Be aware that marriages in Missouri, at least in the 1930s, were recorded where the license was issued, NOT where the marriage took place. I'm still looking for my parents' marriage license -- married in St. Charles, but who knows where license was issued. Because of my dad's job, they lived in many places in Missouri, but with Alton, IL, as their home base. Jan _________________________________________________________________ News, entertainment and everything you care about at Live.com. Get it now! http://www.live.com/getstarted.aspx

Jan True about the the marriage place being different from that where issued, but that can be true in almost every marriage. For Macoupin - issued in Carlinville but married in places such as Benld, Gillespie, Brighton, Mt Olive, etc. There is also the possibility that the minister or judge or justice of the peace did not return the marriage license to the county for filing. The counties were suppose to mark the record as "not returned" if a certain time period has passed. Don't know what that period length was but I would imagine that a month might have been the maximum for filing. Have you tried Lincoln Co MO for the record? I had an aunt who got married there and she was from Macoupin Co IL. When I located her record the employees told me that back in the 1930's, 1940's and 1950's a lot of couples from IL came over to Troy (Lincoln MO) to get their license and married within the county or a neighboring county. Debbi Geer ____________________________________________________________________________________ Looking for earth-friendly autos? Browse Top Cars by "Green Rating" at Yahoo! Autos' Green Center. http://autos.yahoo.com/green_center/