Where is the "below is a list of affidavits sttesting to Clay County
Marriages"?
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From: Carol <cjbishop(a)marlownet.net>
To: <INCLAY-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2000 12:42 AM
Subject: marriage affadavits
Marriage Affidavits, Clay County, Indiana, to 1852
Compiled and edited by Carolynne Wendel
Published below is a list of affidavits attesting to Clay County
marriages that
took place before or during 1852. After the original marriage
records were destroyed in the courthouse fire on November 30,1851,Clay
County marriages prior to that time were re-recorded by affidavit. Since a
marriage could not be recorded unless the persons involved arranged for it,
the list published here undoubtedly does not include all Clay County
marriages that occurred by 1852. The original affidavits are recorded in a
volume at the County Clerk's Office, Brazil, Indiana. The list given here
was compiled from a microfilm copy of the affidavits which is filed at the
Genealogy Division,Indiana State Library,Indianapolis.
1.Dates preceded by "lic." refer to the day the marriage
license was
issued. All other dates given are the day of marriage. Page numbers
refer to
the page on which the affidavit appears in the Clay County record book in
which it is recorded.
2.In some of the affidavits, thedate of the marriage license or of
the
marriage is given as "on or about" a certain day. In the compilation
printed
here, each of these doubtful dates is marked by a dagger. (note: I will use
the + sign).
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