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mercredi 2 octobre 2013

Ohio Marriage License Online

By Ben Kingsley


Documents such as vital records are important and everyone should have their own copies or a certified true copy with them. Vital records such as birth, death and marriage certificates are usually available in the State Health Department although in some cases such as the Ohio marriage records, these are available from the county clerk. Vital records contain information that might be helpful in claiming of spousal benefits, social security, death benefits as well as determine one's legitimacy.

For people who want information pertaining to their parent's marriage records or just about anyone who was married in Ohio, they can check the Office of the Vital Statistics. The Office houses a large database of marriage index and these starts from 1950 up to the present. For marriages that happened before the date mentioned, the person requesting can check out the county where the marriage record was created. The indexes or abstracts only contain basic information about the marriage and for those who want only the basics can do so by requesting the abstracts from the office. They can also make an appointment if they personally want to check the files.

In Ohio, marriage records are obtainable from the county probate court where the marriage license was issued. One can also obtain copies of marriage returns, minister license records as well as marriage consents for minors by their parents. Each county also has their own marriage index. To preserve the marriage records, which date back to 1900, the Family History Library microfilmed marriage records dating as far back as 1910.

For people requesting for the marriage records in Franklin, they can request for the copies via online, standard mail and even in person. Each certified copy costs about $2 and transaction fee costs $1. For online requests, they can fill up the online form and then pay for their request via money order. For copies requested via mail, the person requesting must include all the pertinent details concerning the marriage, a self-addressed stamped envelope and attach the payment in cash or money order. The county charges for postage fee and this depends on how many copies one would request for, though at present, the county charges $.46 for every 4 abstracts requested.

On the other hand, if you find yourself in Belmont County, consider sending your request through the regular mail. The county only accepts money order or cheque. Payment for the records is much higher as records cost $3. This is entirely different when one is married in Clark County where the person can check the online database of the county and request for the information on the spot.

For those looking for records of marriage online, there are convenient ways to do it as well. Some counties such as the Hamilton County in Ohio provides an online search service where one can look for marriage records that date back from 1817 up to the present. Some marriage records might be lost due to fire and water damage though some may have been saved and recreated. To make researching easier, consider checking out the marriage indexes in the county probate or from an online vital records database. This would ensure that you would know where you have to go to request for information.




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