Florida Marriage Index needs refining to month

LegacyUser

R Niner said: The Florida Marriage index should at least allow one to select a month. I am looking for a Charlotte A. ??? Bater. Since I don't have the maiden name and groom & spouse aren't connected I still end up with 1000 entries even if I enter the county

LegacyUser

Paul said: Try refining your search with the other fields, checking the "exact match" boxes. I tried a search on individual years and this cut the results down considerably.

Searching by month is not an option in FamilySearch.

LegacyUser

R Niner said: I have added all the fields possible but you can't select month. I set the year, the county an the name but as I did not know the last name of the bride it still resulted in over 1000 entries. Way to much to look thru. As for exact match on name the issue is the name was Charlotte A. And I don't know what the A stands for.
You can't do it! While the results do give you a license number you can't search for the other person who has this number.

LegacyUser

Tom Huber said: First, welcome to the community support forum for FamilySearch. FamilySearch personnel read every discussion thread and may or may not respond as their time permits. We all share an active interest in using the resources of this site and as users, we have various levels of knowledge and experience and do our best to help each other with concerns, issues, and/or questions.

When working with a name, search parameters should be kept simple. Many records do not use the same combination of given names (or order, as far as that goes).

So, you may have to search with only the first name and check the exact match box.

Then try the first and last name in its own search.

Then try various nicknames for the name Charlotte (there are several "Nickname Finders" on the internet -- search on Nickname Finder). with and without the last name.

Keep in mind that for Marriage records, the person may have been previously married and used her former married surname.

As to finding a month, the best I can suggest is to use the find feature of your browser on the search results page -- expand the search results to 100 (it defaults to 25). Then search on month and year combinations.

Finally, keep in mind that you may not find any results... but the more inventive you get (keeping things as simple as possible), the better your chances of finding what you are searching for. And don't forget to try an internet search, or look to see if the state you are searching has on-line archives (many do), but they also may not be complete -- Washington State has one of the best in the nation, but it was populated by volunteers...

LegacyUser

Tom Huber said: There are some other options and one is to visit a local Family History Center (or public library or facility that has a strong genealogical theme) and use free access to Ancestry (it is usually Ancestry Institution in public facilities - check the website for your facility to see if they mention genealogy and also access to Ancestry).