Adrian, You might check out Gene Balch's site. http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Prairie/5162/ His email address is on his site. I believe he has more then just his line of Balch's. He helped me out. I checked my file and I don't have any Gibbins. Although I did have a Andrew Jackson Balch, but there were no spouse nor children listed with him. Sorry! Our line did come through Bond Co., IL. Janice Rewerts ----- Original Message ----- From: <abalch@hal-pc.org> To: <ILBOND-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, October 11, 1999 6:54 AM Subject: [ILBOND-L] BALCH-GIBBINS > Is anyone familiar with a Samuel Marion BALCH (BLOCK) who married Ella K. > GIBBINS in AR in the late 1800's? > > Samuel was the son of Andrew Jackson BALCH who moved to IL from TN. The > perplexing thing about the above marriage is that I got the data from the > site of the Church of Jesus Christ Latter Day Saints, I sent the data to > the records office in Arkansas, and they responded that they could not find > information about the marriage. ARRRGG! I was told that the data was > correct because it was from an ACTUAL government record and not from an > individual sending in family data. > > I also have been unsuccessful in finding these BALCHes in AR. > > Does anyone have ideas of how to pursue further this marriage license or > how BALCH and GIBBINS met? > > Thank you! > > Adrian Sinclair Balch >