Wednesday, July 24, 2013

Virginia Updated And Free Marriage Records Online

By Christopher Evans


Virginia is officially called the "Commonwealth of Virginia", it is also nicknamed as "Old Dominion" and the "Mother of Presidents" as eight U.S. Presidents had been born in this state. It has 95 counties and 41 independent cities. If the person whom you wanted to give your trust and love with lives in the state of Virginia, then it would be much easier for you to find out whether or not a person had been married in the past. By doing a background check using the said documents, you can learn if the person you are dating with is currently single or married. You can enter the person's first or last name to search for Virginia marriage records.

Marital records reveal concrete details about the marriage of two individuals. Such official documents show the date and place of marriage, including the father's and mother's name of both couple and the names of the people who witnessed the union. The place of residences and the maiden names of the couple's mothers are usually found in marriage certificates issued by the state and local government.

If you want to secure a copy of the marriage record that happened between the year 1936 and present, you should fill-out an application form and make a written request addressed to the Virginia Department of Health, Office of Vital Records. You will have to wait for a couple of days before the paper you want will be sent to you. The lead time to process your request is from 1 to 2 weeks or 5 to 20 regular working days, and each original copy of the official document costs $12.00. If the marital files you are looking for were issued before 1936, the right agency where you should submit your application is to the clerk of county where the event came about. In order to access nuptial records that are more than 50 years old, you should present any government-issued ID before you can demand for a genuine copy.

Registration of marriages in Virginia began at the respective counties since 1953 and continued until 1896. However, during the civil war, only a small fraction of marriages have been recorded. In some cities, records were not kept between 1896 and 14 June 1912. If one needs to access marital records in the years 1853 to 1896, the Library of Virginia and the Family History Library can help you do the research through microfilms.

A big aid has been provided to us by various online record providers to make sure that we can gain access to relevant data anytime, anywhere.

The use of Internet nowadays to retrieve information and different kinds of legal documents is truly overwhelming. It is widely used by people to gather concrete facts at the fastest possible time, and at a much lesser cost. As the world develops fast, so does every relationship. If you think you already found Mr. Right, think twice and make use of the marriage records online that is readily available for you. You can search for the civil status of a person you are interested in before you finally take your relationship to another level.




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