In a message dated 09/02/2000 7:15:08 PM Pacific Daylight Time, grubisic@netwurx.net writes: > However 27 July 1895 in Milwaukee County produced 5 > women and 5 men, in no particular order, not as pairs and not even > alphabetical. Is the only solution to go to the county courthouse or to the > state? Hi Ashley: I had that happen on one of MY dates, too. I carefully analyzed the SEQUENCE numbers. Now most of the time the man's sequence number will be ONE digit ahead of his wife's number -- but... (always an exception, isn't there??) for some of the counties they sort of got "out of sync" if you know what I mean. But if you really ANALYZE the people all married in the SAME county on the SAME day, recorded in the SAME volume on the SAME page, you ought to be able to figure out the pattern of the "sync" numbers (otherwise known as SEQUENCE numbers.) I found that I could then easily figure out which man went with which woman. Now, Ashley, I'm NOT saying this is fool-proof -- only that it worked for me in several instances. I hope it will work for you. If you want to send me your information, I will see what I can do to figure it out for you. But try it for yourself first....you'll be so pleased when you master this thing. Then, last resort -- visit the county or the state and get the actual certificate! Best wishes and never give up. Norma Jean Herzman Oregon City, OR > I appreciated knowing how to do the advanced search and will try it with > other data bases. A very helpful tool. Thanks again, > > Ashley >