Hunting For Bears Genealogy Society collects and maintains large databases of early (predominantly pre 1900) marriage records from all fifty states. We are currently processing these records and will have them on line as soon as they are ready.

We do two things with these records:
One, we publish these records in County Marriage Record Books, (over 2,000 to date) and on CDs. We no longer publish on microfiche but have a fairly complete inventory of our collection up to 1980.

Two, surname searches of these large computer databases have been available to individuals since the late 1960s via the U. S. Postal Service and now e-mail.
We search our marriage indexes of on a state by state basis and provide the results via e-mail or computer printout.

The Hunting For Bears marriage data collection as of about 1980, covering 16 states, was bundled with Family Tree Maker(c) and sold in the tens of thousands and was crucial in making FTM(c) the most popular genealogical software in the world.

The same collection was included in Ancestry's(c) initial data searches, playing a significant role in its rise to the world's premier genealogy data search engine.

That was the 1980 collection, the 2010 collection dwarfs it in comparison. This book is part of that 2010 collection. It is maintained in a data base structure to provide the highest information density. Each marriage is contained in one line. Each party in the union is included in the alphabetical listing. Using the records in a database format and listing both participants in the alphabetical sort was so unique in 1960 that the U.S. Government has granted Hunting For Bears a (c)copyright on the collection in both print and later electronic and microform format.

Several things we are considering in the immediate future are; e_books to buy, loan or free downloads, books available through instant publication, and books on line.

Oh, the name and logo, Russell, as Nick was called in his youth, loved puns. The newspaper genealogy column that he began writing in 1951, Hunting Your Forebears, quickly became Hunting For Bears and the bear and hunter logo was created.

Early Baker Co FL Marriages 1877-1930 compiled by Dorothy L Murray
©Copyright 2007 by Hunting For Bears Genealogical Society and Library

Date Spouse 1 Spouse 2
03 Dec 1929 ABELLO, Mary M PRITCHETT, Wade B
28 Aug 1928 ABNEY, Geraldine ANDERSON, Le Ruenie
15 Jan 1927 ADAIR, Edna Helen HAWKINS, Edgar P
01 Nov 1924 ADAM, Rubie Marie HAMPSHIRE, John Henry
24 Mar 1929 ADAMS, Ellen COMBS, James A
26 Aug 1926 ADAMS, Essie WATKINS, R W
16 Aug 1922 ADAMS, Mae WILLIAMS, Luther D
02 Oct 1927 ADAMS, R F MOORE, Jewell
17 Jan 1928 ADAMS, Ruth BYRD, B C
01 Oct 1924 ADDISON, Carline HAINES, Lonnie
24 Aug 1926 ADDISON, Recy BRYAN, L F
09 Mar 1921 ADDISON, Roman DENMARK, Gertrude
11 Aug 1928 ADERHOLD, Unknown CROTTS, N E Ms
06 Dec 1884 ADIWAY, Charles LUSTY, Hannah
07 Apr 1926 ADKINS, C J WATTERS, Katharyn Elizabeth
05 Nov 1914 ADKINS, Ham WILLIAMS, Jossie Ms
03 Sep 1927 ADKINS, Iva PETTY, Owen
11 Mar 1902 ADKINS, Lucinda PERKINS, Lewis
11 Jun 1910 ADKINS, Maud GIVENS, Tracy
14 Oct 1900 ADKINS, Millie DALLIS, Joseph
15 Oct 1911 ADKINS, Will WILLIAMS, Mattie
09 Dec 1907 ADKINS, William GIVENS, Effie
29 Apr 1899 ADLER, Ada YULEE, George
10 Oct 1885 AIKEN, Chester MCGEE, Nelson
24 Dec 1885 AIKEN, Eugene TRIBUTE, James
16 Sep 1928 AKE, D W THOMPSON, Wilma Louise
08 Jan 1911 AKINS, Claracy BYRD, Simon
14 Jul 1929 AKINS, Martha HEYWOOD, Sonny
25 Dec 1879 ALBRITTON, Quindy IRVIN, Adam
10 May 1928 ALDERMAN, Agnes JONES, Gordon
15 Aug 1920 ALDERMAN, Avis MCCORMICK, J E
02 Dec 1915 ALDERMAN, Edna JOHNSON, J L
24 Feb 1927 ALDERMAN, Essie JOHNSON, J M
05 Nov 1927 ALDERMAN, George W ROBINSON, Janie
11 Sep 1926 ALDERMAN, Lindley BETHEA, Grace
01 Jun 1923 ALDERMAN, R E STERNS, Mary
26 May 1927 ALDRICH, Alafay BRANNEN, W H
03 Mar 1912 ALEXANDEER, Sarah D WHITE, William T
21 Apr 1912 ALEXANDER, Berttie KNIGHT, Joe
21 Feb 1905 ALEXANDER, Carrie HOWARD, Joseph C
29 Aug 1897 ALEXANDER, Emma BYRD, Aaron
04 Oct 1926 ALEXANDER, Harry WILLIAMS, Alberta
15 Nov 1896 ALEXANDER, Henrietta ROWE, Carr B
13 Jan 1906 ALEXANDER, Laura W DANIELS, Leon A

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