You should be able to get that marriage certificate from the county clerk. Basically the statewide marriage index is an index to the records held by the county clerks and transcribed by volunteers. Cheryl Rothwell logancty@mindspring.com Logan County, IL, Coordinator, ILGenWeb www.rootsweb.com/~illogan Central IL Regional Coordinator, ILGenWeb Clark, Downing, Harding, Lucas et al