This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Zh.2ADE/1920.1 Message Board Post: Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763–1900 1 records are displayed. Groom Bride Date Vol./Page Lic No. County McCombs, David Kelly, Rosetta 04/17/1898 C /262 707 Schuyler Have you think about them going to Iowa and getting married there? It seems quite a few people decided to do that - to be married instead of staying here in Illinois - due to several reasons: family disagreements, the difference in state law concerning age of concent for marriage and just plain old elopements.