{"id":2036,"date":"2016-02-06T00:08:08","date_gmt":"2016-02-06T00:08:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rootdig.genealogytipoftheday.com\/?p=2036"},"modified":"2016-02-06T00:28:10","modified_gmt":"2016-02-06T00:28:10","slug":"is-this-why-grandma-felt-like-she-was-married-more-than-once-findmypast-announces-a-database-of-us-marriages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rootdig.genealogytipoftheday.com\/?p=2036","title":{"rendered":"Is This Why Grandma Felt Like She Was Married More than Once: FindMyPast Announces a Database of US Marriages"},"content":{"rendered":"

[note: all search results displayed in this blog post were obtained on 5 February 2016]<\/p>\n

FindMyPast<\/em> recently announced a database of United States marriages, purporting to eventually be the biggest one available. I’m not certain about that, but it certainly was an interesting one to search.<\/p>\n

Five Henrys<\/h3>\n

There were five separate matches for Henry L. Mortier who married in 1907 in Scott County, Iowa, to Caroline Elizabeth Freund. I am assuming this counts as five separate marriages in\u00a0FindMyPast<\/em>‘s marriage count for this database.<\/p>\n

\"mortier-freund\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Curious where the entries were obtained, I looked at the individual records referenced on FindMyPast<\/em>. The Family History Library film number is given for each entry as that is where FindMyPast <\/em>obtains the records. While the film number\u00a0does at least provide an idea of where the information was obtained, in some cases I can guess the actual volume number from the original records(which I hate to do). The page number I will have to get manually. The plus side of this is that I can’t create a citation to the specific record until I have actually seen it myself. I shouldn’t cite the actual record as I’m not using the actual record when I use the results from this database.<\/p>\n

I’m pretty certain that’s not the reason why the volume and page numbers are not included in this database. I don’t think FindMyPast<\/em> is worried about the completeness of my citations (and to repeat, my citation, if I use this\u00a0FindMyPast <\/em>database, should be to this database and not the actual record<\/strong>). However, I should include in my citation that\u00a0FindMyPast\u00a0<\/em>obtained the information from the relevant Family History Library microfilm roll (with additional detail if that can be determined).<\/p>\n

In the case of the Mortier-Freund marriage, the entries apparently come from two separate filmings of the marriage record and the marriage returns. The marriage returns are not the same as the marriage record. Without seeing the actual marriage record it is difficult to say just exactly this index entry was extracted from (no image is linked to for any of these entries–they are all text only results).<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
#<\/td>\nFilm Number<\/td>\nTitle<\/td>\nRecord Creator<\/td>\nInformation given<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1<\/td>\n002030636<\/td>\nMarriage record, v. 4 (from p. 292), 1907, v. 5, 1907-1908, v. 6 (to p. 246), 1908-1909 (another filming)<\/td>\nScott County, Iowa, Clerk of District Court<\/td>\nNo parental information given<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\n002030636<\/td>\nMarriage record, v. 4 (from p. 292), 1907, v. 5, 1907-1908, v. 6 (to p. 246), 1908-1909 (another filming)<\/td>\nScott County, Iowa, Clerk of District Court<\/td>\nName of wife\u2019s parents given only<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\n001432216<\/td>\nMarriage certificates and returns Meinert, Herrmann – Mueller, H. 1830-1930<\/td>\nScott County, Iowa, Clerk of District Court<\/td>\nGroom and wife\u2019s parents given<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\n002030636<\/td>\nMarriage record, v. 4 (from p. 292), 1907, v. 5, 1907-1908, v. 6 (to p. 246), 1908-1909 (another filming)<\/td>\nScott County, Iowa, Clerk of District Court<\/td>\nName of groom\u2019s parents only<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\n1004424<\/td>\nMarriage record, v. 5-6, 1907-1909<\/td>\nScott County, Iowa, Clerk of District Court<\/td>\nGroom and wife\u2019s parents given<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Three Georges<\/h3>\n

The Mortier-Freund marriage was not the only one listed more than once in the FindMyPast<\/em> database. There are three entries in the database at\u00a0FindMyPast<\/em> for George A. Freund and his bride in 1883. Apparently her name is different on all three entries. Given that her maiden name was Catherine Cawiezell it’s not surprising.<\/p>\n

\"freund-cawiezell\"<\/a><\/p>\n

These entries all come from records of the Scott County, Iowa, Clerk of District Court, just different rolls of microfilm or different records on\u00a0the same roll. In order of search results shown, those rolls of film are:<\/p>\n