This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/hV.2ADE/1647.1 Message Board Post: The amount of information you will find will vary greatly, but up to about 1870 the entries are all handwritten in a blank book, so contain whatever the Clerk was inclined to write. I have seen some with "daughter of", "married at the home of", etc., in addition to basic names. At the same time they often left out key information. Later they went to a preprinted book form, and with that all the interesting extras disappeared, except the occasional notation of Mrs. or widow/widower in parentheses, which at least helps determine there was a prior marriage. I have found 1869 entries in the old form, and 1881 in the new, but don't have direct access today to say when it changed. Sources: If you live in Arkansas, the following have the books on microfilm: Arkansas History Commission Clarksville Library (Johnson Co., AR) Butler Center, Main Branch of the Little Rock Public Library. The History Commission and Butler Center have copying facilities. I don't remember if the Clarksville library does as well. Otherwise, these rolls are available through the LDS Family Research Centers loan. The original books are still at the Johnson Co. Courthouse, but very hard to copy from, and difficult to use if the office is busy. They are very helpful, but have extremely limited space. Also, remember that the entries are in the order they were presented to the clerk, so do not limit yourself to looking at just the two or three entries around a date. Look for an index, and if there is not one, go at least a year beyond the date you are looking for. I have one example that was recorded well over a year later, just taking information from the preacher's diary.