Laurie, > Thank you Lori for posting the link for me. I could not find it, but > then again maybe I was just to excited with the new information which > I had found in regards to the birth being in Ripley County. :-) > One more thing, where might I find marriages for Ripley county for > 1891? Does the RCHS do searches? I do understand that nothing is free > if they do. RHS has these court records books in their archives. Send the $3.00 research fee, an SASE and at least 50 cents to them (address here: http://seidata.com/~rchslib ) and ask them to find the record in the book, and to mail you a copy. Lori