Those marriages were transcribed under the reign of a different county clerk who allowed people access to the marriage records. Illinois State law requires the county clerk to charge $7.00 per marriage even to look at the original record. The address is County Clerk, Jo Daviess County Courthouse, Bench Street, Galena, IL 61036. I'm now working on transcribing Jo Daviess marriages for the state-wide index for the Illinois State Archives and Illinois State Genealogical Society. Each month what I complete for Jo Daviess County is uploaded to the state-wide index. When I complete a book I'll send them to web-master Cheryl to put on her Jo Daviess site. Some of my observations. The responsibility of the person who issued the license was to make sure that the groom was 21 years old and the bride was 18 years. He is not concerned about spelling. Most times it appears that the bride was not even present, the groom verifies she is of age. So she is not there to give an accurate spelling of her name. In a few cases a third party gets the license for the couple. Most of the courthouse people are transplanted New Englanders, the German names confuse them. The second part to the license is the minister or priest's return verifying he married the couple. He again writes the names of the couple. The spelling can be different from the license names, the names can even be different. As to parents names - assume that they are not there. If the bride is not of age, it may say the "mother" or "father" gives permission, but does not give a name. It is amazing how many of these marriages can not be found in the two county histories to verify any spelling. They seem to have gotten off a steamboat, got married, and then hurried west or north to Minnesota. If you have any questions, please write for a copy of the original record. They are your family names and you'll make more out of the handwriting, than a person transcribing all the names Marjorie Smith.