This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/5MZ.2ACEB/1064.1.1.1.1.2.1 Message Board Post: You are doing just right with the message board. The marriage date came from Ancestry.com Louisiana Marriages before 1850...i believe the spelling is more accurate on that. You can mail me off the board at [email protected] I have some old Byrd pictures online and would love to hear about more Byrds..../jerri