Marriage License Affidavits 1861-1921 Sonoma County California

The information presented in this four volume series is taken from Marriage License Affidavits currently housed at the Sonoma County History and Genealogy Library in Santa Rosa California. Affidavits are the application for a marriage license and may well include persons who never actually married. The date may or may not coincide with the actual marriage date of those who did in fact get married. Volume I covers A through F; Volume II covers G through M; Volume III covers N through Z; and Volume IV is an index to brides'' surnames. Entries in the first three volumes are listed alphabetically according to surname of the groom. The original data is preserved on eight reels of microfilm and contains approximately 14000 records. In many cases the condition of the microfilm is exceedingly poor and the handwritten entries vary from readable to totally unreadable. Many parental consent forms were handwritten notes. Two and sometimes three persons reviewed each record to ensure the best possible abstraction of information. Part One of Volume I lists the surname and give