Government Records
Not only were licenses issued in the county seat, Duluth, they were also issued at several satellite offices: Aurora, 1907-1924; Biwabik, 1896-1927; Chisholm, 1902-1942; Ely, 1888-1943; Eveleth, 1895-1932; Floodwood, 1904-1912; Gilbert, 1907-1932; Hibbing, 1899-1944; Sparta, 1901-1906; Tower, 1886-1932; and Virginia, 1893-1941.
The records created in the satellite offices were not always so identified; some forms have the satellite city on the license, many do not. A license may also have been issued in one city and the marriage occurred in another; in which case the marriage return certificate would have been recorded in the city of issuance.
The records are arranged in rough chronological order by the date the license was issued; the date of the actual marriage may vary greatly from the license date.
Microfilm is available for interlibrary loan from the Minnesota Historical Society. Inquiries regarding purchase should be directed to St. Louis County.
Location of originals is unknown.
Accession number: 2008-40
Processing and cataloging of this collection was supported with a Basic Project grant awarded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission
Catalog ID number: 007229073
Contains grooms index.
Contains grooms index; includes list of certificates not returned for Books B, C, and D.
Contains grooms index; includes returns and licenses, December 1871, October 1869-May 1875 (in reverse chronological order; pages 272-286) and January-November 1870 (in chronological order, pages 287-312).
Loose licenses, certificates, and returns; includes citations to record book where official recording is filed.
Entries appear to be from Tower, October 1890-November 1893 (pages 1-206) and from Duluth, January-November 1894 (pages 207-end).
Virginia, October 1893-December 1894; Soudan [Tower?], February 1895-December 1898; Hibbing, April-December 1899.
Tower, December 1893-November 1894; Virginia, February 1895-November 1897.
Early records are dated at Two Harbors.
The bulk of the entries stop in October 1901.
The bulk of the entries stop in January 1903.
The bulk of the entries stop in July 1903.
Book missing; certificates filmed in lieu of volume.
The bulk of the entries stop in March 1917.
Duplicate book number.
Duplicate book number.
Duplicate book number.
Duplicate book number.