I am trying to find the wedding date of my deceased parents.They were married in either AK,OK,or TN 1941-1942?

Question

Their names were Edwin Sprague and Bertie Mae Swafford.He was 50 and she was 28 when they married.He was born 10/03/1891 and she was born 11/07/1913

Answer 1

If they were married in a Catholic church, there'd be a record.

It should also be recorded at the churches of their Baptisms.

Answer 2

Try ItalGen.com, I think that is the website where I remember finding my grandmother, Barbara Katanic and mysteriously untraceable and seemingly unknown husband, Bernard Olson in 1934.

Answer 3

Name:  Bertie Sprague

Birth:  7 Nov 1913

Death:  Jan 1977 - Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, United States of America

Civil:  Tennessee

Bledsoe Co, TN is where she was living in 1930 so it's possible they were married there or Knox Co, TN. You may have other reasons why they might have been born in another state.

http://www.tennessee.gov/tsla/history/ho...

Marriages 1861 - June 30, 1945 can be found in the records of each county. There is no state-wide index to marriages during this time period. We can search for a marriage record if given the names of the groom and bride, county of marriage, and the date of the marriage or a 5-year date span. If the marriage occurred in one of the four metropolitan counties (Davidson County, Hamilton County, Knox County and Shelby County), a 3-year date span must be specified. Please go to Genealogical Services Available by Mail - County Records for instructions on ordering a search for a marriage record.

Most information from Tennessee births, deaths, marriages, and divorces is public information.  Requests for the public information should be made in writing to the Vital Records office.  You must provide enough information so that our staff can locate the record for which you want the public information.  The fee is $12.00 per record per year searched.  This fee is charged for the search for the record and is not refunded even if no record is found.  The Vital Records Office keeps birth records for 100 years and keeps death, marriage, and divorce records for 50 years; after that time, the records are sent to the Tennessee State Library and Archivesfor public access and family research.

http://health.state.tn.us/vr/index.htm#R...

The Friends of of Metropolitan Archives are great and you might want to contact them.

http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancest...

Since you aren't for sure where they were married you might have to try the best place first, pay the required fee, then go to the next, etc.

Answer 4

Have you considered contacting the bureau of vital statistics in each of these states.  They should have a record of the marriage if it occurred in the state.

Answer 5

AK stands for Alaska. AR stands for Arkansas.

Answer 6

One of the Y!A Top Contributors in Genealogy has a family tree, which I just viewed, listed on ancestry.com.

Since you two are related, I'm surprised you asked this question on Y!A, instead of on one of the message boards for ancestry or rootsweb.

If you and she are working independently of each other, I will be happy to contact her thru ancestry and inform her of your question on Y!A, so she can contact you via the Y!A forum.

You can let me know thru an additional post to your original question.

There was no marriage date listed on her tree.

But, I really enjoyed reading your dad's WW I Draft Registration info; medium height, medium build, blue eyes, light hair, registered at age 26, lived at 433 Richard St., Knoxville, TN.

My parents marriage date is listed on the original certified copy of my birth certificate.

P.S.

I see she has responded to your question and is directly above my answer.

I certainly hope this is not a trick question, posted in order to boost her point count, by receiving "Best Answer".

That could be considered a violation of community guidelines.

Perhaps, you should copy the info quickly, if you don't already have it, and she should remove her answer, in order to avoid any suspicion of impropriety.

I also noticed that she didn't bother to mention the fact that she is related to Mr. and Mrs. Sprague or that they are on her tree.

My dad always said, "A lie by omission, is still a lie."

After doing a bit of research, I discovered a question posted by this asker two weeks ago, concerning his grandparents, Valentine and Sarah Sprague, the parents of the above Mr. Sprague.

And, the "Best Answer" went to, none other than, the same "Top Contributor in Genealogy, above my answer.

Of course, there was no mention of her family connection in the previous answer, either.

Once again, I respectfully request that this question be deleted, out of respect for those asking legitimate questions, and seeking legitimate answers, and in order to preserve the integrity of the genealogy section of this forum.