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(This page's most recent update is November 2024)
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One of the main goals for genealogists is finding marriage information about their ancestors.
Over the past few decades, thanks to volunteers, librarians, and archivists, a great number of indexes to marriage collections have been provided for free online. These searchable indexes provide specific marriage license, bond, and certificate information, and sometimes scanned images of the actual marriage documents themselves. These free online collections have hundreds of millions of records in them in total.
There are a great number of online and offline collections that may include marriage information that is not included in the lists below. These different types can be found in 27 Ways to Find Ancestor Marriage Information.
The lists below are specific marriage indexes and record collections that are available for free online for the state of Hawaii.
Note: Some links listed take you to a FamilySearch Collection of digital images. Near the bottom of the page under Film/Digital Notes is the name of each sub-collection. If there is a camera icon at the right of the name (in the Format column) then the collections’ images are browsable. If there is a camera with a key icon, it is only available at a Family History Center or affiliated library. If there is a film reel icon, then it is only available in microfilm format, not digital. To take full advantage make sure that you are logged in to FamilySearch. The results may be different if you are signed in, rather than not.
Note: I have included links to Free Ancestry records and indexes. You do not need a subscription but do need an Ancestry account. Without a subscription, you can view indexes. If there is an image associated with a record, in most cases you will need a subscription, but the index does include very usable information.
Hawaii Marriage Records
- Hawaii County Births, Marriages, and Deaths
- Hawaii Genealogy Indexes
- Hawaii Index to Archives of Marriage Records, 1826-1910
- Hawaii Marriages, 1826-1922
- Hawaii State Archives, Vital Statistics Collection
- Hawaii Marriages, 1826-1954
- Hawaii, Board of Health, Marriage Record Indexes, 1909-1989
- Hawaiian Electronic Library Marriages and Deaths 1826-1929
- Honolulu County Marriages
- Honolulu, Register of Marriages Performed by Rev. S. P. Aheong, 1870
- Honolulu, Register of Marriages, 1840-1842
- Island of Hawaii Marriage Certificates and Licenses, 1846-1900
- Island of Hawaii Marriage Register of Charles Frederick Hart, 1863-1865
- Island of Hawaii Marriage Register of Rev. Cowan, 1837-1879
- Island of Hawaii Marriage Register of Rev. D. Baldwin, 1832-1835
- Island of Hawaii Marriage Register of Rev. Titus Coan, 1837-1882
- Island of Hawaii Marriage Registers of Rev. L. Lyons, 1833-1886
- Island of Hawaii Register of Marriages performed by G. W. A. Hapai, 1887-1896
- Island of Hawaii Register of Marriages performed by Rev. Elias Bond, North Kohola, 1852-1887
- Island of Hawaii Register of Marriages performed by Rev. O. H. Gulick, 1862-1869
- Island of Hawaii Register of Marriages, 1844-1865
- Island of Hawaii Registers of Birth, Marriage, and Death, 1841-1896
- Island of Hawaii Reports of Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1851-1896
- Kauai and Niihau, Reports of Births, Marriages and Beaths, 1846-1896
- Kauai County Marriages
- Kauai, Marriage Certificates, 1845-1894
- Kauai, Marriage Registers of George B. Rowell, 1843-1884
- Maui and Oahu, Marriage Register of Rev. E. W. Clark, 1843-1864
- Maui County Marriage Records
- Maui, Lanai, and Molokai, Marriage Certificates, Licenses, and Applications, 1842-1900
- Maui, Molokai, and Lanai, Reports of Births, Marriages and Beaths, 1842-1896
- Maui, Reports of Births, Beaths, and Marriage Licenses, 1897-1900
- Miscellaneous BMD Records by County
- Molokai, Register of Marriages Performed by Rev. Samuel G. Dwight, 1838-1845
- Oahu, Marriage License Requests and Approvals for Remarriage, 1852-1853
- Oahu, Marriage Licenses and Certificates, 1849-1895
- Oahu, Marriage Licenses of Foreigners, 1852-1879
- Oahu, Marriage Register of H. Waterhouse, 1883
- Oahu, Marriage Register of Rev. O. P. Emerson, 1832-1866
- Oahu, Marriage Register of S. Whitney, 1826-1838
- Oahu, Register of Marriages Performed by Rev. Moses Kuaea, 1855-1877
- Oahu, Register of Marriages, 1852-1863
- Oahu, Reports of Births, Marriages and Deaths, 1837-1896
- United States Marriages, 1733-1990
- United States, Freedmen’s Bureau Marriages, 1861-1872
- Vital Statistics Collection, 1826-1929 – Maui
- Vital Statistics Collection, 1826-1929 – Oahu
- Vital Statistics Collection, 1826-1929 – Hawaii, Kauai, Molokai, and Niihau
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