Gary, Concur, the folks at the courthouse are fanatastic with their turn-around time. Just a note on the marriage certs, if you're looking for marriages around the late 1800's and definately by the early 1900's they did include all the info, in fact, it's the best I've ever received. They include: parents, including mother's maiden name for both bride and groom...where they were born, town, county, and state..and the occupation of the Groom... Tracy Verba nauvoo@intepath.com ----- Original Message ----- From: <GTUSA@aol.com> To: <ILHANCOC-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, February 11, 2000 8:15 PM Subject: [ILHANCOC] Marriage Cert BEATY/WESTBROOK > On Tue, 1 Feb 2000 09:55:54 EST I wrote this following note. > > <<...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 ... snip .... > "APPLICATION FOR SEARCH OF RECORDS ">> > > That day I mailed a check and rec'd the marriage license today, Feb 11. I > anybody's book, that's outstanding service. I would like to commend > publically the efficiency of the Hancock Co. Clerk's office. > > UNFORTUNATELY, there is no age or parentage information of the wedded party. > I also rec'd another marriage license from another county, same time period > (1865), for another family line, and it also contains NO personal information > about the married parties, other than their name, date of license, date of > marriage and officiating minister. > > Hope this helps some of you. > > Gary Speck > GTUSA@aol.com > > Searching Hancock County for Beat(t)y & Westbrooks families. >