There is an unusual way to search the LDS FamilySearch site which will allow you to easily access marriage records of Bartow County, GA- for atleast two different periods.. 1860's - 1880's and also, 1840's- 1860's. The LDS Custom site uses "Batch Numbers" for all the information that has been entered into it's system. Those Marriage record "batch numbers", that have been entered from public records, in mass quantities, begin with the letter "M". Below, I have identified the batch numbers for the two time periods, (I discovered), of Bartow County, for you...(see below). Should you want to try to locate records from another area.. you can do as I did, to see if the records from a different county and state have been entered into their system. I will post that after the "Bartow Marriage" instructions. You will need a browser 4.0 or above, to enter the LDS "Batch" system. *Go to http://www.familysearch.org/Search/searchigi.asp *Into the "Batch Number" box enter ONE of the following numbers, M712061 ( this is for marriages 1840- part of the 1860's) or, M712062 ( this is for the 1860- 1880's) *Select "North America" in the "Region" pull-down box * Type in the surname you are looking for in the "Last Name" box. (last name only) * Click on the "Search" icon. You now have an indexed screen of all those with that surname, that were married in Bartow County, during that time period. By clicking on a particular name.. it will take you to the marriage record of that individual and their spouse. Finding out if there are "M" (marriage) "Batch Numbers" from other areas... in the LDS site, requires a little bit of detective work, but well worth the effort if you hit it. ( that is how I found the Bartow County Marriages- I was originally given the above instructions, and different batch numbers- for another state and county). You would have to go to the regular "ANCESTOR SEARCH" tab from the above starting screen. Enter a last name (only), then choose "United States" from the pull-down box on "Country". then click search-. I was searching for someone in Bartow County that I did not know their name.. so, from doing so much research in the area.. I knew a particular surname was prominent in that area, so that is the surname I chose to use. I looked down the pages of the surname results until I located a "Marriage" entry from the State of GA. and county of Bartow.. then I clicked on that entry. When the next screen came up with the marriage information, I noticed at the bottom of the page it listed an "M712062". I then used this number as the reference for the instructions I first gave for Bartow County Marriages, and it worked. I now had access to all of the marriages that had been entered for that period.. all I had to do is search by surname to locate the record. I also "played" with the batch number.. changing the last number, and that is how I discovered there was more than one time-frame for Bartow County. The "M" in the batch number is important.. I think that distinguishes those marriage records that were entered from public record information, from those that have been given by a single contributor- I noticed their numbers are completely different by nature. This is really easy, it sounds much more complicated than it is.. with having very little computer experience, I mastered it in one evening. I now have the "Batch" numbers for a half-dozen Counties across several states. Some of you "computer bugs' may see an easier way to locate the "M" batch numbers for the different areas. If so, please pass that information along to the rest of us. Best of luck. linda Madden Thompson