The Walter Russell Marriage appears in Book 3, page 479 of Carroll County Marriage Records. --------------------- Carroll County Marriage FAQ -------------------------- My online gedcom is devoted to Carroll County, Kentucky families and history. Margaret Samland copied the Carroll County marriage index, 1838 - 1938, shared it with me and I was able to convert it into a gedcom and put it into my records. Thousands of entries in my data consist solely of references to a marriage, unconnected to either parents or children. Because of the same person's name appearing in different sources, it is common for the same person to appear more than once. Brides who remarry usually appear again under their married name. If you go back and search from the website where my gedcom is: http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=wmadavis Entries derived from the marriage index will show the book and page number at the bottom of the page. "5-047" would mean Book 5, page 47. "5-047C" would mean it was indexed as a "colored" marriage. If you send them the book and page reference, the Carroll County Clerk promises to send out within three days a copy of the page from the marriage books, some of which were recopied after being damaged in the 1937 Floods ( I believe the damaged originals can be viewed on microfilm; The recopied records give references to the original book and page numbers). Be sure to tell them if it was a "colored" marriage; they may not recognize the ending-with-C as meaning a "colored" marriage, because that was my indexing convention, not theirs. There is no guarantee about what information will be there, but typically it may give the wedding date, the ages, residence, where born, occupation, marital status and parents' names. Sometimes there is very little additional information. In some periods extensive information was recorded. The cost for a photocopy is only $0.25 per page, and marriage book entries are single-page entries. You could send them a check for whichever copy you want, adding the amount of postage. If you send a stamped self-addressed envelope you wouldn't need to add the postage to the check. If you want a copy that's certified, they charge $5.00. The address is: Carroll County Clerk 440 Main Street Carrollton, KY 41008-1099 Telephone: (502) 732-7005 You can also call them and ask them to read the record to you, but sometimes they don't read all the relevant data from the record without a lot of prompting. My GEDCOM is posted for sharing and gathering information on any Carroll County, Kentucky family. It doesn't just represent my personal genealogy. Feel free to use the Post-It fuction to add additional notes, queries, comments, and corrections to my on-line gedcom. You can add your name and address and e-mail address as a contact person interested in this entry, if you like. I do try to work additions into the regular gedcom, but I've gotten behind in making these additions. ------------------ end ---------------------