Hi, I agree! And the flip side to this is that alot of my family (from WI) went to northern IL or IA to get married. Didn't they know that they were supposed to stay home and get married like good little ancestors??? :-) Thanks! Peggy Perry President, Iowa County Genealogical Society Visit us at: http://www.friendsnfamily.net/wiiowagensoc/index.html Moderator for The Obituary Daily Times For Obituaries from around the world - visit us at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~obituary County Coordinator for the Wisconsin GenWeb Program - Iowa County Visit us at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiiowa Owner of the Iowa County Wisconsin Mailing list to subscribe <[email protected]> message: subscribe Co-Owner of the GenMsc mailing list to subscribe: <[email protected]> message: subscribe ----- Original Message ----- From: Don and Jo <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, October 04, 2000 6:15 PM Subject: Re: [ILJODAVI] Scales Mound Marriage Records > Would another possible reason that some individuals don't appear in the > Illinois Marriage Index be that they traveled to Wisconsin to get married? > In a post a month back or so, I thought someone mentioned that many Jo > Daviess county residents got married in southwest Wisconsin. If so, that > would be a distinct possibility for Scales Mound folks since they're so > close to Shullsburg, WI. Just a thought . . . > > Joellyn :) > > -researching Hesselbacher > >