Marriage Affidavits, Clay County, Indiana, to 1852 Compiled and edited by Carolynne Wendel Published below is a list of affidavits attesting to Clay County marriages that took place before or during 1852. After the original marriage records were destroyed in the courthouse fire on November 30,1851,Clay County marriages prior to that time were re-recorded by affidavit. Since a marriage could not be recorded unless the persons involved arranged for it, the list published here undoubtedly does not include all Clay County marriages that occurred by 1852. The original affidavits are recorded in a volume at the County Clerk's Office, Brazil, Indiana. The list given here was compiled from a microfilm copy of the affidavits which is filed at the Genealogy Division,Indiana State Library,Indianapolis. 1.Dates preceded by "lic." refer to the day the marriage license was issued. All other dates given are the day of marriage. Page numbers refer to the page on which the affidavit appears in the Clay County record book in which it is recorded. 2.In some of the affidavits, thedate of the marriage license or of the marriage is given as "on or about" a certain day. In the compilation printed here, each of these doubtful dates is marked by a dagger. (note: I will use the + sign).

Where is the "below is a list of affidavits sttesting to Clay County Marriages"? ----- Original Message ----- From: Carol <cjbishop@marlownet.net> To: <INCLAY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2000 12:42 AM Subject: marriage affadavits > Marriage Affidavits, Clay County, Indiana, to 1852 > Compiled and edited by Carolynne Wendel > Published below is a list of affidavits attesting to Clay County marriages that took place before or during 1852. After the original marriage records were destroyed in the courthouse fire on November 30,1851,Clay County marriages prior to that time were re-recorded by affidavit. Since a marriage could not be recorded unless the persons involved arranged for it, the list published here undoubtedly does not include all Clay County marriages that occurred by 1852. The original affidavits are recorded in a volume at the County Clerk's Office, Brazil, Indiana. The list given here was compiled from a microfilm copy of the affidavits which is filed at the Genealogy Division,Indiana State Library,Indianapolis. > 1.Dates preceded by "lic." refer to the day the marriage license was issued. All other dates given are the day of marriage. Page numbers refer to the page on which the affidavit appears in the Clay County record book in which it is recorded. > 2.In some of the affidavits, thedate of the marriage license or of the marriage is given as "on or about" a certain day. In the compilation printed here, each of these doubtful dates is marked by a dagger. (note: I will use the + sign). > > > ==== INCLAY Mailing List ==== > This list brought to you by Rootsweb,be sure to check us out at > http://www.rootsweb.com/ > >

I wondered that myself. On Wed, 29 Mar 2000 19:16:30 -0500 "Rachel Ellis" <rellis@ncci.net> writes: >Where is the "below is a list of affidavits sttesting to Clay County >Marriages"? >----- Original Message ----- >From: Carol <cjbishop@marlownet.net> >To: <INCLAY-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2000 12:42 AM >Subject: marriage affadavits > > >> Marriage Affidavits, Clay County, Indiana, to 1852 >> Compiled and edited by Carolynne Wendel >> Published below is a list of affidavits attesting to Clay County >marriages that took place before or during 1852. After the original >marriage >records were destroyed in the courthouse fire on November 30,1851,Clay >County marriages prior to that time were re-recorded by affidavit. >Since a >marriage could not be recorded unless the persons involved arranged >for it, >the list published here undoubtedly does not include all Clay County >marriages that occurred by 1852. The original affidavits are recorded >in a >volume at the County Clerk's Office, Brazil, Indiana. The list given >here >was compiled from a microfilm copy of the affidavits which is filed at >the >Genealogy Division,Indiana State Library,Indianapolis. >> 1.Dates preceded by "lic." refer to the day the marriage license was >issued. All other dates given are the day of marriage. Page numbers >refer to >the page on which the affidavit appears in the Clay County record book >in >which it is recorded. >> 2.In some of the affidavits, thedate of the marriage license or of >the >marriage is given as "on or about" a certain day. In the compilation >printed >here, each of these doubtful dates is marked by a dagger. (note: I >will use >the + sign). >> >> >> ==== INCLAY Mailing List ==== >> This list brought to you by Rootsweb,be sure to check us out at >> http://www.rootsweb.com/ >> >> > > >==== INCLAY Mailing List ==== >Be sure to visit the InGenWeb site for links to all Indiana Counties; >http://www.ingenweb.org/ > ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.