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mardi 7 octobre 2014

Allows Free Marriage Records Retrieval Online

By Claire Dowell


The Freedom of Information Act is implemented by the state of New York which allows the residents of a given state the freedom to obtain a copy of any of their personal files. With this, records of marriage in New York have been made open to the public.

The marriage certificates in New York are requested by the residents to be used in a lot of ways. It is one of the resources used when conducting genealogy research. Updating the family history records would use the information that can be found on a marriage certificate. Government transactions would also call for a copy of a marriage certificate since it would serve as proof of one's identity. Transactions involving the insurance and the finances of a married couple would require such document. Those who are planning to get married would check on the marital status of their partners through the marriage records to make sure that they are marrying an unattached or legally separated individual.

A marriage license issued in the state of New York contains information that focuses on the marriage of a couple. One would know the complete name of the bride and the groom as well as their birth details. The document highlights details of the marriage such as the date and the place where it occurred. One would know the names of the people who witnessed the event such as the couple's parents and the witnesses of the couple.

One can get a copy of a marriage certificate in the state of New York from the state's Vital Records Section. A fee of $30 has to be paid in order to proceed with the search. One can only get a copy of the marriage license if it was registered since 1881. Unfortunately, not all records of each county are available at the state office. Records of Albany, Yonkers and Buffalo are only available at the local county clerk office. The processing fee is not the same for each county.

In order get a copy of a marriage certificate in the state of New York, one has to prepare the basic information of the document that is being requested. In addition to that, the personal information of the one who requested the file has to be provided as well. This will be used to verify the identity of the one who requested the file since the state only releases the document to the person whose name is found on the document. The document can be obtained only after a few hours. There are also times where it can take days especially if there are problems encountered during the retrieval process.

New York marriage license is now available online. This makes the retrieval faster and hassle free. One can even get a copy of the document even without leaving home. The search can be done in just seconds instead of hours or days.




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