Vicar-General Marriage Licence Index
Faculty Office Marriage Licence Index
The Vicar-General Marriage Licence Index is a genealogical finding aid comprising a surname index which lists over 356,000 people who were issued with marriage licences by the Vicar-General of the Archbishop of Canterbury between 1694 and 1850. There are 52,800 different surnames occuring in the index and part of this web site is devoted to listing them and showing their frequency.
The original records which underlie this index are stored at Lambeth Palace beside the River Thames in London. They are actually in Morton's Tower - the ancient tudor gateway featured at the top of this page. The LDS church have filmed the original records.
The index has been published both in microfiche and book format by the Society of Genealogists in London, England. The hard work of compiling the index was done by a dedicated team of volunteers working over a period of four years from 1994 to 1998.
During 2000 a decision was taken to place the Vicar-General Marriage Licence Index on the internet. These records can be accessed by SoG members via MySoG. Non-members can access this material though the Society’s partner Findmypast
When the Vicar-General Marriage Licence Index was finished many of the volunteers moved on to work on the Faculty Office Marriage Licence Index. These records can be accessed by SoG members via MySoG. Non-members can access this material though the Society’s partner Findmypast.
You can do a free surname search of all of the data in SoG Data Online using the Search Box on the left.