Mary and Patti, That's really good advice. I have found several Randolph, Jackson, Union, Williamson and Alexander family members who went to MO to get married and I think, Patti, you may have hit on the reason - they probably didn't have to have blood tests in order to marry there and it could be that the process was a little more streamlined. I don't know if there was/is a waiting period in either state. Gwen Goff Hobbs Cooper TX Goff and Hobbs Connections http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~guinevere60/index.html Lost in Genealogy Blog http://lostingenealogy.blogspot.com/ My first blog so be patient and kind... These webpages have more information and include photos Goff and Hobbs and Everything in Between http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=guinevere60 This website shows the interconnections of all the direct branches of our Goff and Hobbs families and only include sources. This is definitely a work in progress and, right now, needs to be updated. I live in my own little world, but that's okay, they like me here. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mary Friend" <rmfriend@sbcglobal.net> To: <ilunion@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2008 7:11 PM Subject: [ILUNION] Marriages Patti, Have you looked on Ancestry? I looked for several years to find out when/where my grandparents married and recently found their marriage license on the Ancestry site. Just a thought, Mary ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ILUNION-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I am sure that is part of it. My mother was from Johnson county and my father from Union county. They were married in Cape Girardeau, MO. Can't remember the exact reason and they are gone now but I am sure it was easier and quicker. Terry Noble ----- Original Message ----- From: "G Hobbs" <gghobbs@embarqmail.com> To: <rmfriend@sbcglobal.net>; <ilunion@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2008 11:05 PM Subject: Re: [ILUNION] Marriages > Mary and Patti, > That's really good advice. I have found several Randolph, Jackson, Union, > Williamson and Alexander family members who went to MO to get married and > I > think, Patti, you may have hit on the reason - they probably didn't have > to > have blood tests in order to marry there and it could be that the process > was a little more streamlined. I don't know if there was/is a waiting > period > in either state. > Gwen Goff Hobbs > Cooper TX > Goff and Hobbs Connections > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~guinevere60/index.html > Lost in Genealogy Blog > http://lostingenealogy.blogspot.com/ > My first blog so be patient and kind... > These webpages have more information and include photos > Goff and Hobbs and Everything in Between > http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=guinevere60 > This website shows the interconnections of all the direct branches of our > Goff and Hobbs families and only include sources. This is definitely a > work > in progress and, right now, needs to be updated. > > I live in my own little world, but that's okay, they like me here. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mary Friend" <rmfriend@sbcglobal.net> > To: <ilunion@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2008 7:11 PM > Subject: [ILUNION] Marriages > > > Patti, > > Have you looked on Ancestry? I looked for several years to find out > when/where my grandparents married and recently found their marriage > license > on the Ancestry site. > > Just a thought, > Mary > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ILUNION-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ILUNION-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message