Ann I don't know if the folks who have the record you want will do it online but I will give you the information so you can contact them and see. The Illinois State Archives has an index to all pre-1900 marriages in Illinois at http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/marriage.html so can identify the record you are looking for and the identifying information. They have other indexes as well. The records are held at regional archives known as IRAD (Illinois Regional Archives Depository), located at universities around the state. The IRAD that holds the Marriage Records 1859-1911 for Douglas County is Eastern Illinois University. The IRAD research policy is http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/irad/refpol.html and the addresses for the depositories are http://www.cyberdriveilliinois.com/departments/archives/irad/iradaddr.html. The research policy says that they only take requests by mail and they will send copies and send a bill (the last time I requested something it was fifty cents). However the Eastern Illinois IRAD is located at the library and the library does have an email request service. After you locate your record in the index (this is vital because the folks who are pulling records and making copies are students and do best when asked a specific record) you could send the library reference folks an email and explain your situation--if there would be any way to consider an email request in this case and if they would accept a credit card. The contact page is http://www.library.eiu.edu/requests/asklibr.html . I don't know if they would make an exception to their usual way of doing things or not but I hope this helps. Megan in La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA (who lived in Illinois all her life until 2003) Ann Driscoll wrote: > Hi,I am in the UK and need to know if there is any online way I can order a marriage certificate from Douglas County, Illinois, for a marriage that took place in 1865. > > Thanks for your reply > > Ann > > > --- On Sat, 31/1/09, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > > From: [email protected] <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [ILROOTS] Ordering marriage certificate from the UK > To: [email protected] > Date: Saturday, 31 January, 2009, 8:35 PM > > Ann, > Check out http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/ . It doesn't cover all years and > isn't complete for all areas yet, but I have found quite a bit there. You > can order copies with a charge card. I have never had a problem and the > certificates arrive promptly. > > --- On Sat, 1/31/09, Ann Driscoll <[email protected]> wrote: > > From: Ann Driscoll <[email protected]> > Subject: [ILROOTS] Ordering marriage certificate from the UK > To: [email protected] > Date: Saturday, January 31, 2009, 11:34 AM > > Hi list, please will someone tell me if there is an online way of ordering a > marriage certificate? My ancestors married in Douglas County in 1865 and I > would like to get a copy > > Many thanks > > Ann > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List Guidelines: http://www.rootsweb.com/~illinois/Illinoismailinglist3.html > > Visit the Illinois GenWeb Project's - Unknown IL Counties Web Site at > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilunknow/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List Guidelines: http://www.rootsweb.com/~illinois/Illinoismailinglist3.html > > Visit the Illinois GenWeb Project's - Unknown IL Counties Web Site at > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilunknow/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List Guidelines: http://www.rootsweb.com/~illinois/Illinoismailinglist3.html > > Visit the Illinois GenWeb Project's - Unknown IL Counties Web Site at http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilunknow/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message