Virginia marriage records can do many things to help you to get down to where you came from. They can work to track down your lineage as well as your genealogy. These documents can provide a lot of information and insight into your past

. It is all dependent on what you are looking for and what you will use the information for. However, the information is only as helpful as the data that you put in. if you do not have a good starting point to be able to find out what you need, then you will not be able to get any of the data you need and will be back at square one.

The most important piece of information you can have that will help you to get what you need and to provide you with the help you seek is going to be a name. in many cases the married name if either party can help, however both will improve the chances of you finding any information or getting somewhere with the records.

There can be a lot of good information for you to use and have when you actually get the document you are looking for. In order to obtain this document you will need to know where to look. In order to get information from for the years between 1936 and present then you will need to go to write to the Virginia Department of Health. Between 1896 and 1912 there were no records kept except in select areas.
 
Records were kept to some degree from approximately 1600; however, they may not be completely accurate and are only available on microfilm.

There are a number of things that you will find when you start to look at the different things that are available in regards to the Virginia wedding certificates you seek.

·        You will find the names of the people getting married as well as their address at the time of the wedding. This will provide you with the maiden names to give you even more information and another path to look down for lineage.

 

·        You will know when and where the ceremony occurred. This way you will know if it was a religious ceremony and you will know where it happened as far as the physical location.

 

·        You will know who presided over the ceremony and was the registered official that allowed the rite to happen.

 

·        There may be a list of witnesses that you will find they may provide more keys to help you to unlock your past.

Regardless of the information you find on the forms, Virginia wedding certificates can provide a plethora of information you did not have previously. What it is that you decide to do with that information will be the determining factor in what you can and will do.
 
Make sure that the certificates you get are accurate and the right ones. You do not want to end up going down a wrong path and chasing the history of someone else.

 

• Virginia Association for Marriage and Family Therapy

• Virginia Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist

• Virginia Marriage Certificates & Records

• Virginia Marriage License Laws