Mar 01 2008
Using Marriage Records In Your Genealogy Searches
Building a family tree involves trying to locate as many marriage records, birth records, and death records as possible as these three types of documents are integral to genealogical searches.
Generally, these three events are commonly included in a family tree. They are important to follow a woman’s paths through time as she usually changed names to use the surname of their husband after marriage.
Since marriage records are vital to compiling an accurate family tree, these records should be near the top of your genealogical research list. How to gather them will depend on the particular period and location of each marriage.