Taylor County Iowa Marriage Records

Search For Marriage Records

NameAddressCityStateZip CodePhone Number
Taylor County Marriage & Divorce Records Offices
Taylor County Clerk403 Jefferson StreetBedfordIA50833712-523-2095
Bedford City Hall625 Court AveBedfordIA50833712-523-2210
Blockton City Hall405 Division StreetBlocktonIA50836641-788-2655
Clearfield City Hall401 Broadway StreetClearfieldIA50840641-336-2479
New Market City Hall512 Main StreetNew MarketIA51646712-585-3479
Taylor County Marriage & Divorce Records Databases
Taylor County Divorce Certificates
Taylor County Recorder Website
Statistics
Married Couples1,541 (57.2%)
Unmarried Couples163 (2.7%)
Never Married Men491 (19.8%)
Never Married Women388 (15.3%)
Separated Men19 (0.8%)
Separated Women84 (3.3%)
Widowed Men87 (3.5%)
Widowed Women278 (11.0%)
Divorced Men269 (10.8%)
Divorced Women239 (9.4%)

What Can I Find Out About Marriage Records?

If you need to search the vital records of a person, such as marriage records, but you do not know where that person resides or how to find it, then you will want to check out the Taylor County Iowa records website. These records are maintained by the county and they are easy to access online. The information on the site include birth certificates, death certificates, marriage licenses and any other pertinent records that might be useful for your research. You can do an individual search as well as a detailed search for a set of information.

When you access the site, you will get a wide variety of different records that you can search. You will first be asked for your name and address. Once you enter these details, you will see various forms that can be used to create your search. These include name searches, complete names searches and even limited state information. You will have to enter a bit of identifying information before being able to narrow down the records that you want.

Many times, the information that you will be looking for is available on the website after you pay a nominal fee. Once you have found what you were looking for, you can either print it off immediately or save it to view at another time. You will be asked if you want the records as a PDF file which can be opened in several different software applications. If you would rather download the record then you will be able to save it for future reference.

When you look up marriage records, you will be asked to provide some information about the couple. You may want to look up if the two parties were previously married and you will also want to look up the date of the wedding. The record you look up should list the name of the officiator of the ceremony along with the location and time of the ceremony. The officiator should be the person who conducted the ceremony and the one who performed the marriage license. The names of those who performed the wedding and the names of those who officiated should also be on the records.

If you are looking up other records such as birth records or death records you will need to fill out a request for records and wait for them to be processed. Marriage records are not the same as death records. When you request a death record, there will usually be a fee that is associated with the record. Marriage records do not cost anything. You can look up as many records as you like for as many years as you want but you will not be charged for a lookup if you request it more than once.

If you want to check up marriage records, you should make sure that you find a reliable and properly maintained site. There are a lot of people out there who can make it look very legitimate but in most cases the records are not accurate. To make sure of this, you should give a site a try and see how easy it is to use and whether or not the information is accurate. Once you find the site that has the records that you are looking for, you should be able to log into the site, search through the records that you want, and print them out for you or have them sent to you through the mail.