What can you learn from marriage records? They often have the names and birthplaces of the bride's and groom's parents, mother's maiden name, addresses and occupation of the bride and groom, information about previous marriages, witnesses' (who may be possible relatives) names and clergy names.

See additional information about marriage records.

• Irish Quaker Individual Marriages
  • Nicholas Wierman to Sarah Cox, both of Huntington 1745.
  • Samuel Pope, of Tyrone Township, to Elizabeth Stevenson, of Menallen Township, 1751.
• Newspaper Extracts – Marriages, 1804-34
• Some Adams County, PA Marriages, 1885 - 1889

• Cuthbertson Diary ( Published in Pittsburg 1878) Rev. John Cuthbertson Presbyterian minister 1751-1791 (Includes Births, Marriages, and Deaths)
• Some Allegheny County Births, Marriages, and Deaths
• Marriage Registry Database pre-1940

• PA-Roots Genealogy Project Marriage Records
• Marriage Registry Database pre-1940

• Some Beaver County Marriages, 1885-87
• Marriage Registry Database pre-1940

• Marriage License Dockets, Vol.13, 1910-1912 selected records
• Marriage License Dockets, Vol.15, 1915-1918 selected records
• PA-Roots Genealogy Project Marriage Records
• Marriage Registry Database pre-1940

• Friends Meeting House, Marriages 1730 - 1800: Exeter Twp, Berks Co, PA
• Marriages of the St. Paul's Church Amityville, Amity Township Also called Amity Church By Rev. Ingold 1790 - 1785
• Marriages Published in the Reading Adler Newspaper 1801-1810
• Marriages Published in the Reading Adler Newspaper 1811 - 1820
• Marriages Published in the Reading Adler Newspaper 1821 - 1825
• Register of Wills City of Reading Marriage Records 1876-1885
• Some Berks County Marriages, 1885-87
• Register of Wills Marriage Records 1885 through 1924
• Register of Wills Marriage Records 1925 through 1949
• Register of Wills Marriage Records 1950 through 1974
• Register of Wills Marriage Records 1975 through 1999
• Register of Wills Marriage Records 2000 through Present
• Marriage Registry Database pre-1940

• David F. Sunderland and Miss Emma M. Kepler, both of Altoona 1885
• PA-Roots Genealogy Project Marriage Records
• Marriage Registry Database pre-1940

• Marriage Registry Database pre-1940

• Middletown Monthly Meeting of Friends, Authorized Marriages 1685 - 1810  
• Falls Monthly Meeting Authorized Marriages 1700-1800
• Early NJ Marriage Bond Abstracts 1711-1797  
• Buckingham Monthly Meeting Authorized Marriages 1730-1810  
• Churchville Presbyterian Church 1738 - 1810
• Wrightstown Monthly Meeting Authorized Marriages 1744-1809  
• Marriage Bonds 1772-1779
• Some 1772 to 1785 Marriage Bonds
• Some 1795 to 1822 Marriage Records
• Neshaminy Presbyterian Church, Hartsville 1785-1804
• Marriage Records 1795-1822 Marriages from the Docket of Isaac Hicks, Justice of the Peace
• Richland Monthly Meeting of Friends Authorized Marriages 1800-1810
• Marriage Records 1823-1836 Marriages from the Docket of Isaac Hicks, Justice of the Peace
• Some 1823 to 1836 Marriage Records
• Some Marriages 1885-1887
• Marriage Registry Database pre-1940

• Varner and Related Families Marriages 1888 - 1948
• Marriage Registry Database pre-1940

• First Presbyterian Church 1843-52 - Mauch Chunk
• Marriage Registry Database pre-1940

• Marriages of the Coventry Reformed Church 1743-1831 Now Brownback's Church, Conventry Twp, Performed by Rev. Fried William Mendsen
• County Archives: Marriage License Applications 1885 - 1900 Searchable Database
• Rev. Grier Marriages at Forks of the Brandywine Manor Presbyterian Church
• Mercer Family Village Record Notices
• PA-Roots Genealogy Project Marriage Records
• Marriage Registry Database pre-1940

