http://www2.sos.state.il.us/cgi-bin/marriage OK.. I just tried this out and what you have to do is to go down the page to the name box and type in Ishmael in the male and female (I did it separately) and you will get all of the marriages for the surname in IL BEFORE 1900 Kathy I typed in Happy.... Go see.. And to the rest of the lists I am sending this in case some on you have IL folks and didn't know this was there to play with.. :) Jeannie <><