Gloria wrote: "--<snip>Does anyone know where these records are and how I can find out where the marriages took place?" Gloria- These were marriages license issued at the United States Court House in McAlester, I.T. At that time, the non-Indians who wanted to marry had to either go to a U.S. Court House (McAlester, Muskogee, Vinita) or to a nearby state (TX, AR, KS). Indian Territory consisted of five sovereign Indian Nations and they had no provisions for recording and maintain records on the non-Indians living on their land, most of them being classified as "illegal intruders". After statehood in 1907, McAlester was assigned as the county seat of Pittsburg Co. Check with the Pittsburg Co Genealogical Society for copies. I would also suggest that you check the 1900 U.S. census of Indian Territory for these families. Jerri (Rogers) Chasteen Claremore > >