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Hi Debra,
Marriage certificates were not mandated in NY until c. 1880. Many communities did not comply until the early 1900s.
NY State DOH
"Vital records registration started in New York State outside of New York City in 1881."
http://www.health.state.ny.us/vital_records/genealogy.htm
You may be able to find something on the Marks/Marckes/Marcks family here:
New York, Columbia, Canaan -
http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=localitydetails&subject=185078&subject_disp=New+York%2C+Columbia%2C+Canaan&columns=*,0,0
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Columbia County - Genealogy and Family History
http://www.linkpendium.com/genealogy/USA/NY/Columbia/
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Good luck!
Kathleen
PS
The Town Clerk's Office of Canaan, NY might have information - contact them directly. That's usually where all of the local records were kept in NY State or at the Surrogate Courthouse.
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