This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/zV.2ADI/1669.1 Message Board Post: They could have filed for a confidential marriage license. If the baby was a home birth certainly could have gone without being certified. Have you checked all the near-by county records. Have you checked Washoe or Ormsby counties in Nevada. Those trains went directly from Oakland to Washoe county. Another possible explanation could be one of the couple might have been married to someone else so couldn't legally marry. have fun if it doesn't drive you nuts first. Happy new Year & be safe, Helen