PAPHILAD > ********* > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Claire, I'm not certain I understand…are you saying that you can see the actual marriage document or just the actual index record. If you mean you can obtain the marriage license document by clicking on something, can you tell us what that is. I thought once you obtained the marriage license number you have to order the record from City Hall or go to the archives to view the records. What am I missing? ThanksRegina > From: [email protected] > Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2014 12:36:29 -0400 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [PAPhl] Marriage record - Phiadelphia - 1887 > > Philadelphia has civil records of marriages from 1860. From 1885 (to 1951) the marriage indexes are on FamilySearch.com. Sign up / register for a free account on FamilySearch, and you'll be able to click through from the index transcript page to the image of the actual record. You can then download or print it for your files. > > At this time period, you will get name, age, occupation, address of bride and groom--but no info on parents unless one or both were minors and there's a parental consent form attached. > > So, good news: you can get it free online. Good luck! > > Hope that helps. > > Claire K > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Mar 12, 2014, at 12:24 PM, "David Railton" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I have a copy of a church record of a marriage in Philadelphia in 1887. Can > > anyone please tell me what the procedure was for the documentation of a > > marriage at that time? Would a license need to be taken out before the > > marriage? If so how would it be possible for me to obtain a copy of the > > licence and from where? > > > > Thank you. > > > > David Railton > > > > Cheshire, England > ... > ********* > Visit the threaded archives of this list: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/PAPHILAD > ********* > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

David, I know what you are asking. I don't know about Phila. PA but I know in Massachusetts, I asked for a copy of the papers my grandparents actually filled out to receive the license/certificate and I paid for and received a copy of them and it did give me a little more info than on the marriage license/certificate had on them. "E: On Wed, Mar 12, 2014 at 10:14 AM, Regina <[email protected]> wrote: > Claire, > I'm not certain I understand...are you saying that you can see the actual > marriage document or just the actual index record. If you mean you can > obtain the marriage license document by clicking on something, can you tell > us what that is. I thought once you obtained the marriage license number > you have to order the record from City Hall or go to the archives to view > the records. What am I missing? > ThanksRegina > > > From: [email protected] > > Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2014 12:36:29 -0400 > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [PAPhl] Marriage record - Phiadelphia - 1887 > > > > Philadelphia has civil records of marriages from 1860. From 1885 (to > 1951) the marriage indexes are on FamilySearch.com. Sign up / register for > a free account on FamilySearch, and you'll be able to click through from > the index transcript page to the image of the actual record. You can then > download or print it for your files. > > > > At this time period, you will get name, age, occupation, address of > bride and groom--but no info on parents unless one or both were minors and > there's a parental consent form attached. > > > > So, good news: you can get it free online. Good luck! > > > > Hope that helps. > > > > Claire K > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > On Mar 12, 2014, at 12:24 PM, "David Railton" < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I have a copy of a church record of a marriage in Philadelphia in > 1887. Can > > > anyone please tell me what the procedure was for the documentation of a > > > marriage at that time? Would a license need to be taken out before the > > > marriage? If so how would it be possible for me to obtain a copy of the > > > licence and from where? > > > > > > Thank you. > > > > > > David Railton > > > > > > Cheshire, England > > ... > > ********* > > Visit the threaded archives of this list: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/PAPHILAD > > ********* > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ********* > Visit the threaded archives of this list: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/PAPHILAD > ********* > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Thank you Claire, Do the civil records usually show status, that is bachelor/spinster, widower/widow, divorced? David -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Claire K Sent: 12 March 2014 16:36 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [PAPhl] Marriage record - Phiadelphia - 1887 Philadelphia has civil records of marriages from 1860. From 1885 (to 1951) the marriage indexes are on FamilySearch.com. Sign up / register for a free account on FamilySearch, and you'll be able to click through from the index transcript page to the image of the actual record. You can then download or print it for your files. At this time period, you will get name, age, occupation, address of bride and groom--but no info on parents unless one or both were minors and there's a parental consent form attached. So, good news: you can get it free online. Good luck! Hope that helps. Claire K Sent from my iPhone On Mar 12, 2014, at 12:24 PM, "David Railton" <[email protected]> wrote: > I have a copy of a church record of a marriage in Philadelphia in > 1887. Can anyone please tell me what the procedure was for the > documentation of a marriage at that time? Would a license need to be > taken out before the marriage? If so how would it be possible for me > to obtain a copy of the licence and from where? > > Thank you. > > David Railton > > Cheshire, England ... ********* Visit the threaded archives of this list: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/PAPHILAD ********* ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I am signed up to FamilySearch and I now see the index page on FamilySearch for the marriage I am interested in of Ebenezer Clarke and Elizabeth Clarke in Philadelphia in 1887 but I can't see how to view the actual record. Can someone please point me in the right direction? Thank you. David Railton -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Claire K Sent: 12 March 2014 16:36 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [PAPhl] Marriage record - Phiadelphia - 1887 Philadelphia has civil records of marriages from 1860. From 1885 (to 1951) the marriage indexes are on FamilySearch.com. Sign up / register for a free account on FamilySearch, and you'll be able to click through from the index transcript page to the image of the actual record. You can then download or print it for your files. At this time period, you will get name, age, occupation, address of bride and groom--but no info on parents unless one or both were minors and there's a parental consent form attached. So, good news: you can get it free online. Good luck! Hope that helps. Claire K Sent from my iPhone On Mar 12, 2014, at 12:24 PM, "David Railton" <[email protected]> wrote: > I have a copy of a church record of a marriage in Philadelphia in > 1887. Can anyone please tell me what the procedure was for the > documentation of a marriage at that time? Would a license need to be > taken out before the marriage? If so how would it be possible for me > to obtain a copy of the licence and from where? > > Thank you. > > David Railton > > Cheshire, England ... ********* Visit the threaded archives of this list: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/PAPHILAD ********* ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

The marriage license doesn't appear to be online yet. You would need to write to Philadelphia to get a copy of it. Clare