Hi Madison County Researchers, My name is Judy Wight Branson and I have recently become the Assistant County Coordinator for Madison County. I'd like to tell you a little about myself and my ties to Madison County and my research there. I live in Prescott, Arizona, and started researching my family about 2 1/2 years ago. That is the first time that I knew of any relatives in Madison County. I found that the first of my relatives, Theodore Wight came to Madison County in the mid 1850's, followed a few years later by his father, my g-g-grandfather, George Wight and family. Since I began my research in Madison County, I have discovered that I have over 40 surnames there that I am related to and the number continues to grow. One thing leads to another and I now have a lot of searchable records for Madison County, including birth, marriage and death records, the 1879 and 1915 history books about Madison County, books on St. Charles, Macksburg, etc., cemetery, probate, land, and lots of misc. records. I am in the process of transcribing the cemeteries records in Madison County and posting them on the internet and have completed about 35 of about 54 cemeteries. In addition to this, I have transcribed and posted to the Madison County website the 1880 - 1899 marriage record index and have the 1849 - 1879 marriage record index almost completed to post. After that it will be the 1900 - 1910 marriage index. Hopefully, one day soon, we will have lots more records posted and made available for everyone to search. I have learned a lot about Madison County, its history and its people and enjoy helping anyone who has a question about anything in Madison County. So if there is anything that I can help you with, just let me know and I will do my best to find the answer for you. Thank you, Judy Wight Branson jlwight@northlink.com