The following new message has been posted on Wapello Queries at <http://iagenweb.org/boards/wapello/queries/index.cgi>. To respond to this message, click on the link below. Respond directly to the message using the form provided. *************************************************************************** MESSAGE: (#43082) Re: Marriage Lookups <http://iagenweb.org/boards/wapello/queries/index.cgi?rev=43082> AUTHOR: Bill Hansen DATE: 1/18/2004 at 09:31:31 Reply To: (#43037) Marriage Lookups Author: Judy Paulson Date: 1/17/2004 at 18:52:45 Surnames: DAUGHERTY,PEPPER You can write to the following address: Wapello County Clerk of Court 101 W. 4th Street Ottumwa, IA 52501 You may, however, be disappointed in what you receive. A marriage certificate may not exist, since marriages were not required to be recorded until 1880. If one does exist, the early marriage certificates in Wapello county contain little genealogical information - simply the name of the bride and groom, date of marriage, and name of the minister or justice of the peace who performed the ceremony. If you know the religion of the couple, you might contact the Wapello County Genealogical Society and have them check through church records. Many churches maintained more complete records than the county and many of those records have been compiled by the society (particularly the Catholic and Episcopal churches). Good Luck! *************************************************************************** This is an automatically-generated notice. To be removed from the Message Board list, you may (Un)Subscribe at Wapello Queries at <http://iagenweb.org/boards/wapello/queries/index.cgi>, or send your request to iagenwebboards@iagenweb.org. If you wish to respond to this message, please post your response directly to the board. Thank you!