Here's a place to check in case you are missing a marriage between 1853 & 1895 and one of the parties was from the Eastern Shore. It's the home page of the Gloucester Genealogical Soceity of VA. You can search by county or surname. 1. Go to their home page http://www.rootsweb.com/~vaggsv/ 2. click "search this site" 3. type in "Queen Anne Co MD" or your surname, be sure to use the exact phrase box 4. you'll get the citation, make note of the page numbers 5. click back to the home page 6. click marriage box, then click on line records http://www.rootsweb.com/~vaggsv/marriages.htm 7. click on the page numbers for your citation. Examples: 4 hits for Queen Anne Co MD 6 hits for Caroline Co MD 8 hits for Somerset Co MD 4 hits for Talbot Co MD 7 hits for Dorchester Co MD 27 hits for Baltimore You can also search the recorded deaths in Gloucester Co VA for 1865 - 1890. Some of the surnames: Leager, Emerson, Nelson, Marble, Pratt, Bonawell, Adams, Wroten, Ward, Belote, Johnson, Bonawell, Holston, Lillaston, Taylor, Fosque, Bloodsworth, Birch, Glass, Wallace, Croswell, Howser, Greves, Glass, Stafford and more. Good luck, Mary