About This Resource:
This database contains more than 40,000 marriages from the early 1990s
to early August, 2008 for Fort Wayne and Allen County, Indiana. The data was
indexed from the marriage application records at the Allen County Courthouse.
This database represents a collaborative endeavor of the Genealogy Center of the Allen County Public Library and the Allen
County Clerk of Courts Office. The work of compiling this index
including updating with new entries is done by John E. Perrey, a
long-time department volunteer and member of the Allen County
Genealogical Society of Indiana, Inc.
Copies of the marriage applications are available both at the
courthouse and in the Genealogy Center of the Allen County Public Library.
About Searching This Resource:
The database doesn't store the surname separately from the first name for either
the bride or the groom, so you'll have to enter your search like this:
The search engine will try to be as flexible as possible. Therefore, if Use Fuzzy Search is
set to Yes (which it is by default), the search engine will
match partial names. If you search for Smith, the engine will find
anything that has Smith in it. It would find Smith, Adam, Smithson, Ted, etc.
If you set Use Fuzzy Search to No, then searching for Smith, Adam will
only find entries whose name is exactly Smith, Adam. It will not find Smith, Adam T.
Please use the fields below to refine your search. Note that while none of
the fields are mandatory, you'll get better results if you refine your search.
Also, to keep the system running smoothly, the search will return a maximum of
1000 items.
It is possible that some date fields will be blank, as a number
of marriage applications were taken out, but not returned.
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