During Roots Tech there was a lot of buzz about FindMyPast’s new United States Marriages Collection. This collection currently contains 33 million records and will continue to grow.
When I got home I decided to peruse this new collection. You see, there is this elusive marriage record that my sister and I have been trying to find for years – 8? 10? The problem was we didn’t know where to look.
Well, guess what?
It had an index to that elusive marriage record. Seth Moffitt and Ester Brouillette. My third great grandparents.
Hot dog! It had a GS microfilm number and that film was already at BYU. So a few days later I went to the Family History Library at BYU and gave that microfilm a look. That pretty image up there is what I found.
I now know that they were married in Clinton, Iowa on 27 November 1858. I know who married them. I know when they got their marriage license.
Hopefully I can use those details to track down some more information.
Hot Diggety Dog! Would you have known about the new collection without going to RootsTech?
Probably not. I use FindMyPast but not for US research. I probably would have totally ignored the little announcement on their homepage too. Lucky me I heard about it!