[or-roots] Marriage Certificate Vs Return of Marriage

[C Thompson]

Thank you for all your help!

I've hit a major brick wall in my research. As I have no idea what happened 
to my great-grandmother. She left my Grandmother when she was 3 years old. 
We found the birth certificate for my Grandmother, and so we have the name 
of Lawalta Mary Knowles from Iowa, and we found the return of marriage form 
being married in Hood River in 1917. Even with both those records it does 
not hold Lawalta's exact Date of Birth. We can only estimate that her 
birthdate is in the year 1903. I've even checked the Census and those don't 
have exact birth dates either. No birth records found in any searches. I 
just don't know where to go next. I figured I'd try looking deeper into her 
marriage which we have the exact date of and location to see if they 
recorded her birthdate anywhere.

If anyone has any other suggestions I'd love the help!

Thanks again for the responces!

Carisa


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>Carisa,
>
>Check out the link below for the Oregon Historical County Records
>guide.  Choose the county that the marriage occurred in and then scroll
>down the list to marriage records.  It will tell you exactly what the
>County has and where the records are located.
>
>http://arcweb.sos.state.or.us/county/cpquick.html
>
>The State Archives has a comprehensive listing of the marriage records
>we hold as part of the vital records help aid at the following link
>
>http://arcweb.sos.state.or.us/vital.html
>
>this will provide links to our searchable index as well.
>
>Good luck in your research
>
>Regards,
>
>Layne Sawyer
>"list Mom"
>Oregon State Archives
>
> >>> ashalen at hotmail.com 9/22/2004 7:04:30 PM >>>
>I went to the vital records department in Portland and was able to find
>the
>Return of Marriage of a ancestor. Now since I'm new at researching,
>what is
>the difference between the return of marriage form and the marriage
>certificate? If they are different would the state archives in salem
>possibly have the actual marriage certificate on file?
>
>Please help if anyone knows.. Thanks!
>
>Carisa
>
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