No indexing exists for Baltimore City marriage certificates from 1914 - 1940. To retrieve a marriage certificate from those years the requestor has to know the groom's name and the month and year of the marriage. There is no way at all to search by a bride's name.

Older marriage records are often needed to settle trusts and estates, to determine whether a parent had had an earlier marriage, and to conduct genealogical research. We've even had a few requests for certificates needed by one of the participants for ID and passport applications! The date of the ceremony is vital in finding a certificate