Sorry if anyone gets more than one of this message. >From ISGS Newsletter Vol. 20.5 September/October 1999 Quote: < "As of August 20, 1999, 1,033,854 marriages have been entered into the statewide database being created by the Illinois State Archives and ISGS. A total of 84 out of 102 counties are represented in the database. The goal of the project begun in 1985, is to enter all marriages prior to 1901 for all Illinois counties. Data is complete for the following 42 counties: Adams; Bond; Boone; Calhoun; Carroll; Cass; Christian; DeWitt; DuPage; Edgar; Effingham; Fayette; Franklin; Greene; Hancock; Henderson; Jackson; Jefferson; Kane; Kankakee; Kendall; Knox; Lake; Logan; Macon; Massac; Menard; Morgan; Ogle; Perry; Piatt; Pope; Richland; Rock Island; St. Clair; Saline; Sangamon; Scott; Shelby; Warren; White; Whiteside. Data entry is partially complete for the following 42 counties: Alexander; Brown; Bureau: Champaign; Clay; Clinton; Coles; Cook; Crawford; Cumberland; DeKalb; Edwards; Ford; Fulton; Gallatin: Hamilton; Henry; Iroquois; Jasper; Jersey; JoDaviess; Johnson; Lawrence; McDonough; McHenry; McLean; Macoupin; Madison; Marion; Mason; Mercer; Montgomery; Peoria; Pike; Randolph; Schuyler; Stark; Tazewell; Union; Wabash; Will; Winnebago. No marriage records have been entered yet for the following 18 counties: Clark; Douglas; Grundy; Hardin; LaSalle; Lee; Livingston; Marshall; Monroe; Moultrie; Pulaski; Putnam; Stephenson; Vermilion; Washington; Wayne; Williamson; Woodford. > End quote. The main site is at: <http://www.sos.state.il.us/depts/archives/arc_home.html> To go directly to the Marriage Search site: <http://www2.sos.state.il.us/cgi-bin/marriage>