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- Marriage Records of the Office of the Commissioner, Washington Headquarters of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1861–1869
- Marriage Records of the Office of the Commissioner, Washington Headquarters of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1861–1869 / Series 1: Office of the Commissioner
- Archival Repository
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Identifier
- NMAAHC.FB.M1875, Subseries 1.8
- Type
- Archival materials
- Collection Citation
- Courtesy of the U. S. National Archives and Records Administration, FamilySearch International, and the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture.
- Scope and Contents
- Unbound marriage certificates arranged alphabetically by initial letter of the surname of the bridegroom cover the period 1864–66. The Mississippi marriage certificates can contain information similar to that found in the records for Louisiana. Included are the names and ages of the bride and bridegroom and their color and place of residence. Also included is information about the color of the bride and bridegroom's mother and father, the number of years that the couple lived with another man or woman, and how they were separated. The records also document the number of children the couple have together, the number of children by previous connection, and names of witnesses and minister or official who performed the marriage.
- Collection Restrictions
- Freedmen's Bureau Digital Collection, 1865–1872, is a product of and owned by the National Museum of African American History and Culture, Smithsonian Institution. Copyright for digital images is retained by the donor, FamilySearch International; permission for commerical use of the digital images may be requested from FamilySearch International, Intellectual Property Office, at: cor-intellectualproperty@ldschurch.org.
- Record ID
- ebl-1525782029578-1525782029631-0
