MARRIAGE ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM
COLUMBIA COUNTY NEWSPAPERS, 1837 TO
1870
This database contains 5,334 marriage announcements found in eight newspapers
published in Columbia County from 1837 to 1870, Berwick Investigator,
Bloomsburg Democrat, Columbia Democrat, Columbia Democrat/Star of
the North, Columbian, Columbian/Democrat, Democrat Investigator
(Bloomsburg), and Star of the North (Bloomsburg).
To find a marriage announcement having the names of the groom and the bride,
enter the name of either the groom or bride in the "search box." If
that individual’s marriage announcement appeared in one of the newspapers, the
following information may be available depending on what content was included:
 | Name of Groom: last, first, & middle |
| Groom Residence |
| Name of Bride: last, first, & middle |
| Groom Residence |
| Newspaper |
| Wedding Date |
| Newspaper Announcement Date |
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EXAMPLE:
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MARRIAGE ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM
COLUMBIA COUNTY NEWSPAPERS
1837 TO 1870 |
|
Groom Name: last / first / middle |
Groom Residence |
Bride Name: last / first / middle |
Bride Residence |
Newspaper |
Wedding Date |
Newspaper Announce-ment Date |
|
Ager, Eli |
Pittston |
Boone, Hattie McKelvy |
Bloomsburg |
Bloomsburg Democrat |
1868-10-08 |
1868-10-28 |
Marriage announcements in this database were found in the years and months of
the following newspapers:
Berwick
Investigator
|
1853
April to June
|
|
1854
February to March, May to June, August to September
|
Bloomsburg
Democrat
|
1867
February to December
|
|
1868
January to December
|
Columbia
Democrat (Bloomsburg)
|
1837
April to December
|
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1838
January to September and November to December
|
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1839
February to April, June to August, and October to December
|
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1840
February to December
|
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1841
January to April
|
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1842
May to December
|
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1843
March to June, August to October, and December
|
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1844
December
|
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1845
January to March and May to December
|
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1846
January to September and December
|
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1849
January to March
|
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1850
January to December
|
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1853
September
|
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1857
March to December
|
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1858
January to March
|
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1860
March to December
|
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1861
January to December
|
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1862
January to December
|
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1863
January to December
|
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1864
January to December
|
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1865
January to December
|
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1866
January to December
|
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1867
January to February
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Columbia
Democratic/Star North (Bloomsburg)
|
1866
February, August, October, and December
|
Columbian
(Bloomsburg)
|
1866
May to December
|
|
1867
January to December
|
|
1868
January to December
|
|
1869
April, September, and December
|
|
1870
January to December
|
Columbian/Democrat
(Bloomsburg)
|
1869
January to December
|
|
1879
January
|
Democratic
Investigator (Bloomsburg)
|
1853
August
|
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1854
January-Ma
rch
|
Star of the North
(Bloomsburg)
|
1849
January to November
|
|
1850
January to December
|
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1851
January to December
|
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1852
January to December
|
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1854
February, April to June, August to December
|
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1855
December
|
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1856
January to December
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1857
January, March, April to December
|
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1858
January to December
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1859
January to December
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1860
January to December
|
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1861
January to December
|
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1862
January to October
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1863
August to December
|
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1864
January to December
|
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1865
January to December
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1866
January to February
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MICROFILM PAPER COPIES OF MARRIAGE
ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM ANY OF THESE EIGHT NEWSPAPERS: BERWICK INVESTIGATOR,
BLOOMSBURG DEMOCRAT, COLUMBIA DEMOCRAT, COLUMBIA DEMOCRATIC/STAR OF THE NORTH,
COLUMBIAN, COLUMBIAN/DEMOCRAT, DEMOCRATIC INVESTIGATOR, AND
STAR OF THE NORTH
If you want to view a marriage announcement on
microfilm, visit the Andruss Library on the campus of Bloomsburg University. If
you can't visit, click on our "Research Request" tab on the
left.
There is a search fee to find an marriage announcement for a specific
person. In order to reduce the amount of time needed to search for each name,
list the dates of the searches in chronological order according to the
newspaper. Please use the example listed below in making your requests. Your
cooperation will be very helpful and appreciated. Every effort will be made to
send the paper copies of the searches you requested within two to three weeks.
All search requests should be sent to the Columbia County Historical &
Genealogy Society, 225 Market Street, P.O. Box 360, Bloomsburg, PA 17815-0360.
Example:
|
Newspaper Name |
Groom Name |
Bride Name |
Newspaper Announcement Date |
|
Columbia Democrat |
Adams, Effinger |
Cornelison, Sarah |
1843-02-14 |
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