The IRAD that you are looking for is at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston Illinois. I know cause we just went there to do some research of our own and it was for effingham County. We live about 10 minutes from there. They will take phone requests if you have one and the phone number is 217 581 6093 and they are more than happy to help. For death records you might check the Social security Death index at www.rootsweb.com there is a link there to the most complete version of the SSDI. Hope this helps, Mike Moore M L Fuller wrote: > The state marriage index states that an Otto KNOPF married a Zella M. > BARROWS on 13 Jul 1898. When I checked the IRAD addresses, I did not see > where marriage records for Effingham County are included. I'd like to know > the names of the parents of Otto to determine if he is a brother to my > great-grandfather. He is not on the state death index for the years > 1916-1946 so I have no idea when he might have died to try to obtain a > death record. Any suggestions? -- [email protected] My Homepage: Shoutin' To The Lord http://www.geocities.com/moores90 ICQ # 1764914 My Genealogy sites: http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/m/o/o/Mike-S-Moore/ http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~moores90