"A marriage license is a legal document applied for by a couple and issued by the county/state that allows them to marry," says Diane Smith-Hoban, executive director of Journeys of the Heart.

The deadline to enter contest to design the first official New Hampshire heirloom marriage certificate is in one month.

A couple’s marriage certificate from 1872 has made its way home to their surviving descendent, and it’s all thanks to sleuthy social media users. The 149-year-old certificate, which belonged ...

She realized that the document — with ornate illustrations of a wedding ceremony, cherubs, and wreath — was an old New Hampshire marriage certificate issued by a church to Frank Gookin and ...

You can then obtain a certified copy of the marriage certificate from your county clerk’s office. This certificate will usually have your new name, and you’ll use it to change your name with ...

The marriage certificate, weathered and timeworn, was barely legible. What was somewhat clear, though, was the date: April 11, 1872. Employees at a thrift store in Bolivia, N.C. -- a tiny town ...