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Essex County Massachusetts Marriage Records


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Marriages in Essex County are recorded at the town level at the Town Clerks Office and a copy is sent to the State of Massachusetts Registry of Vital Records and Statistics. The Massachusetts Registry of Vital Records and Statistics has Essex County Marriage records from 1926 to present. Order official Essex County marriage records here.

The Essex County Massachusetts Marriage Records prior to 1800 were copied from "Early Massachusetts Marriages Prior to 1800 as Found in Ancient Court Records" by Frederic W. Bailey. This is the most complete collection of early Massachusetts marriages ever published for the period 1643-1800.

The Essex County Massachusetts Marriage Records to the year of 1850, is a compilation of marriage records copied "as is" from the "Tan Book Collection" series of vital records. The "Tan Book" series is a compilation of vital records of over 200 Massachusetts towns and cities. Using the town records, church records, private records, gravestone inscriptions and newspaper articles.


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