I have traveled to Taylorville twice now and each time the court clerks have been very helpful. Apparently they have been getting a lot of visiting family historians because I was asked if I was a member of a genealogy society so that the copy costs were only 1 dollar for a marriage record. Bob Colby Tinley Park, IL Researching Colby family, MA > NH > Pike > Greene > Macoupin > Christian Counties. > You wrote:______________________________ >Great to see the list becoming active. I have made several connections >with my family through this list. I have just returned from a trip to >Christian County and there courthouse. If you ever get a chance to >visit the people are wonderful there and very helpful. If you have >never checked out probate records they offer lots of new information. I >added two children to the Wiley family and 5 to the Dain/Prater family. >It appears that the majority of my ancestors either died between 1860 >and 1870 or took off to the west. >Main family surnames: DAIN, CULVER, AKIN, Wm. PATTERSON, HATFIELD, > McGUIRE (MAGUIRE), HAYWARD, >side lines : Heinline, Prater, Bowers, Joy, Matthews, >Sells, Warnick, > Collenbarger, and others >Hope the list stays active. >Mary >IL