Hi Norma! Yes, I did see the ALMOST, and I agree--it is a great tool to have. Just sorry I can't seem to find my Alpheus in there. I am having a problem with this couple anyway---have conflicting info----one source says they were married in Wisconsin, and the other says in Iowa. So who knows? It may be that this is NOT my Sarah Jane anyway. Thanks for your help---it is always nice to have someone pass along good hints for help!!! Janice > > Dear Janice: I ran your Sarah Jane Wallace and then put in the new search as > I had suggested earlier -- COUNTY DATE PAGE# -- and I got a result of three > people. Two were women -- Nancy Wallace and Sarah Jane Wallace -- and one > was a man, Alvin Jones. If these were my family, I would suppose that Nancy > and Sarah Jane might have been sisters and ONE of them married Alvin Jones on > the same day in the same place. Double weddings were quite common in > families in that time period. I have several in my WRIGHT family. It > appears to me that one of the men didn't get put into the index for some > reason. Probably the one you are looking for. I have a case like that -- > when I enter Joseph Briggs STOCKING I find him, but no bride for him. > > If you will check my message to Melville in Tokyo, Japan, you will notice > that I said "you will ALMOST always get a listing showing BOTH the husband > and the wife." That "ALMOST" is a very important word in my sentence. This > WI Marriage database has some problems in it. I don't know if it is > Ancestry's fault, or if it is the fault of Wisconsin State, or if the > counties didn't always turn in the correct data. But, regardless, having it > -- even with the zits -- is better than NOT having it at all. I'm grateful > for it and will work around the foibles. > > Good luck to you in your searching, > Norma Jean Herzman > Oregon City, OR > > > ==== GenWisconsin Mailing List ==== > > >