Pertaining to Marriages found on the IL Sate Marriage site Even if you find a marriage on the IL State index and send for it chances are you won't get I found 2 on the list, sent a check for them one was for 1871 - one for 1886 they wouldn't even send the one for 1886 - I gave them the lic. # Vol # Got my check back today with this letter Cook County records begin in the year 1872 All Officail records that existed prior to that were destroyed in the Great Chicago Fire on October 8, 1871 -- Glenda Rochester, N.Y. ********** .............\\\|/// \\ ~ ~ // ( @ @ ) ------- oOOo-(_)-oOOo---------------------------- Visit my web page & sign my Guestbook <A HREF="http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~glendasubyak">Glenda - Rootsweb pg</A> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~glendasubyak