Soufflenheim Marriage Index, 1743-1882
By Rosa Raiman

Introduction and Instructions

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On the following pages you will find a list marriages from the village of Soufflenheim, Alsace, for the years 1743 through 1882. The list contains just over 2,000 marriage records.

This index is the work of Rosa Raiman, who spent many months compiling it from LDS FHL Microfilm records, completing the work in December, 2004. We believe this is a comprehensive list of every marriage available on microfilm during that period. The data was converted into web pages by Brian J. Smith, who is also the author of this introduction.

If you find names here that are of interest you, we recommend that you look up the original microfilm record at any Family History Center. You will find additional information not contained in this index. No doubt you may also discover some errors, for which we apologize. The source documents were handwritten and often difficult to read, so no doubt some errors crept in during transcription.

A few notes:

• The data is arranged alphabetically by the surname of the individual individual being married.
• Almost every record appears twice: under the surname of the husband, and also under the surname of the wife. For a record where the husband and wife share the same surname, or where the wife's surname is unknown, the record appears only once.
• The microfilm records for Soufflenheim are incomplete. Some pages are missing, and many are difficult to read, especially prior to about 1810. This resulted in gaps in this index. The years 1754 through 1787 are missing altogether, because they are not available on FHL microfilm.
• During the years 1794 through 1805, France used a different calendar, the "French Republican Calendar." This index uses the prefix "FR:" to indicate dates from that calendar, which are written in year-month-day format. For example, the date "FR:11-Prai-16" is the 16th day of the month of Prairial in the year 11. In the traditional calendar, that was the 5th of June, 1803.
• For more about the French Republican Calendar, refer to this web page: http://smithancestry.com/sources/lang/frenchrepcal.htm.
• The following LDS FHL microfilms are the source of the data in this index:
  • Church records: Registres paroissiaux, 1743-1793 Eglise catholique. St-Michel (Soufflenheim, Bas-Rhin)
    • FHL INTL Film 740080: Baptêmes 1748-1792 -- mariages 1743-1754, 1783-1792 -- sépultures 1783-1793.
  • Civil Records: Soufflenheim (Bas-Rhin), Registres de l'état civil, 1793-1882
    • FHL INTL Film 740028: Mariages, publications de mariage 1793-1832
    • FHL INTL Film 740029: Mariages, publications de mariage 1833-1871
    • FHL INTL Film 1767376 Item 8: Mariages (un autre copie) 1870-1872
    • FHL INTL Film 1165394: Publications de mariage 1870-1872
    • FHL INTL Film 1733867: Mariages 1873-1882
• For more about the Family History Library and its microfilm system, please refer to their website: www.familysearch.org.
• In the tables that follow, the "Source" column identifies which microfilm records are the source:
  • Sources "1A" and "1B" indicates the marriage records of the Catholic Church of Saint Michael in Soufflenheim, FHL microfilm 740080.
    • 1A -- 1743-1754
    • 1B -- 1788-1791
  • Sources "1C" and 2 through 7 indicate the civil records of Soufflenheim:
    • 1C -- 1793-1812
    • 2 -- 1813-1828
    • 3 -- 1829-1837
    • 4 -- 1838-1847
    • 5 -- 1848-1857
    • 6 -- 1858-1870
    • 7 -- 1871-1882
• In the tables that follow, the "Page/Rec. #" information (under the source) refers to the page number and/or record number within each year. In some cases the pages wre numbered in the original records. In other cases the records are numbered, usually starting over with # 1 at the beginning of each new year. You might find this information helpful to locate the original record on microfilm.
• For a sample of an actual marriage record and its translation, take a look at the "Marriage Record of Joseph Voegele and Catherine Miller - February 1, 1821."

For questions and comments about this index, you are welcome to contact Rosa Raiman or Brian J. Smith. If you have information to add or a correction to make, we would be glad to receive it.

The e-mail address for Brian J. Smith is

The e-mail address for Rosa Raiman is

See Also:

• On this website:
  • Soufflenheim Baptism Index, 1748-1793
  • Soufflenheim Birth Index, 1792-1862
  • Soufflenheim Death Index, 1787-1882
  • The Communities of Alsace A-Z
  • Tips and Resources for Genealogists
• On other websites:
  • The French Republican Calendar
  • Soufflenheim, from Brian J. Smith's genealogy site
  • Soufflenheim - Names from Microfilm Records

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