-----Original Message----- From: Brown <yoohoo_itsme@cybergal.com> To: wiseguy@zoo.e-z.net <wiseguy@zoo.e-z.net>; Washington-l@rootsweb.com <Washington-l@rootsweb.com> Date: February 24, 1998 11:16 PM Subject: Re: [WASHINGTON-L] Re: marriage records from Seattle area? >Hi Judy > >I'm just speculating here on what you have done and not done to find out >your bride's name, since you only have the groom's name. First try searching >Vital Records, here is the address for obtaining certified copies of >marriage records. > >King County Marriage Records >King Co. Administration Bldg., Rm. 311 >500 4th Avenue >Seattle, WA 98104 > >Make a check payable to King County Records for $3.00 and include both >parties names. I know that you have said you only know the groom's name, so >maybe call them and they could suggest something to you. > >Next maybe try to locate a newspaper from that time through the FHC (Family >History Center) or through your local library. If you are not familiar with >FHC just email me back and I'll try to explain things a bit more. What about >church records... do you possibly know where the bride and groom lived or >relatives that are still alive that could tell you the name of the church >they married in? > >If all else fails try searching cemetery records (if the parties are no >longer alive) death certificates should tell the spouses name. Also land and >property records, military records, or probate records could be a link to >find out his wife's name. > >Hope some of those suggestions help. > >Take care. > >Noelle Lynn >(Vancouver Island, Canada) >Cherokee County Iowa, GenWeb Coordinator >http://www.rootsweb.com/~iacherok/cherokee.htm >ICQ # 7567601 (for authorization type "genealogy") >Verner IRE>MA?>VT?>IA>SD; VanSchoonhoven NY>WI>MN>SD; Green TX>WA; Barber >NY>TX>WA; Pyner IRE>WI>MN>SD; White SCT>USA; >Snow NY>WI>SD; Miller SCT>MA>IA>SD; >Clough; Fonda; Rockwell; Slingerland; Viele; Scott; De Trieux; Bratt; >Holden; Stowe; Wills; Griswold; Bernie; Scott; Van Den Bergh; Metselaer; >Volkertszen; Frere; Loockermans; Swart; Mayer; Van Rotmers; Bradt; Cornelius >*************************************************************************** * >* >Who you become depends on the people you help along the way. >*************************************************************************** * >* > > > > >-----Original Message----- >From: J. Wittke <wiseguy@zoo.e-z.net> >To: Washington-l@rootsweb.com <Washington-l@rootsweb.com> >Date: February 24, 1998 7:46 PM >Subject: [WASHINGTON-L] Re: marriage records from Seattle area? > > >>What is a good way to research a marriage in Seattle about 1920-1936? >> >>I know the grooms name but not the brides. >> >>Thanks, >>Judy >> >