| Name | Address | City | State | Zip Code | Phone Number | |||||||
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| Ohio County Marriage & Divorce Records Office | ||||||||||||
| Ohio County Clerk | 1500 Chapline Street | Wheeling | WV | 26003 | 304-234-3611 | |||||||
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| Ohio County Clerk Website | ||||||||||||
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| Ohio County Marriage Certificates & Records | ||||||||||||
| Statistics | |
|---|---|
| Married Couples | 7,862 (44.1%) |
| Unmarried Couples | 944 (2.3%) |
| Never Married Men | 6,079 (35.4%) |
| Never Married Women | 5,619 (29.6%) |
| Separated Men | 238 (1.4%) |
| Separated Women | 281 (1.5%) |
| Widowed Men | 575 (3.3%) |
| Widowed Women | 2,408 (12.7%) |
| Divorced Men | 1,792 (10.4%) |
| Divorced Women | 2,505 (13.2%) |
Marriage Records in Other Counties
Other Records in Ohio County
Marriage Records by County – How to Locate Marriage Records in Ohio County
You may have heard about the Freedom of Information Act, but did you know that there are marriage records in Ohio and West Virginia? The Freedom of Information Act grants access to public records to those who ask for it. The state of Ohio does not have the same laws that other states have regarding these records, however. You will need to request copies of these records from the courts in the county where you got married or the county where you got divorced. Contact the court where your marriage occurred for more information on the availability of records in your area.
Marriage records are considered public record by the Ohio Department of Health. If you are looking for this information, you will probably need to fill out an application for a duplicate of your records, which can be done online. Once you get the application finished, you will have to pay a small fee and wait a few weeks until the records you requested are sent to you. Keep in mind that not all counties in Ohio require you to get these records before getting a divorce or marriage certificate.
There is another source for Ohio marriage records. The county that you got married in may not have these records available. This is because these records are considered private, and not part of public records. Therefore, you may not be able to get them through other sources.
These records are useful for a number of purposes. If someone wants to find out more about another person they have just met, they can use these records to see if the person has ever been married before. They may also want to check to see if the person has any criminal records, or any other information that could give them some form of concern.
Sometimes the Ohio Department of Health will keep these records and release them to a third party. They will do this for free, but only to certain categories of people. Those who are minors can only get these records through a licensed minor’s agency. Then the agency holds onto the information for a specific amount of time and then makes them available to the public. However, this information is limited to the state and county in which the person lives.
Marriage records can sometimes be found online. However, you must know the person you are searching for in order to use an online search service. If you know the person and find the information you need in the comfort of your home, this is a good option. You can either pay the fee the sites charge to get the information you need, or you can look for the information yourself.
