Hi Lynn, I think that marriage licenses were required before 1916. I have had no trouble finding all of my families marriages in La Salle Co., starting with Woods/Rush in 1864. Birth and Death registrations are another matter. I used obits and parish registries for the ones I have found. Anne At 10:23 AM 2/3/99 -0600, you wrote: Remember, though, that registration of >vital records was not required until 1916. Lots of people were born, >married and died without official records of those events. > >==== ILLASALL Mailing List ==== >Do you have records you would like to donate to the LaSalle County Page? >If so, please contact me at: spenader@earthlink.net > >