Oregon Historical County Records Guide
Union County Records Inventory
Marriage Records
1864-1968
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 Chaplin Building, Clerk's Resource Room:
Marriage License [Records-many include affidavits and
medical certificates], 1865 (.35 cu.ft.); 1895-1960 (16.50 cu.ft.);
Marriage Record Index, vol. B-C, 1882-1887 (1 volume);
Marriage Record [with index], vol. D-P, 1882-1968 (13
volumes);
Records [Marriage-with index], 1864-1882 (2 volumes);
Return of Marriage [Record], 1911-1942 (1 volume);
[Return of Marriage-Record], 1942-1953 (1 volume);
Return of Marriage [Record-with index], vol. 1, 1906-1908 (1
volume).
Records at the Union County Law Enforcement Services Building, Microfilm
Storage Room:
[Marriage Records-title varies], 1865-1962 (13 reels
of microfilm).