Were my in-laws married? Or weren't they??? They did wear rings!! Here is my problem.... they are from Southern Illinois. All the areas around there (checked each county court) do not show them married in Illinois. They gave birth to my husband in Highland Park in 1949. Two living relatives remember hearing something about being married in Michigan. The closest record I have is they were married Sept (20) 1946... because... my father in law died in July 1976 and my mother in law was heard saying that they would have been married 30 years in September. I found the date in another family history booklet, but the authors have no idea where they found the "20th" (the author is now 93) So... without spending a fortune writing each county (paying the search fees which I hear run anywhere from $25 - $45 each) in the Detroit area... Is there someone out there that could at least narrow down this information as to where they were married and confirm a date? I don't know if there is a database out there that lists marriages in the 40's, or if there is someone who has one of those paid subscriptions to those "vital records checks" that would not mind doing a look up for me? Or if someone works with or visits these county courts? Any help in this 2+ year search would greatly be appreciated.... The hair is turning gray by the day and close to being pulled out! LOL Groom: Robert Abner Heyl b. 14 Apr 1918 d. 14 July 1976 Bride: Frances Lela Plate b. 14 Feb 1919 d. 19 Dec 1997 Thank you so much in advance... it is one of those last tidbits that can put this issue to rest, once and for all! Sincerely, Megan

Here is a link to the Pilot Site from the LDS church. http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#searchId=36714210917146190000;p=recordResults;searchType=standard;marriageYear=1946;givenName=Robert;surname=heyl Beth ----- Original Message ----- From: "Megan Heyl" <jester1380@chartermi.net> To: <mi-genealogy@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2009 12:07 AM Subject: [MI-GENEALOGY] Oh where Oh where.... > Were my in-laws married? Or weren't they??? They did wear rings!! > > Here is my problem.... they are from Southern Illinois. All the areas > around there (checked each county court) do not show them married in > Illinois. > > They gave birth to my husband in Highland Park in 1949. Two living > relatives remember hearing something about being married in Michigan. > > The closest record I have is they were married Sept (20) 1946... > because... my father in law died in July 1976 and my mother in law was > heard saying that they would have been married 30 years in September. > I found the date in another family history booklet, but the authors > have no idea where they found the "20th" (the author is now 93) > > So... without spending a fortune writing each county (paying the > search fees which I hear run anywhere from $25 - $45 each) in the > Detroit area... > Is there someone out there that could at least narrow down this > information as to where they were married and confirm a date? > > I don't know if there is a database out there that lists marriages in > the 40's, or if there is someone who has one of those paid > subscriptions to those "vital records checks" that would not mind > doing a look up for me? Or if someone works with or visits these > county courts? > > Any help in this 2+ year search would greatly be appreciated.... The > hair is turning gray by the day and close to being pulled out! LOL > > Groom: Robert Abner Heyl b. 14 Apr 1918 d. 14 July 1976 > Bride: Frances Lela Plate b. 14 Feb 1919 d. 19 Dec 1997 > > Thank you so much in advance... it is one of those last tidbits that > can put this issue to rest, once and for all! > Sincerely, > Megan > ***************************** > The theme of this list is Michigan genealogy and research. Please respect > others by keeping your postings to this theme. > MI-Genealogy Mail List Information > http://www.migenweb.net/maillist.html > ***************************** > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MI-GENEALOGY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 7.5.557 / Virus Database: 270.12.11/2089 - Release Date: > 4/30/2009 5:53 PM > >