About Kentucky Marriage Index Records, 1973-1999

Information Available in this Collection

The Kentucky Marriage Index Records cover a large number of records between 1973 and 1999 and contain over 1.17 million marriages.

The records typically include the following information:

• Groom's Name
• Groom's Race
• Groom's Age
• Marriage Date
• Groom's Marital Status
• Groom's Previous Number of Marriages
• Residence County
• Residence County after Marriage
• Bride's Name
• Bride's Age
• Bride's Race
• Bride's Residence County
• Volume Number
• Certificate Number
• Volume Year
• Marriage License County

Please note the original data does not always provide full information and there are fewer records in the earlier years.

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Marriage Certificates

The Kentucky Vital Statistics office has on file marriage certificates from June 1958 to the present. Here we have obtained the index records for 1973-1999. Certified marriage certificates can be ordered and the required fee paid by phone, mail, Internet or by visiting the office.

To inquire about marriage certificates prior to June 1958, please call the county clerk in the county where the marriage license was issued.

Information needed to obtain a marriage/divorce certificate:

• Full name of the groom or husband
• Full name of the bride or wife
• The month, day and year of the marriage
• The county where the marriage license was issued

For Further information please visit: http://chfs.ky.gov/dph/vital/mdcert.htm

Or Contact

Office of Vital Statistics

275 E. Main St. 1E-A

Frankfort, KY  40621

(502) 564-4212