On Thursday, February 20, 2003, at 12:42 AM, jill & jim wrote: > And lets not forget the IRAD Marriage Index online and searchable!! > > http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/irad/iradhome.html I could not find a searchable marriage index there. Perhaps I missed something. After surfing through quite a few pages I found this: <http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/marriage.html> -rex Rex, Sorry, the original link I gave was for the home page as that would give the new person to the site all the information regarding IRAD and it's holdings. Click on Databases at the top of the page and it will take you to a screen that lists all of the searchable databases they have. This is just a starting point, you can then order records from them or from the County. As for if the counties still hold the records, they might, that would vary county to county. You can also do a search by County to see what holdings IRAD has. The IRAD website is a great place to get a start on something if you are unsure what County someone married in, or a date, etc. I use it quite often when I get a new lead on a ancestor. And I have found they are less expensive to make copies than the county courthouses, but this has just been my experience. They have also been very prompt in responding to my requests. Jill

Thank you, thank you, thank you everyone.....I found my GG grandfather's brother's wife's MAIDEN NAME!!! What a great tool! Teresa > I could not find a searchable marriage index there. Perhaps I missed > something. After surfing through quite a few pages I found this: > <http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/marriage.html> > -rex