It was a common practice for residents of Jackson County, IL to marry in Perry County, MO. The marriage records are kept in Perryville. http://www.tomshawcross.blogspot.com http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=shawcross&id=I53 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mary Riseling" <riseling@insightbb.com> To: "Jackson County" <ILJACKSO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, October 28, 2006 11:14 PM Subject: [ILJACKSO] WHITSON/HENSON Marriage Information >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 >