On Wed, 15 Jun 2011 15:47:00 -0400, singhals <[email protected]> wrote: >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. Well then it's been done. But in lots of places it hasn't. -- 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