LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — Clark County Clerk Lynn Goya is in the process of finding those who were married in Las Vegas and archiving their stories.

“Every couple has a story, and whether the marriage ended in divorce or something else, they were in love when they came and really, it's the love story that we care about,” Goya said.

WATCH | I sat down with her to learn what made her want to start this project: Clark County looks to archive Vegas wedding stories after seeing more than 5 million

She got the idea in 2022 when the county hit 5,000,000 weddings.

“I wanted to know what the history was of Las Vegas as the Wedding Capital of the World,” Goya said.

Part of that history meant finding the earliest known reference to when that title was given to Las Vegas.

“In 1953, Sept. 23, in the

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