Oddly enough, I thought of you when I found this page: France.Diplomatie-Ministère des Affaires étrangères et européennes There is also this page from the same site: France-Diplomatie - Entrer en France

It don't get more official than this. I don't know who has put out the page you cited. For marriage rules, I'd start with the info from the US Consulate in Paris: http://france.usembassy.gov/root/pdf...s-marriage.pdf

From all of this, it's clear that they now expect you to leave France, return to your home country (in your case, the US) to get a visa after your marriage unless you are already in France on an appropriate visa. If you've got the 19K saved up, I'd just budget part of that for a honeymoon back in California with your husband and get the visa while you're there. With your livret de famille (the document they give you in France when you're married), your visa should take at most a couple of days to process.

BTW, in France you will need to have your documents translated by a "certified" translator - that is, one who can also attest to the validity of the documents. Most of these sorts of translations cost at least 60€ a page, so pick and choose your documents carefully. If you have the documents translated in the US, ask the Consulate for approved translators.
Cheers,
Bev