How does one search for women whose names have changed because of marriage?

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Request for Question Clarification by answerfinder-ga on 13 Dec 2002 09:26 PST

Do you mean tips for using the google search engine or just general
tracing techiniques?
answerfinder

Dear pagae,

The best place to start a search for someone who has changed their
name due to marriage is the marriage license. Depending on where the
marriage occurs, that falls under the Department of Health's Vital
Records section, the county Clerk of Courts or the municipal Probate
Court. Access to those records changes depending on location.

For example, in New York, the Department of Health handles marriage
records and only releases them with documented authorization.
( http://www.nyc.gov/html/doris/html/faq.html#marriage )

While in Ohio, the Probate Court deals with marriage licenses. The
Probate Court in the capital has an online search database.
( http://www.co.franklin.oh.us/probate/PBMLSearch.html )

Or in King County (Seattle), Washington, there's the Recorder's
Office. With the bride's maiden name and the date of the marriage,
copies of the license cost $1. If you don't have the date, it costs $8
per each five years of records you want searched.
( http://www.metrokc.gov/lars/marriage/certify.htm )

It's best to find the county's website, so that you can see which of
those categories your county falls into. If you tell me what county or
city you're looking for, I'll look it up myself. Or you can check for
yourself on www.searchsystems.net, which is a listing of mostly free
public record websites.

Search Strategy:
"new york marriage licenses"
"columbus ohio marriage licenses"
"seattle marriage licenses"
www.searchsystems.net

I hope this helps. Feel free to ask for clarification if you have any
more questions.

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Request for Answer Clarification by pegae-ga on 13 Dec 2002 13:01 PST

Yes I mean using the Google search, or any other search. The women I
seek are many years older now . I have no idea where they got married.
I just thought there might be some clever search trick I might use.
Thank you. Jim P.

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Clarification of Answer by lapin-ga on 13 Dec 2002 16:03 PST

If you want searching techniques, I'd suggest the book "The Whole Spy
Catalog". It's the best searching guide I've ever read.

Apparently the researcher had no clue for my question. He suggested I
read a book. I would think the researcher could refer me to someone
who knows  or seek the answer him/herself.
I'm not eccouraged to ask any other questions

Hi, pegae-ga,

 One type of search that has helped me to find married names of female
friends is to look up high school or college alumni databases. You can
usually find them under their "maiden" name by the year graduated. Of
course, this is not always possible if you don't know where they went
to school.
 I sympathize.....I've lost track of some of my female friends due to
marriage, also, and I have tried and tried to look for them. Other
than knowing something about the state they live in, or other
background, you would have a hard time. There are a few, online
"detective-type" databases you can join, for a fee, but you are often
directed to search avenues which cost even more....
 Not much help, I know! Sorry.

 umiat-ga