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Record Group Number: 800000
Series/Collection Number: .L 57
Creator: Florida. Circuit Court (2nd Circuit : Jefferson County)
Title, Dates: Marriage records, 1827-1954.
Amount: 31.00 microfilm reel 35 mm.
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Organization/Arrangement: Marriage records are chronological; marriage licenses are chronological by year, then alphabetical by groom's surname.
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Biographical/Historical:     Jefferson County was created from the eastern portion of Leon County on January 6, 1827 by an act of the Legislative Council. Jefferson's northwest boundary with Leon County and its northeast boundary with Madison County changed slightly several times throughout the 1800s.  The Clerk of the Circuit Court in each county serves as the official custodian of deed, marriage, and probate records.
Summary:     This series consists of a microfilm copy of the marriage records of Jefferson County, Florida, from 1827 to 1954.  The series includes marriage records (1827-1954), marriage licenses (1829-1927), and indexes to marriage records (1827-1891).
    Marriage record books consist of the recorded copies of marriage licenses.  They document when a couple applied for the marriage license, when they were married, and who performed the ceremony. Several of the marriage record books contain their own internal indexes by the surnames of the grooms.  For the years 1865 to 1872, there is a separate book and index for the marriage records of freedmen.
    Marriage licenses are printed documents which the couple took to the individual who performed the wedding ceremony.  That person filled out the portion of the license certifying that the marriage took place, and the license was returned to the clerk of the court.
    The indexes to marriage records are arranged by grooms' surnames.  They list the bride and groom and the page on which their marriage record may be found.
Finding Aids: Microfilm listing available.
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Reproduction Note: Microfilm.
Location of Originals/Duplicates: Circuit Court, Second Judicial Circuit, Jefferson County.  Office of the Clerk.  Monticello, Florida.
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Subject Access Fields: Marriage records Florida --Jefferson County
Freedmen Florida
Marriage records. aat
Jefferson County (Fla.)
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