A new free online index of Minnesota marriages from all 87 counties went online last month.The Minnesota Official Marriage System (MOMS) shows the bride and groom's name, the year of marriage, and the county that maintains the record. Marriage certificates can be ordered for a fee. A list of counties with their index dates is available here.
The Minnesota statewide marriage index is a great addition to other wonderful online Minnesota vital records collections and indexes, including the Minnesota Birth Certificates Index and Minnesota Death Certificates Index from the Minnesota Historical Society
Funny thing happened. I have the original 1916 marriage certificate from Ramsey County, and wanted to find the particulars of how it’s stored in the state. Searching for both the bride and the groom, and bracketing the date, turned up nothing. Do you know the dates for which index covers — or is it different for each county?
I found Minnesota Official Marriage System (MOMS) very well structured for search. Countywise return of result is really fast on MOMS. Give it a try.
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This is not a reflection on the website but rather on the counties. The quality of the certificates varies from one county to another. That may be why my ancestor’s surname is misspelled.
I found that the Official Minnesota marriage system is the best for ever.It works for the 87 countries are really a fantastic thing.It maintains the details very user friendly.
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I can’t tell whether Hennepin County has some marriages they can display or whether you must call to or apply online for anything. They should explain one way the other. They should also mention what dates for which they have records.
Found site lacking in a lot of marriages that I have proof of.
Why is Ramsey county not included?
I am sure that the larger counties have thousands of licenses to process. It seems that Carver & Ramsey are slower than Hennepin. With the government in our state being in such a mess of nitpicking, we may have to wait even longer to get complete data from those counties. That is unless some people volunteer to do this job for those them.
Ramsey County seems to be lacking… Does anybody know of another place to find marriage records from Ramsey?