To WEST4U@worldshare.net Your return address that you've used on the Monterey query board is not good for either Chad Phillips or Ingles. >From the CA Marriage Index PHILLIPS, John F. age 18 married WEST, Cheryl L age 16 on 20 May 1971 in Monterey County, California Registrar# 27 785 State File# 50510 The marriage license should tell the names of the bride and groom's parents and where they were born. Was he born in CA? From the CA birth index: 1951-1954, there were no John F. Phillips listings, these are the only John E. Phillips born in CA and recorded with the state: Last name, first name, date of birth, sex, mother's maiden name, county of birth PHILLIPS,JOHN,EDWARD,01/08/1952,MALE,IPPOLITO,LOS ANGELES PHILLIPS,JOHN,ERIC,03/25/1952,MALE,GRIEBEL,FRESNO PHILLIPS,JOHN,ENGLAND,10/23/1953,MALE,ENGLAND,KERN None of these will work because of the birthdate and his age at marriage....the person needs to be born between May 21, 1952 and May 20, 1953 to be age 18 at date of marriage.... I will cc a fellow researcher that might be able to transcribe the marriage certificate in Monterey county. If you are trying to locate a lost relative or friend, who lives in California, DMV's message forwarding service may assist you. There is a nonrefundable fee of $5 for this service, and here is how it works: You complete a Message Forwarding Service form INF 1211B. DMV will forward the message you wrote, if a positive match is found on the database. The response by the recipient is strictly voluntary. The department reserves the right to review the message for content and to reject any message that, in the opinion of the department, appears to be contrary to public interest. Rejected messages will be returned to the requester. For more information call (916) 657-8098 site to download the form is www.dmv.ca.gov/forms/inf1211.pdf <http://www.dmv.ca.gov/forms/inf1211.pdf> The form is as follows; Page 1 Instruction for sender of message. Requires name, address, phone #. Infor regarding the person you wish to contact: 1. full name, birthdate or approx age, OR 2. full name, driver license or ID card # OR 3. Vehicle License Plate or VIN # OR 4. Vessel CF (HIN) A $5.00 non-refundable service fee, payable by check or money order made payable to DMV. Messages addresssed to minors will not be forwarded. Address of where to send message PAGE 2 Your message. -----Original Message----- From: Chad.Tyson.Phillips@rootsweb.com <Chad.Tyson.Phillips@rootsweb.com>; Ingles@rootsweb.com <Ingles@rootsweb.com>; West <WEST4U@worldshare.net> To: CAMONTER-L@rootsweb.com <CAMONTER-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Thursday, May 11, 2000 9:26 PM Subject: [CAMONTER] Finding John E Phillips >Posted on: Monterey County Queries >Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ca/Monterey?read=289 > >Surname: Phillips >------------------------- > >I last knew my father to be in Monterey county, in the town of either Greenfeild >or Salinas who later married Cheryl Lynn West in 1971. At that time he >was 18 years old. > >His parents are unknown to me but they lived in Greenfeild. Any and all >information will be more than appreciated. > >