Good morning fellow Hancock Co Researchers! I've been playing mail tag with folks in IL trying to get a copy of my GG Grandparents marriage cert. IRAD didn't have a copy as noted on a previous posting, and they referred me to the county courthouse. So I wrote them. They sent a form, and I thought I'd share some of the info on it for those of you also trying to obtain official info on your people. "APPLICATION FOR SEARCH OF RECORDS (For Your Convenience) A fee of $7.00 is required for each search of birth, death or marriage certificates filed with the County Clerk. If the record searched for is found, certifications or certified copy will be furnished with out further charge. Additional copies of the same record issued at the same time are $2.00." Records available are: Birth records BEGIN in the year of 1877. Death records BEGIN in the year of 1877. Marriage Records begin in the Year 1829. The contact is... Kerry Asbridge, County Clerk & Recorder PO Box 39 Carthage, IL 62321. Hope this helps some of you. Gary Speck GTUSA@aol.com Searching Hancock County for Beat(t)y & Westboork families.