The illinois marriage index is up on the web http://www2.sos.state.il.us/cgi-bin/marriage Grundy county does NOT have ANY of their vital records up. You have to request a search from the grundy county clerk directly. at http://www.sos.state.il.us/archives you will also find other searchable databases such as civil war,etc. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, February 18, 2000 9:51 AM Subject: [ILWILL-L] Re: ILWILL-D Digest V00 #29 > << consider searching in Kendall and Grundy counties because of their > very close proximity to channahon. >> > Thanks so much for your help, Kathy! Wow, I knew Burk had married an > Elizabeth, but had no clue as to her maiden name. Thanks again! As to the > marriage index where you found the info... where would I go to access that? > Is it available online anywhere, or would I find it in Joliet somewhere - at > a gov't office or library? And thanks for the tip on the other counties. I > downloaded IL maps showing how the county lines changed over the years, and > was wondering if it would be worth my while to check the others out. Thanks > for the nudge. > >