Glad to see that you got it in print.

Barbara Vines Little, CG, FNGS, FVGS

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On 9/6/2013 10:31 AM, Wesley Pippenger wrote:
> Suzanne P. Derieux and Wesley E. Pippenger announce publication of two
> volumes of marriage records for King and Queen County, Virginia.
> Researchers may be aware that the public records for King and Queen County
> were in most part destroyed by fires in April 1828 and 1864.  The earliest
> marriage record at the courthouse is from 1858, only a few are from the war
> years, and the general run there begins in 1866.  In contrast, the Auditor
> of Public Accounts copy at the Library of Virginia is more complete and
> begins with one marriage for 1853 and continues from 1854.  The compilers
> collected data from six main sources: (1) a modern typewritten index to
> marriages, (2) bound Certificates to Obtain a Marriage License that begin in
> September 1867; (3) a bound register of marriages that begins in 1872 (in
> the Circuit Court Clerk's office); (4) loose register pages from the Auditor
> of Public Accounts (at the Library of Virginia); (5) loose marriage licenses
> that begin in 1858; and (6) records from local area churches.  The compilers
> have consulted numerous other sources to insert in brackets information
> missing in the original marriage record.  For example, maiden names or names
> of parents that are blank in one marriage and may be present in another, or
> complete names may be inscribed on a cemetery tombstone.   These types of
> additions are inserted in brackets in these publications.  Also included in
> each volume is a list of abbreviations, list of ministers and their
> denominations and church associations (if known), and a transcription of
> applicable laws affecting marriages or the keeping of marriage records.
>
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>
> Titles: King and Queen County, Virginia Marriage Records: Transcripts of
> Consents, Affidavits, Minister Returns, and Marriage Licenses, Volume 1:
> 1853-1874 and Volume 2: 1875-1886.    Volume 1, 383 pages, includes 1,019
> marriages, and Volume 2, 361 pages, includes 922 marriages.   $45 each
> postpaid.  Libraries may send a purchase order by mail or email.
>
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> Wesley E. Pippenger
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