Greetings Everyone, Wanted to share this with all of you. The link below will take you to an excellent article from Mr Silinonte. I thoroughly enjoyed it and learned a lot by reading this item. Ancestry Daily News, Weekly Digest Version For the week ending 30 September 2000 "Marriage Dispensations: An Untapped Source for Catholics and Non-Catholics," by Joseph Silinonte http://www.ancestry.com/library/view/news/articles/2447.asp Applying what we learn from this excellent article to your Chickasaw County research: Chickasaw County is in the Catholic Archdiocese of Dubuque. The people at the Archives are wonderful, so you may want to keep this in mind as a potential source of help, as appropriate. As always, a well composed, clear, concise and courteous letter, accompanied by a tasteful donation would be appropriate when seeking assistance from The Archives of the Archdiocese. For anyone who might be interested in seeking their help, feel free to contact me for further information. I will try to advise you as best I can. -Jannette