Good point. This is something I found out when we visited Putnam Co. courthouse. I was looking for a 1832 marriage and didn't find the book in the vault. There IS a book, it's the earlies recorded marriages in the county and is not accessible by the general public. When I asked again about it and had the volume and page number, one of the ladies knew about this volume and went to the basement of the courthouse to retrieve it. This book is in good condition, just fragile. I was not allowed to make copies, but had them place the book on a desk in front of a window and took digital photos of it. Cindy -----Original Message----- From: Omegaway2@aol.com [mailto:Omegaway2@aol.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2003 10:00 PM To: INPUTNAM-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [INPUTNAM] Marriage Record in 1831.. In a message dated 2/19/2003 1:35:45 PM Mountain Standard Time, Linniecakes2@aol.com writes: > I found a "certificate of marriage" for my line, dated Feb. 14, 1850 in the > > courthouse in Greencastle. I can't be sure that they have ALL of them..but > they certainly have some. It is worth a try....and hope somebody will help > you. Linda I called back and helped her find it.. She found it in a very old fragile book, not accessed by the public.. The last name was MOSS. In old American writing, a double "ss" was written as "fs".. when I told her that, she then found the names.. I sent the money and request back to her.. Now I hope I get it.. Thanks, Ellie ==== INPUTNAM Mailing List ==== To unsubscribe follow the instructions in the welcome message. ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

I wonder why they don't just make an uncertified certificate of the marriage record. Someplaces will do that for a very minimal fee. Usually a couple of dollars. I do not live in the area but if asked they might be able to do something like that. Teresa ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cindy Foster" <cindyfoster@nc.rr.com> To: <INPUTNAM-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2003 9:14 PM Subject: RE: [INPUTNAM] Marriage Record in 1831.. > Good point. This is something I found out when we visited Putnam Co. > courthouse. I was looking for a 1832 marriage and didn't find the book > in the vault. There IS a book, it's the earlies recorded marriages in > the county and is not accessible by the general public. When I asked > again about it and had the volume and page number, one of the ladies > knew about this volume and went to the basement of the courthouse to > retrieve it. This book is in good condition, just fragile. I was not > allowed to make copies, but had them place the book on a desk in front > of a window and took digital photos of it. > Cindy > > -----Original Message----- > From: Omegaway2@aol.com [mailto:Omegaway2@aol.com] > Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2003 10:00 PM > To: INPUTNAM-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [INPUTNAM] Marriage Record in 1831.. > > In a message dated 2/19/2003 1:35:45 PM Mountain Standard Time, > Linniecakes2@aol.com writes: > > > > I found a "certificate of marriage" for my line, dated Feb. 14, 1850 > in the > > > > courthouse in Greencastle. I can't be sure that they have ALL of > them..but > > they certainly have some. It is worth a try....and hope somebody will > help > > you. Linda > > I called back and helped her find it.. She found it in a very old > fragile > book, not accessed by the public.. The last name was MOSS. In old > American > writing, a double "ss" was written as "fs".. when I told her that, she > then > found the names.. I sent the money and request back to her.. Now I hope > I get > it.. > > Thanks, > Ellie > > > ==== INPUTNAM Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe follow the instructions in the welcome message. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy > records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > ==== INPUTNAM Mailing List ==== > Please send research questions to the list rather than the mailing list manager. Thank you. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >