Marriage Records

This section provides examples of 18th and 19th century marriage records from church registers. They were selected to show differing types and formats, and also to demonstrate a few special issues. Hungarian marriage records exhibit the greatest degree of consistency among church records. We see in early records that they usually do not name the groom's father. In a few records, the bride's father is also not identified. As time went on, more information was usually provided. But, unlike Spanish and Italian marriage records (which attempt to document that the couple are not cousins), in Hungarian records the grandparents of the couple are almost never identified.

• 1726 Roman Catholic Marriage Register of Sopron.
  This register is typical of early narrative records, and includes a complete Latin-to-English translation of a sample entry.
  
  
• 1785 Lutheran Marriage Register of Nemesdömölk.
  This register shows substantial physical damage to the book itself.
  
  
• 1830 Reformed Marriage Register of Szekszárd.
  This register includes a record with a very unusual dispensation from the King.
  
  
• 1847 Roman Catholic Marriage in Sandorfalva.
  This register includes a mixed marriage of a Lutheran and a Catholic.
  
  
• 1848 Lutheran Marriage Register of Szilsárkány.
  This register illustrates the use of many titles of respect and includes dispensations from the County administration.
  
  
• 1869 Lutheran Marriage Register of Puconci.
  This register is typical of the very complete and legible records of the Dual Monarchy period, and includes extensive notes on Magyar marriage terminology.