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1. Marriages and
Anniversaries
Mining Newspapers for Engagements,
Marriages, Anniversaries,
and Divorce Records
Thomas Jay Kemp
20 June 2012

3. ◦ Over 6,100 newspapers
 All 50 states
 1690 to today
 Over 1.2 Billion Records
 Millions of Engagement,
Marriage & Divorce
Records

24. • Who?

25. • Who?
– Name: Bride
– Name: Groom

26. • Who?
– Name: Bride
– Name: Groom
• What?

27. • Who?
– Name: Bride
– Name: Groom
• What?
• When?

28. • Who?
– Name: Bride
– Name: Groom
• What?
• When?
• Where?

29. • Who?
– Name: Bride
– Name: Groom
• What?
• When?
• Where?
• How?

30. • Church

31. • Church
• Reception

32. • Church
• Reception
• Bride - bio

33. • Groom – bio

34. • Groom – bio
• Born in SC

35. • Groom – bio
• Born in SC
• Approx. Age

36. • Groom – bio
• Born in SC
• Approx. Age
• How long in DC

37. • Groom – bio
• Born in SC
• Approx. Age
• How long in DC
• Work history

38. • Groom – bio
• Born in SC
• Approx. Age
• How long in DC
• Work history
• Honor & Trust

39. • Not seeing:
– Parent’s Names
– Other Family

42. • Out of area –
Yonkers, New York

43. • Out of area –
Yonkers, New York
• Wedding Details

44. • Out of area –
Yonkers, New York
• Wedding Details
• Bridesmaids, Maid of
Honor, flower girl –
all named

45. Independent Inquirer (Brattleboro, Vermont)
28 June 1834, page 3

47. Eastern Argus (Portland, Maine)
19 Aug 1828, page 3

48. Eastern Argus (Portland, Maine)
19 Aug 1828, page 3

49. Eastern Argus (Portland, Maine)
19 Aug 1828, page 3

50. Eastern Argus (Portland, Maine)
19 Aug 1828, page 3

51. Eastern Argus (Portland, Maine)
19 Aug 1828, page 3

52. Eastern Argus (Portland, Maine)
19 Aug 1828, page 3

53. Eastern Argus (Portland, Maine)
19 Aug 1828, page 3

54. Eastern Argus (Portland, Maine)
19 Aug 1828, page 3

56. Philadelphia Inquirer
29 Jan 1895

57. Philadelphia Inquirer
29 Jan 1895
• Names, ages

58. Philadelphia Inquirer
29 Jan 1895
• Names, ages
• Residence

59. Philadelphia Inquirer
29 Jan 1895
• Names, ages
• Residence
• Where married

60. Philadelphia Inquirer
29 Jan 1895
• Names, ages
• Residence
• Where married
• 1st wife died, 14
months ago

61. Philadelphia Inquirer
29 Jan 1895
• Names, ages
• Residence
• Where married
• 1st wife died, 14
months ago
• Married 63 years

62. Philadelphia Inquirer
29 Jan 1895
• Names, ages
• Residence
• Where married
• 1st wife died, 14
months ago
• Married 63 years
• Only death in family

63. Philadelphia Inquirer
29 Jan 1895
• Names, ages
• Residence
• Where married
• 1st wife died, 14
months ago
• Married 63 years
• Only death in family
• # of children,
grandchildren etc.

64. Philadelphia Inquirer
29 Jan 1895
1880 Census
Garrett County, MD

65. Philadelphia Inquirer
29 Jan 1895
1880 Census
Garrett County, MD

83. Boston Post Boy (Massachusetts)
22 July 1751, page 2

84. Commercial Daily Register (Sandusky, Ohio)
25 January 1862, page 1

85. Can You Read This?
i cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty
uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg.
The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid,
aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde
Uinervtisy, it dseno't mtaetr in waht oerdr the
ltteres in a wrod are, the olny iproamtnt tihng
is taht the frsit and lsat ltteer be in the rghit
pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can
sitll raed it whotuit a pboerlm.
Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed
ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.
Azanmig huh?
yaeh and I awlyas tghuhot slpeling was
ipmorantt!

86. ◦ Over 6,100 newspapers
 All 50 states
 1690 to today
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 Millions of Engagement,
Marriage & Divorce
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