[Genealogy] A Random Marriage, Updated Webinar Lists and Trips

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Genealogy Blog Update

7 Sept 2026

** A Random Marriage
** Upcoming Trips--Join Us!
** Updated Webinar List


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A Random Marriage
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It took me forever to find it and it just about took me forever to cite it
as well.

My citation format for this 1852 marriage record from Campbell County,
Kentucky, is not in proper  *Evidence
<http://www.genealogical.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&ref=1783&item_number=3878&affiliate_banner_id=1%22%20target=%22_blank%22>
Explained
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*format.
But the essentials are there:

   - the original creator of the record
   - the names of the principle individuals on the record
   - the date of the record (presumed to be the date of the marriage since
   no other date is given)
   - the type of the record (while this is not really a bond, it is filed
   with marriage-type records that are generically called “bonds”)
   - the format in which the record was obtained
   - the “publication” information for that format
   - the “title” of that publication
   - “page” information

There really is no page number.

These items were apparently organized by year and that organization did not
go any further. The “title card” on the microfilm indicates that this is a
“marriage bond” from 1852. It’s not a marriage bond. It is a certification
that the marriage place. The titles used in my citation information were
the titles used on the microfilm (actually digital images). That’s not
something I correct as part of my citation’s goal is to know exactly where
this image was obtained. I did make a comment about the organization of the
record.

These items were apparently filed loosely in a file box of some sort. There
are no page numbers. The items are not numbered as some marriage records
are. There are no image numbers on the microfilm. There is an image number
to separate one digital image from the next. Those numbers were used as a
part of the citation. They will only apply to the digital images. Citing
the Family History Library as the “publisher” serves to tell me that these
were not accessed at the courthouse.

Now I need to make certain that this is the only record that was created by
Kraft and Zenf getting married in Campbell County.

It certainly is not the license and it certainly is not the bond.

There may be more records.

But I don’t want my excitement in making a discovery or my desire to locate
more information cause me to bypass citing what I’ve discovered.

Otherwise I have a random image from a marriage on my computer.

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Updated Webinar List
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Increase your research skills!

Ready-to-Go Webinars from Michael–download immediate:

   -

   Creating Children’s Stories from Genealogy Events
   <https://genealogytipoftheday.com/index.php/creating-childrens-stories-from-genealogy-information/>
   -

   Creating Families from pre-1850 Census Records
   <https://genealogytipoftheday.com/index.php/creating-families-from-pre-1850-census-records/>
   -

   DeedMapper webinars
   <https://genealogytipoftheday.com/index.php/deedmapper-intro-and-more-deedmapper-webinars/>
   -

   FamilySearch Catalog
   <https://genealogytipoftheday.com/index.php/2026/02/19/using-the-familysearch-catalog-webinar/>
   -

   Farming Ancestor webinars–landowner and non-landowner versions
   <https://genealogytipoftheday.com/index.php/rooting-around-for-farmers-and-tenants-and-laborers/>
   -

   Full-Text Search at FamilySearch
   <https://genealogytipoftheday.com/index.php/2026/08/05/updated-familysearch-full-text-search-webinar/>
   -

   Full-Text Search at FamilySearch with Common Names
   <https://genealogytipoftheday.com/index.php/2025/11/04/common-names-at-familysearch-full-text-webinar/>
   -

   How Errors Get in Records
   <https://genealogytipoftheday.com/index.php/how-errors-get-in-records-webinar/>
   -

   Illinois Genealogy Research
   <https://genealogytipoftheday.com/index.php/2026/03/10/genealogy-research-in-illinois-webinar/>


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Upcoming Trips

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   - Midwest Genealogy Center–October 2026.
   <https://genealogytipoftheday.com/index.php/mid-continent-genealogy-library-october-2025-research-trip/>
   - Library of Virginia–March 2027
   <https://genealogytipoftheday.com/index.php/2025-library-of-virginia-research-trip-richmond-virginia/>
   - Allen County Public Library–June 2027
   <https://genealogytipoftheday.com/index.php/allen-county-library-2027-research-trip/>


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