How to Get Married Online
Yes, you can get married online. Many people do it every day. However, it is not legally binding. Still, you can proclaim your love online, and they will send you a marriage certificate.

If you want the marriage to be legally binding, then you would have to get a marriage license. Find an ordained minister (which can be done online.) Then, have the ordained minister marry you. The paperwork is then filed with the county at which point the marriage is legally binding.

How to Check Boyfriend/Girlfriend Marriage Records
With first marriage divorce rates above the 50% mark, you have to assume that many people are divorced. Add in the second and third marriage divorce rates and you know that the dating pool is filled with divorcees. Do you really want to date someone who has been divorced five, six, or seven times? Or worse, someone who is still married?

There is a simple way to find out if the person you are dating is married or single. All you need to do is a simple online marriage record check. If they come back married, cross check it with divorce records to see if they are divorced. If no divorce comes up, dump them.

Follow these simple steps:

1. Pull up a marriage records database online
2. Enter the full name

We will use John Black as an example. My results bring up 30 results. I know John lives in Florida so that narrows my search to 15 people. He is also 36 and that narrows it down to 2 people. John used to live in Orlando and that only leaves one guy left, which means I have found my guy. It really was that simple, and it only took a few minutes.

Now I can crosscheck, his marriage records with divorce records to see if he is divorced. I find out he is divorced. Therefore, he is good to date.

How to Trace Genealogy with Marriage Records
Sometimes you want to trace genealogy and have no idea where to start. Marriage records can give you valuable information you may not already know.

1.    Start with your parents

• Do you know mom/dad name?  Check Marriage Records
• Their license will give the other parent
• Their license will say where they are from
• This will tell you where to find the Birth Records
• This will give you their parents names
• Check birth certificates to get grandparents names

2.    Repeat Step 1 with Each Name You Find

There is no need to waste time digging through dirty halls and driving all over town. You can start searching for online marriage certificates today. It is simple, fast, and easy.

Tracing Genealogy through Marriage Records

My husband is Native American and that is why he needed to search through the marriage records to prove his family history. His mother had died and was receiving checks through the Bureau of Indian Affairs.

My husband had never been registered with the tribe and therefore was not eligible under tribal law to receive the inheritance money unless he could prove his ancestry and enroll in the tribe. In order to do so, he had to trace his Indian blood. This means he had to search marriage records.

Finding Marriage Records

When you look for marriage records, you need the bride and grooms last name. This is generally easy, as you know your parent’s name. Remember that you will need your mother’s maiden name. You will need to look in the county and state your parents were married. You can do a quick search online. Online databases make looking for this information quick. It should only take you a few minutes at most.

You will also want to look up each person individually. While you will know if your parents remarried, when you start going deeper into the family, it never hurts to check grandparents. I uncovered that my grandmother was married at 13. She got divorced and married my grandfather and never told a soul!

Finding Birth Records

Once you have the marriage records, you will want to look for birth records. When you see their birth records, you can find out information on the parents. The birth records will list the parents’ full names. This will give you a chance to start tracing back the family roots. The birth records will also list the occupation of the parents, which is also fun to look through.

Creating a family tree does not have to be a long tedious project. Long gone are the days of shifting through shoeboxes and newspaper clippings. Anyone can start tracing their roots quickly and easily with nothing more to go on than their parents’ name. They really don’t even need that.

If you have your name, you can start there. Start tracing your genealogy today through marriage records search. It is quick, simple and fun. You never know what you will turn up.