Marriage Search

About this Service
This service only issues certified copies of microfilmed Orleans parish marriage records from 1870–1973. Searching for marriages that took place from 1831–1869 may produce results with dates and names of spouses taken from the official marriage index, but individual marriage records for this period do not exist in the archives. We regret that we cannot issue certified copies of marriage licenses for marriages that took place during this period.

For more information about obtaining Orleans parish marriage records that are less than 50 years old, visit the Vital Records Registry. Marriage records from all other parishes are maintained by the office of the Clerk of Court in the parish where the marriage license was issued.

Instructions
To begin, click Basic Search or Advanced Search.

You can search by the groom’s family name, bride’s maiden name, or the couple’s married name. You can also use partial names. For example, to search for a marriage record for John Doe, you can enter the name in any of the following formats:

Doe, John
John Doe
Doe

To search using dates or other criteria, click Advanced Search.

By default, results are sorted alphabetically by the groom’s last name and are displayed in ascending order. You can sort the results on a different field by clicking the field heading you want to use at the top of the results grid. Click the field heading again to display the sorted results in descending order.

Basic Search		Clear Search

You can search for Orleans Parish marriage records using any combination of the following criteria:

Groom's Last Name		Clear Search
Groom's First/Middle Name
Bride's Last Name
Bride's First/Middle Name
Parish
Month
Year		Invalid Year