North Carolina, U.S., Marriage Records, 1741-2011

Source: Ancestry.com

Information:
This North Carolina collection includes marriage bonds, licenses,
certificates, and registers, as well as indexes and abstracts to the
various records from 87 North Carolina counties.

Of special interest to African American researchers are records of
cohabitation, which were required to be recorded in 1866 in order
for the marriages of recently emancipated slaves to be legally recognized.
Details included on the records will vary depending on the record type,
location, and time period.

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