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Register of Marriages — Superintendent of Marriages
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African American history · place not specified
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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.
The single–volume register of marriages, November 1866–July 1867 (30), is arranged by month and thereunder by name of minister issuing the certificate. The register gives the date the certificate was issued, the name of the minister who issued the certificate, the names of the couple, former residences, the date of their marriage, who performed the ceremony, the number of children from previous marriages, and remarks of the minister.
- Collection
- Records of the Field Offices for the District of Columbia, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1870
- Archival grouping
- Records of the Field Offices for the District of Columbia, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1870 / Series 2: Offices of Staff Officers / 2.3: Superintendent of Marriages
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Catalog reference: NMAAHC.FB.M1902, File 2.3.1
Collection: Records of the Field Offices for the District of Columbia, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1870
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