Virginia, Surry County Marriage Records, 1735-1950 is a free collection at FamilySearch with nearly 20,000 Surry County, Virginia marriage records. This is a searchable name index and includes browsable images.

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What Can I Learn from these Virginia Marriage records?

These marriage records may include:

• Full Name of the Bride
• Full Name of the Groom
• Marriage Date and Place
• Birthdate and Birthplace of the Bride and Groom
• Age, Residence, and Occupation of the Bride and Groom
• Race and previous marital status of the Bride and Groom
• Name of Bride’s Parents
• Name of Groom’s Parents
• Birthplaces of Bride and Groom
• Officiator at wedding
• Witnesses to the marriage

How Can Marriage Records Help Me Find Other Records?

With Virginia Marriage Records information you can:

• Use the Bride or Groom’s age or birth date and marriage place to look for possible birth records for the Bride or Groom in this area.
• Use previous marriage notations to look for other marriage records for the Bride or Groom
• Use the names and marriage place to find the Bride or Groom in a state or federal census with their families.
• Compile family group sheets with the information you glean from censuses and search for birth, marriage, and death dates for each family member.
• Use the parents’ names and Bride & Groom’s place of marriage to search for these families in a local city directory
  • learn about the parents’ employment from a city directory search
• Use the Bride and Groom’s place of marriage and Parents’ names to search for any land, tax, or court records
• Use the names you find to look for draft registration records or military service records.