This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/2g.2ADE/914 Message Board Post: Were marriage bonds required in Johnson Co IL in the 1840-1850 era ? If so, where can you obtain copies of them or the name of the sureties for licenses you have the names and date of the license ? Thanks, Bettye