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Record Group Number: 800000
Series/Collection Number: .L 113
Creator: Florida. Circuit Court (3rd Circuit : Columbia County)
Title, Dates: Marriage records, 1874-1976.
Amount: 21.00 microfilm reel 35 mm.
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Organization/Arrangement: Chronological.
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Biographical/Historical:     Columbia County was created by an act (No. 25, Laws) of the Legislative Council on February 4, 1832.  The Clerk of the Circuit Court in each county serves as the official custodian of deed, marriage, and probate records.  The Columbia County courthouse was twice destroyed by fire, first in 1846 and then again in 1860.
Summary:     The series consists of a microfilm copy of the marriage records of Columbia County, Florida from 1874 to 1976.  The records include a General Index (1874-1976), record books, and loose marriage licenses.  The record books(1874-1955) document when the couple applied for the marriage license, when they were married, and who performed the ceremony.  All of the record books contain indexes.
    The loose marriage licenses (1886-1950) are printed documents which the couple took to the individual who performed the wedding ceremony.  After 1919, an affidavit is attached to each license which states the age of age of the couple at the time of application.  If either of the couple was underage, the bottom portion of the form, the consent affidavit, was filled out by the parent or guardian giving permission for the marriage to take place. After the wedding ceremony was performed, the couple returned the license to the clerk of the court.  The loose marriage licenses are not indexed.  A few licenses for the year 1938 were filmed out of sequence and are at the end of the series.
Finding Aids: Microfilm listing available.
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Reproduction Note: Microfilm.
Location of Originals/Duplicates: Circuit Court, Third Judicial Circuit, Columbia County.  Office of the Clerk.  Lake City, Florida.
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Subject Access Fields: Marriage records Florida --Columbia County
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Columbia County (Fla.)
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