Marriages prior to 1860 are in church records. The Civil War began in 1861. The marriage registration regulations had nothing to do with the war. Gene Stackhouse "24 hours in a day, 24 beers in a case. Coincidence? I think not."Stephen Wright >From: Sandy0412@aol.com >Reply-To: philly-roots@rootsweb.com >To: PHILLY-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [Phly-Rts] Philadelphia Marriages prior to 1860 >Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2007 12:49:43 EDT > >Hello, is anyone familiar with whether or not there are recordings of >Philadelphia marriages in registers prior to 1860, and if they are >available to >the public? I am aware that registers started being kept about 1860 as a >result of the civil war, however, I have many marriages to research between >1850 - >1860. Thanks for any help! Sincerely, > >Sandy Lovell > > > > >************************************** See what's free at >http://www.aol.com. > > >********* >Visit the threaded archives of this list: >http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/PHILLY-ROOTS >********* > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >PHILLY-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >quotes in the subject and the body of the message