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content: Marriage Records of the Office of the Commissioner, Washington Headquarters of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1861–1869
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content: Marriage Records of the Office of the Commissioner, Washington Headquarters of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1861–1869 / Series 1: Office of the Commissioner
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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content: NMAAHC.FB.M1875, Subseries 1.7
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content: Archival materials
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content: Unbound marriage certificates arranged alphabetically by initial letter of the surname of the bridegroom cover the period 1864–65. Most of the certificates contain the name and ages of the bride (in some cases the maiden name) and bridegroom. The records also include their color, and place of residence and color of the bride and bridegroom's mother and father. In addition there is information concerning the number of years the bridegroom and bride lived with another man or woman, how they were separated, the number of children they have together, the number of children by previous connection, and names of witnesses and minister or official who performed the marriage.