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Albemarle County (Va.) Marriage Register No. 1, 1854-1903, records marriages in the county from the mid-nineteenth century until early twentieth century. The original volume is found in the Albemarle County Circuit Court Clerk's Office. A copy of the volume is found on Reel 62. The register contains information such as a consecutive line number for each entry, the date and place of marriage, the full names of both parties, age and condition of parties before marriage, birth places of parties, places of residences of parties, names of their parents, occupation of husband, the name of the person performing the ceremony. By 1866, the remarks section contains the race of the parties (white or colored). The volume has 205 leaves. Some pages of the volume include the dates and names of marriage bonds and certificates, for various years, not recorded in the register.

Albemarle County (Va.) Register of Marriages and Convicts, 1888-1928, is divided into two separate sections. The first section, pages 1-6, covers a register of marriages recorded in the county from 1888-1899. These pages include the date of the marriage license, the date of the marriage, the names and ages of the bride and groom and the name of the person giving consent. The second section, pages 7-17 and 40-49, is a register of convicts from 1894-1928. This list is comprehensive and includes the convict's name and/or alias, place of residence, color (race), height, weight, eye color, hair color, age, distinguishing marks, occupation, crime committed, date of crime, court and term of court, order book and page number of conviction, punishment and whether pardoned for crime. Individuals with prior convictions are found on pages 40-46. In addition, there is a list of persons convicted in 1907 pasted on the inside of the front cover of the volume.