Hello Downers Grove, Illinois: I'm searching for any and all information on my G<G<Grandparents George Smith and Helen Ruiquise(spelling not sure). They first showed up on the census for Downers Grove in 1850-1860. At this time frame they had six children Charles, (G,Grandfather), Mary 18, George 14, Helen 12, Mary A 9, Joseph 8 Charles 5. Charles married Sophia Fender, they had nine children Annie, Frank, Edward, Charlotte, Henry (Grandfather), William, Johnny, Mary and Joe. Henry married Helen Crowley, they had nine children and were married in Avoca, Minn. in April 1903. Thechildren were Kathryn, Marie, Arnold, Joseph (my Father), Charles, Ernest, Paul, Claire. My father and his brothers and sisters as well as Grandparents spent most of their life in and around Brookings County, White, South Dakota. I'm trying to find when and where my G<G,Grandparents were from and where they were born and any information available. I would be very thankful for any help in this in any way anyone could be of assistance. Thanks to anyone who can be of any help. I have information on my Uncles and Aunts but not much on Grandparents. Will give any information requested. Once again thanks in advance Edward J Smith 19 Nth Fourth Street Mifflintown, Penn. 17059 adsmith@tricountyi.net ----- Original Message ----- From: <ENG110@aol.com> To: <ILDUPAGE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, March 13, 2000 6:06 PM Subject: [ILDUPAGE] marriage records for TexArkana > Got this off the genswap mailing list, please resond to the email address at > the end. > > Hello List Members, > > Texarkana USA Genealogical Society has in its possession more than 9,000 > Original Marriage Certificates for marriages in Bowie County TX and 2,000 + > Originals for Miller County AR. The majority of them are from about 1889 to > 1935. A few older, some more recent. The Miller County are indexed by both > Groom and Bride. The Bowie County are indexed by Groom only. Currently, we > are working to index these by Bride as well but it will take a while longer. > > They can be obtained for the low cost of $2.50, a SASE and a short lineage > chart showing your relationship to the individuals. > > If you had relatives who married in either of these counties in this time > frame, I will be happy to check for availabilty of their certificates. If we > have them, you will be notifed on where to send your information so that it > will reach the proper person. Will also notify you if they are not available. > > We would love to get all of these Certificates placed in the hands of family > members as they would be a great addition to your family records. Please feel > free to forward this mail to any list to which you subscribe. > > Thanks, > Doris Lindblad > Hstryhntr2@aol.com > > > >