Check out the following site, it will explain the time frame per county. They are not all on line yet. http://www.sos.state.il.us/depts/archives/marrlst.html Dorothy Diane wrote: > Try putting in just a surname for the bride only or the groom only. > Not all the marriage records are on this list. My husband's great > grandfather was married in Champaign Co, IL in 1874 and I have a copy of > the record, but it is not in this list. Also know of other family > marriages that are not in the list. > > GRamsey406@aol.com wrote: > > > When I used the marriage search, it came back no data. Why?