The Marion Co AR courthouse burned 2 or 3 times during the Civil War and again - big time - in Aug 1887. Absolutely no county records of any sort - including marriages - survived these fires. Therefore, there is no county marriage book in which you'll find this marriage. Other than taking what the census records indicate as a probable marriage date (based upon the birth year of the first child), your only alternative is to find someone with a family bible or, possibly, a preacher that filed his records with his church. Good hunting. Mysty shakerag@mtnhome.com ----- Original Message ----- From: <Ttjims@aol.com> To: <ARMARION-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, September 18, 2000 8:50 PM Subject: SMITH/BURNS > I am trying to find a Marriage Record from the late 1850s for John W. Smith > and Julia Ann Burns, any help appreciated. Hopefully their is a book of > Marriages. Thank you, J.L. Smith ttjims@aol.com