Escambia County Marriage Records, 1850-1890, Date acquired: 10/00/1982
Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Escambia County
- Extent:
- 1412.00 items
- Language:
- English
Background
- Scope and content:
Marriage certificates issued by Escambia County, Florida, 1850-1890, (Books C-L); each certificate shows full name of applicants (male and female) and certification of ceremony with date solemnized and person performing ceremony (includes church affiliation). Some, not all, indexes available. [1,412 pieces]
These are manuscript copies of marriage certificates issued by Escambia County, Florida. They authorize the performance of a civil or religious ceremony, names of male and female applicants, date of application and certification of date ceremony, performed, name of person performing the ceremony with the person's title (i.e. minister, justice of the peace, etc.), and occasionally religious and church affiliation.
The records are two to a page and were originally in bound volumes, but were disbound for microfilming by the county just prior to donation to UWF.
- Acquisition information:
- Office of Circuit Court Clerk, Escambia County, Florida, and Mrs. Leora Sutton, October 1982
- Processing information:
Cataloged 10/1982
- Arrangement:
chronological
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
Access and use
- Restrictions:
Open to researchers, dependent on our compliance with U.S. Copyright Law, HIPPA requirements, donor agreements and other applicable state and federal statutes. Occasionally we may need to review a collection before permitting immediate access.
- Terms of access:
Digital photography, scanning, and photocopying of materials is prohibited. Permission may be granted by the Special Collections Librarian for such reprography dependent on issues of copyright, ownership, condition, donor agreements, etc. In general, staff do not make reproductions of copyright materials or materials for which title is not owned by the institution. Recent revisions in the U.S. Copyright Law extended the copyright of correspondence, letters, and other personal papers to the life of the author plus seventy years.
- Location of this collection:
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University Archives and West Florida History Center11000 University PkwyPensacolaFL32514USA
