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 Selected Bradford Co FL Marriages 1875-1973 compiled by Dorothy L Murray
©Copyright 2007 by Hunting For Bears, Genealogical Society and Library

Date Spouse 1 Spouse 2
26 Sep 1941 AARON, Charlie BEST, Rosetta
17 Mar 1951 AARON, Doris Jr CARTER, Zerline
11 Feb 1930 AARON, Ellihue LEWIS, Rosetta
02 Jun 1943 AARON, James H JOHNS, Willie Mae
22 Sep 1971 AARON, Rastus Leroy PARKS, Margaret
30 May 1943 AARON, Wazerine DELL, Alice
05 Dec 1944 ABBOTT, Artie Lee NICKOLS, Marjorie
30 Mar 1942 ABBOTT, Ceba MINTON, Marie
17 Mar 1928 ABERNATHY, Duffie MORGAN, Mildred
31 Jan 1934 ABERNATHY, H D KING, Novilla
04 Jan 1962 ABERNATHY, Shell Mack GAUTHIE, Anna Frances
15 Feb 1926 ABRAHAM, Joe JOHNS, Marvin Helen
22 May 1942 ABRAHAM, William KAERBER, Rita
02 Aug 1943 ACCARDI, Joseph WILSON, Dorothy
04 Aug 1928 ACREE, Leroy HARVEY, Dovey
17 Aug 1935 ADAMS, Albert YOUNG, Lucile
14 Mar 1943 ADAMS, Charles CROMPTON, Evelyn
15 Sep 1943 ADAMS, Charles A DYE, Wanda Louise
01 Jul 1956 ADAMS, Charles Asa IVEY, Willie Joseph
27 Jun 1926 ADAMS, David SIMMONS, Estell
24 Sep 1944 ADAMS, Earl L KNOTT, Sara Frances
06 Nov 1965 ADAMS, Edmond COLEMAN, Vera Clair
06 Jun 1938 ADAMS, Edmond LEE, Ollie Mae
09 Jun 1945 ADAMS, Elizabeth AKIN, James H Jr
13 Jan 1934 ADAMS, Fredie TYSON, Catherine

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