Title Info: Columbia County Auditor, Marriage Certificate Volumes, 1888-1914

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Record Creator: Columbia County Government, Auditor
Description:
These records are certificates which come from bound volumes recorded by the Columbia County Auditor’s Office, 1888-1914. The Certificates list the names of the involved parties, their places of residence, the date the license was issued, the date of the wedding, the names of the witnesses and the name of the officiant.

This record documents that a marriage took place and was legally recorded by the county.

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Related Records: For more information or to learn about related records, contact the Washington State Archives, Eastern Region Branch at (509) 235-7508 or email [email protected].
Access Restriction Notes: These records are open for research.
Sources of Transfer Eastern Regional Archives
Agency History: Columbia County was created in 1875 from part of Walla Walla County and is named after the Columbia River. It is located in the southeast part of the state and Dayton is the county seat.
Preferred Citation: [Identification of item], Columbia County Auditor, Marriage Certificate Volumes, 1888-1914, Washington State Archives, Digital Archives, http://digitalarchives.wa.gov, [date accessed].
Record Count: 2,461