• Marriage Extracts, 1877-1881 - Clarion Democrat
• PA-Roots Genealogy Project Marriage Records
• Marriage Registry Database pre-1940

• Some Marriages 1885-1887
• PA-Roots Genealogy Project Marriage Records
• Marriage Registry Database pre-1940

• Early Marriages
• Marriage Registry Database pre-1940

• Marriages and Burials 1832 - 1872, Rev. Shellhammer: Reformed Minister: Luzerne, Columbia, and Schuylkill Counties
• WPA Marriage Projects 1837-1891
• Democratic Sentinel Marriage Index 1863 - 1912
• Marriages by Surname
• Centralia Marriages 1885 1907
• Centralia Marriages from November 5, 1885 to August 13, 1907 by Groom
• Centralia Marriages from November 5, 1885 to August 13, 1907 by Brides
• Marriage Registry Database pre-1940

• Marriages 1852-1854
• Marriage and Death Listings 1872
• Marriage and Death Listings 1872 Taken from the Courier Record, Conneautville, PA
• Linesville Herald clippings, 1878-1956 - Part I
• Linesville Herald clippings, 1878-1956 - Part II
• Marriage Registry Database pre-1940

• Marriages, Centre Presbyterian Church, 1778-1793: Shermans Valley, Perry (then Cumberland) Co
• Corman Births, Baptisms, Marriages & Deaths
• Marriage Records of John Agnew, Esq., Carlisle 1771-1789
• Silver Spring Presbyterian Church Marriages, 1814-30
• Gleanings 1858-60, 1864: "Valley Star" of Newville
• Marriage Registry Database pre-1940

• Marriages by Parson Elder, 1744 - 1791
• Marriages, Hebron Moravian Church, 1751 - 1811 (now Lebanon County)
• Marriage Registry Database pre-1940

• Eyre Marriage Notices 1819-1865
• PA-Roots Genealogy Project Marriage Records
• Marriage Registry Database pre-1940

• Delaware and Maryland Marriage records should be checked as these states were favorite elopement destinations for PA couples!
  
  
• To obtain a copy of a PA marriage certificate, write to Marriage License Clerk of the county courthouse where the marriage license was issued. See PA County Courthouse Addresses. PA marriage licenses were issued beginning in 1885. Prior to 1885, check church records for marriages.
  
  
• Don't assume the marriage certificate will be in the county courthouse where the marriage took place. The license may have been obtained in a different county because in PA there is no requirement that the license be issued and executed in the same county. The Duplicate Certificate is returned by law to the county that issued the original license even if the event took place in a different county. Can't find a certificate? Search a nearby county.
  
  
• Catholic Marriage Records are considered sacramental records and are not available on-line, nor open to public inspection. However, the diocese will perform historical research of marriage records for a fee.
  • Archdiocese of Philadelphia
    Includes the city and county of Philadelphia and the counties of Bucks, Chester, Delaware and Montgomery.  
  • Diocese of Allentown
    Includes the counties of Berks, Carbon, Lehigh, Northampton and Schuylkill.  
  • Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown
    Includes the counties of Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Centre, Clinton, Fulton, Huntingdon and Somerset.  
  • Diocese of Erie
    Includes the counties of Cameron, Clarion, Clearfield, Crawford, Elk, Erie, Forest, Jefferson, McKean, Mercer, Potter, Venango and Warren.  
  • Diocese of Greensburg
    Includes the counties of Armstrong, Fayette, Indiana and Westmoreland.  
  • Diocese of Harrisburg
    Includes the counties of Adams, Columbia, Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin, Juniata, Lancaster, Lebanon, Mifflin, Montour, Northumberland, Perry, Snyder, Union and York.  
  • Diocese of Pittsburgh
    Includes the counties of Allegheny, Beaver, Butler, Greene, Lawrence and Washington.
  • Diocese of Scranton
    Includes the counties of Bradford, Lackawanna, Luzerne, Lycoming, Monroe, Pike, Sullivan, Susquehanna, Tioga, Wayne and Wyoming.
  
  
  
• Marriages are often noted in biographical sketches of Pa citizens