If you are looking for marriage licenses, the best places to go are the Linn-Henley Research Library across from the B'ham Public Library or the courthouse. The courthouse is open Monday-Friday from 8:00 - 5:00 unless it's a holiday. The Library is open 7 days a week (unless it's a holiday weekend). It's open 2:00 -6:00 p.m. on Sunday. The Library has marriage records on microfilm. You can look at the actual license in books at the courthouse. Note: If your family married in Jefferson County, there are 2 courthouses where marriage records are kept...one in north B'ham (the main courthouse) and one in Bessemer. For death certificates, the best place to go is Wallace State Community College in Hanceville (Cullman County). They have Alabama death certificates on microfilm from 1908-1972. 1908 - 1959 are indexed. 1960-1972 are NOT indexed. It costs 25 cents for every copy you make. You can go to the Jefferson County Health Dept. and get them to look for death certificates, but they won't let you look at them yourself. They do the search...and it costs $12 for every search...whether they find it or not. You can also request death certificates through the Health Dept. from Montgomery (for $12 each). Hope this helps. Kim Self Hughes --------------------------------- How low will we go? Check out Yahoo! Messengers low PC-to-Phone call rates.