I got this off another list and wanted to share in case someone could use it. Sandra Subject: [NC-SC] NC State Marriage Bonds Index >I can't believe it but a database on fiche that I have been using at the >local LDS with lots of missing pages is now FREE on ancestry.com. I cannot >say enough good things about it. > >This online database gives you the ability to search for any person listed on >the bond. i.e. bondsman or witness. I've already found several new leads >and needless to say I am esctatic!!!!!!! If you are researching anyone in >NC, you must look at this database. > >This database is FREE for next ten days at: >http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/4802.htm > >North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868 > >Free Until >08/06/2000 > >Description: >When planning to marry, the prospective groom took out a bond from the clerk >of the court in the county where the bride had her usual residence as surety >that there was no legal obstacle to the proposed marriage. On file in the >North Carolina State Archives are 170,000 marriage bonds, covering the years >1741-1868. These records were abstracted by the Works Progress >Administration. Most of the bonds contain the following information: groom's >name, bride's name, date of bond, bondsmen, witnesses. For those with >ancestors in early North Carolina, this will be a helpful database. >Extended Description: >Additional information may include parents' names, date of the marriage, >person performing the ceremony, and other similar data. > >Source Information: >Ancestry.com, comp. North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868. [database >online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2000. Original data: State of North >Carolina. An Index to Marriage Bonds Filed in the North Carolina State >Archives. Raleigh, NC: North Carolina Division of Archives and History, 1977. > >Good Luck!! >Jeanne Abrams Polries > >----------------------------------------------- >To contact the list owner, use [email protected] > >Please don't send ATTACHED FILES to the list!