On Wed, 15 Jun 2011 08:18:48 -0400, Bob LeChevalier <[email protected]> wrote: >That is just relocations - in this country, people often go to a >neighboring state (or to Las Vegas or some other resort) to get >married, though they don't actually relocate. Vegas's county has some >120,000 marriages per year, with a population just under 2 million, >about 3 times that of the total population of Nevada 30 years ago. By >the above definition, most people in Nevada are strays, since they >weren't born in Nevada, and most marriages in Vegas are strays. Well there you go -- a strays index for Nevada marriages would probably be useful to lots of genealogists. -- Steve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa Web: http://hayesfam.bravehost.com/stevesig.htm Blog: http://methodius.blogspot.com E-mail - see web page, or parse: shayes at dunelm full stop org full stop uk

Steve Hayes wrote: > On Wed, 15 Jun 2011 08:18:48 -0400, Bob LeChevalier<[email protected]> wrote: > >> That is just relocations - in this country, people often go to a >> neighboring state (or to Las Vegas or some other resort) to get >> married, though they don't actually relocate. Vegas's county has some >> 120,000 marriages per year, with a population just under 2 million, >> about 3 times that of the total population of Nevada 30 years ago. By >> the above definition, most people in Nevada are strays, since they >> weren't born in Nevada, and most marriages in Vegas are strays. > > Well there you go -- a strays index for Nevada marriages would probably be > useful to lots of genealogists. > > Now, Steve, how do I phrase this ... (g) Nevada has a perfectly good index to marriages. Given enough time, the LDS volunteers will have it completely indexed. Redundant redundancy is generally not a good use of time and resources -- unless you're stocking the Space Station or the shuttle or keeping your escape route open. Cheryl