Oklahoma Free Marriage Records

by Ben Kingsley

Whether you are tracing your family history or want information on your own marriage records, vital records are important documents. Marriage records contain the groom and bride's name, birthplace, parents, residence, occupation as well as the status of either party during the time the marriage took place. For those residents of Oklahoma marriage records are available from the county clerk office where the marriage license was issued. Another way to obtain the marriage record is to visit the State Office. The Office will then forward the request to the designated county.

Marriage records, affidavits, licenses, certificates, bond and other records are usually on file with the Court Clerk of the County, which can date as far back as the 1800's. Copies of records will usually date back to the time a county was established and are available via phone, fax or in person. Fees vary for each county as well.

For residents of Oklahoma, records are available from the Oklahoma County Courthouse. The Clerk Office has 175 volumes indexed and this ranges from 1889 up to 1951. The records contain the marriage licenses, certificates of marriage and affidavit of marriage applications. Research requests and copy fees are charged depending on whether the person is a resident or not. For residents, the charge is $20 and for non-residents, it is $30. Other charges include $1 for faxed, computer and microfilmed copies of the records. Standard mailing costs about $.25 per request. Express delivery is available only for Choctaw-Chicksaw marriage records only and costs $10.

For residents of Pittsburg County, marriage and divorce records are available from the McAlester Clerk Court Office. Each copy cost about $15 and requests can be made by mail or in person application. On the other hand, those who need marriage records in Washington County can go to the county clerk of Bartlesville to request for their records. The payment for the reports is also $15 and records date back up to 1940's.

Marriage records are not restricted unlike divorce or criminal records and as such, it is easy to acquire copies of these types of records. For those who want to find such records in Jackson County, they can go to the Althus Court Clerk office and request their copy. For those in Jefferson County, records are kept and maintained by the Waurika County Clerk Office. Some old records are also available from the Southwest Oklahoma Genealogical Society and Oklahoma Historical Society. To inquire about the records, one can call or walk in person and request for copies. All fees and charges vary as well.

For those who require the marriage records, they can also use online public records searches that provide birth, death, divorce and marriage records free. This is the fastest way to retrieve information, as one no longer has to wait in line to get their copies or wait for a few days for the request to undergo processing from the court's office.



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