Oregon Historical County Records Guide
Klamath County Records Inventory
Marriage Records
1882-1990
Series documents the recording of marriages by the county and includes applications, marriage certificates and licenses, and indexes to marriage records. Information includes the names and residences of bride and groom; justice of the peace, minister, or name of individual officiating; fees charged; date filed; volume and page numbers where recorded; certificate number; date and place of marriage; and signatures of witnesses and county officials.
Beginning in 1906 marriages have been officially registered with the state of Oregon. Currently these records are filed with the State Registrar, Vital Statistics Section of the Health Division. Marriage records have been inventoried through 1960.
Records at the Klamath County Government Center, Clerk's Office Public
Research Room:
Index to Marriage Records, vol. 1, 1882-1990 (1 volume).
Records at the Klamath County Government Center, Clerk's Basement Storage
Room:
Marriage Applications, 1953-1960 (1 cu.ft.);
Marriage Record [title varies-with index], vol. 1-33,
1882-1963 (33 volumes);
[Marriage Records], vol. 1-33, 1882-1961 (9 reels of
microfilm).