Mary, there are marriages BEFORE 1867. Period, no doubt, absolutely! There is a copy of the first marriage book at the Library of Michigan on microfilm. NOT all marriages were recorded, which may be the case with your 1858 marriage. 1841, I believe I heard something about a lot of people dying in a short time frame, 1841 might be it. Something about one winter, almost every family had a death due to illness. Elijah Brown marriage, unless you can find a bible record that is before our marriage records start, they start in 1852 right after the courthouse burned down. Sorry, not a lot of help, but maybe an explanation. Good luck in your research On 22 Jun 2006 13:47:45 -0600, [email protected] < [email protected]> wrote: > > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: Woodward, Brown, Greenfield > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/mFB.2ACE/2757 > > Message Board Post: > > Although I just returned from Adrian, I have been unable to find > information on the following relatives associated with Adrian: > -marriage of Minerva Woodward and Levi Greenfield 6 Jan 1858 > - Mary Polly Brown m Samuel Woodward - both died 1841 in Adrian - was > there a plague? > - Hanna Call Brown married Elijiah Brown also died in Adrian in > 1841. > I was unable to obtain records in the court house because of the 1867 cut > off. Thank you for any help you can find.....Mary > >