To search Lyon County Marriages online go to: http://68.222.251.95/search/ type "temp" for both user and password, "public" works, too. You can search deeds, marriages, etc. The online site won't yet give you a digital copy of the document, but at least you can get the date, book #, and page #'s, to use when calling the clerk's office to ask them to copy it for you (Sarah's pretty nice if she's not super busy!). I don't think they charge outrageous fees like some counties do. There is some overlap between Caldwell and Lyon Counties on marriages. The Caldwell County site is: http://216.135.47.158/search/ and the same words (temp or public) work as both username and password there, too. Unfortunately, parent county Livingston County doesn't as yet have this service (although I've encouraged them to do so, myself!) Christian County is dastardly and charges an EXTREMELY HIGH fee to access their online records. Good Luck searching!! Cindy Kennedy egghead8488@yahoo.com www.geocities.com/egghead8488 KYJacksonPurchase-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: KYJacksonPurchase-D Digest Volume 05 : Issue 208 Today's Topics: #1 RE:masons in wky ["Shannon McFarlin" #2 Re:Woodmen of the World [AEP44@aol.com] #3 Lyon County Marriage Lookup Reques [Randy Wynn Administrivia: ______________________________Date: Sun, 27 Nov 2005 16:03:56 +0000 From: "Shannon McFarlin" <shannonmcfarlin@hotmail.com> To: KYJacksonPurchase-L@rootsweb.com Subject: RE:masons in wky Hi all-- The subject of the Masons in West Ky. brings to mind a situation in my own family. For years, I couldn't figure out why two branches of my family seemed to split--Both were members of the Knob Creek Church of Christ outside of Dukedom, Ky. In the early 1800s, the Paynes suddenly moved to the Birch Tree, Mo., area and the Foys stayed in the Dukedom area. There also was a split in the church at the same time. I assumed it was because of a dispute over slavery. After much digging, I got a copy of the history of the Knob Creek Church of Christ and discovered that the split in my family and the split in the church was actually over a dispute over whether to allow Masons into the church. It seems inconceivable today--Masons are so much a part of American life now--but during that era the Masons were considered something of which to be afraid, for a variety of reasons. Unfortunately, my great-great-great-grandmother got caught in the middle of our family dispute--she was Sina Payne, and she married Richard Foy. Because of the family and church split, her natural family moved to Missouri and she stayed with the Foys in WKy. because of her marriage into the family. Shannon McFarlin Paris, TN. ______________________________Date: Sun, 27 Nov 2005 14:18:23 EST From: AEP44@aol.com To: KYJacksonPurchase-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re:Woodmen of the World Woodmen of the World is an insurance company and when it was first formed the only policy offered was a simple term insurance that provided members death and monument benefits. There are many gravestones bearing the Woodmen symbol and were originally furnished free of charge to members. Woodmen of the Word has limited historical records of its past members available. This information is available to relatives of the insured and may be requested by emailing SERVICE@WOODMEN.COM with the name of the person to search for, date of birth, date of death and city and state of the person's residence. Andrea Padula ______________________________Date: Sun, 27 Nov 2005 22:29:19 -0600 From: Randy Wynn <sunrwynn@bellsouth.net> To: KYJacksonPurchase-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Lyon County Marriage Lookup Request I have reason to believe that my G-Grandfather, Herman Jasper Wynn, had multiple marriages that I don't have documented. I know that he was married to my G-Grandmother, Nannie Ethel Holmes, on 20 May 1916. I think that he married the wife of his first cousin, Laura Bell Kilgore Wynn, twice probably after 1932. One of the marriages could have been as late as the 1960's. Any help will be appreciated. Randy Wynn --------------------------------- Yahoo! Music Unlimited - Access over 1 million songs. Try it free. --------------------------------- Yahoo! Music Unlimited - Access over 1 million songs. Try it free.