I ordered one from Mn and it cost $13.oo for one and that was going either cert. or non certified -they said it didn't make any difference-and the yr was 1905. -----Original Message----- From: JMEANEY@satx.rr.com [mailto:JMEANEY@satx.rr.com] Sent: Wednesday, April 19, 2006 10:43 AM To: ILFULTON-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ILFULTON] Fee for copy of marriage record in Fulton Co. IRAD at Macomb IL. was excellent and efficient; they only charged 15 cents/page and just billed me. I paid $38 for 400 pages of circuit court records and received them very promptly. ----- Original Message ----- From: Cheryl Rothwell <historysleuth@gmail.com> Date: Wednesday, April 19, 2006 10:30 am Subject: Re: [ILFULTON] Fee for copy of marriage record in Fulton Co. To: ILFULTON-L@rootsweb.com > Fulton County Clerk > 100 North Main > Lewistown, IL 61542-1409 > Telephone: (309) 547-3041 > > I can think of no reason they have to be certified AND that is not > true in other counties. It isn't the state doing it. > > Depending on what year the record is for it could easily be > cheaper to > get it from IRAD [$1]. > > Illinois Regional Archives Depositories (IRAD) hold original marriage > records or microfilm copies for many Illinois counties. The IRAD > holdings include marriage records for over seventy of the 102 counties > in Illinois. Consult the Local Governmental Records Holdings Database > to see if IRAD has marriage records for the county and date of the > marriage you are requesting. Type the search term MARRIAGE in the > title field to return all marriage records in the IRAD holdings. If > IRAD does have marriage records for the county you are searching and > for the pertinent time period, write the appropriate IRAD depository > and include in your letter all of the information on the marriage > given in the Illinois Statewide Marriage Index. Marriage record > searches are free, but a small copy fee will be billed for records > found. IRAD provides uncertified copies only. Certified copies > must be > requested from the county clerk. > > I checked the list on Fulton and did not see marriage records but > plenty of other stuff there. Go here: > http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/GenealogyMWeb/iradsrch.html > > Enter ONLY Fulton and Western Illinois University as the depository. > You might find something useful. > > Cheryl Rothwell > > > ==== ILFULTON Mailing List ==== > To UNsubscribe from the mailing list in DIGEST MODE send a message to: > ILFULTON-D-request@rootsweb.com > Put ONLY the word "UNSUBSCRIBE" in the body (Turn off any > signature files) > ==== ILFULTON Mailing List ==== To Subscribe to the mailing list in MAIL MODE send an email message to: ILFULTON-L-request@rootsweb.com Put ONLY the word "SUBSCRIBE" in the body (Turn off your signature files) --- Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.493 / Virus Database: 292 - Release Date: 6/25/2003 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.493 / Virus Database: 292 - Release Date: 6/25/2003