Linda, On the Sebastian County marriage site, the only additional information I have found on some of my ancestors are the ages and the Officiant. If you haven't gone to it, here is what is listed on the one you mentioned: Year County District Book Page Bride Name Bride Age Groom Name Groom Age Date of Marriage Officiant 1879 Greenwood B 42301 MELCHOR, MARY M.L. 18 SHAFER, FRANK 23 1879-12-12 J.W. TERRY, MINISTER You will have to copy and paste the below to get to the site if you haven't used it before: http://209.183.162.21/FMRes/FMPJS?-db=fsmarriage.fp5&-format=searchcss.htm&-max=25&-token.0=25&-mode=search&-lop=and&-view Hope this gives you a little more info. Peggy Horton --- On Fri, 11/21/08, Linda Wood <[email protected]> wrote: From: Linda Wood <[email protected]> Subject: [ARSEBAST] (no subject) To: [email protected] Date: Friday, November 21, 2008, 11:43 PM I am researching my ggp Frank Shafer and Mary Lou Melchor, married in Sebastian Co. Dec. 12, 1879. I have a copy of the marriage license. Would there have been an application, bond, etc. at that time? Linda Wood. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message