Thanks Randy. For whatever reason (brain hiccup) that thought had not even crosed my mind. I will pursue the Missouri route to see if there is anything there but otherwise I will have to assume it went up in smoke. ----- Original Message ----- From: <crainrs@comcast.net> To: <iljackso@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, October 29, 2006 3:54 AM Subject: Re: [ILJACKSO] WHITSON/HENSON Marriage Information > Jackson County marriages don't start in the states database until 1848. It > is possible there was a record and it was stored in Brownsville. Might > have been lost when that courthouse burned before county seat was moved to > Murphysboro. > -------------- Original message -------------- > From: "Mary Riseling" <riseling@insightbb.com> > >> I am trying to find a marriage record for Sophia Whitson (daughter of >> Thomas >> Whitson) and Benjamin F. Henson. Everything I have says "abt 1828 in >> Jackson >> County" but I haven't been able to find a record anywhere. I have checked >> the >> state-wide database using several spelling variations to no avail. Was it >> common to go to Missouri to get married? If someone wanted to go to >> Missouri >> from Jackson County to get married, was there a county that was the most >> likely >> location? Thanks for any assistance. >> >> Mary Riseling >> Springfield, IL >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> List Guidelines: http://www.rootsweb.com/~illinois/JacksonCoWelcome.html >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> ILJACKSO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in >> the subject and the body of the message > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List Guidelines: http://www.rootsweb.com/~illinois/JacksonCoWelcome.html > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ILJACKSO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message