See http://www.rootsweb.com/~mngenweb/overview.htm Winona wasn't a county yet in 1853. They probably started the record keeping in 1854 when they actually became a county. I'm not sure where they would have recorded a marriage record prior to being a county. Maybe somebody else knows that. Kathy in MN Pam Coulson wrote: > Good evening all: > I have a question regarding the marriage of my gggrandparents who were married in Dresbach, Winona Co., MN. on March 21, 1853. > I searched the LDS Library for the correct film to order in, however, the film for the above starts with the year 1854. There is nothing listed (that I could find) for pre 1854. > Where marriages not recorded pre 1854? I have been told that my gggrandparents marriage was the first marriage in Dresbach. > Would this marriage have been entered under 1854 records? Would it have been recorded elsewhere? > The marriage I am looking for was: Jeremiah Whitfield Tibbetts and Catherine Isabella Menard. > Is there anyone who could suggest where I would look for this information. > Thanks for reading this. > Pam > > ==== MINNESOTA Mailing List ==== > "It is not the length of life, but depth of life." - Ralph Waldo Emerson > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

Vital records prior to the formation of a county can often be found in church records. Would this have been a Catholic marriage? Winona is the seat of the Diocese. Or the record could be across the river in Wisconsin. Good luck ---------- Jean At 07:24 PM 11/20/2002 -0600, Kathy Hines wrote: >See http://www.rootsweb.com/~mngenweb/overview.htm >Winona wasn't a county yet in 1853. They probably started the record >keeping in 1854 when they actually became a county. I'm not sure where >they would have recorded a marriage >record prior to being a county. Maybe somebody else knows that. > >Kathy in MN > >Pam Coulson wrote: > > > Good evening all: > > I have a question regarding the marriage of my gggrandparents who were > married in Dresbach, Winona Co., MN. on March 21, 1853. > > I searched the LDS Library for the correct film to order in, however, > the film for the above starts with the year 1854. There is nothing > listed (that I could find) for pre 1854. > > Where marriages not recorded pre 1854? I have been told that my > gggrandparents marriage was the first marriage in Dresbach. > > Would this marriage have been entered under 1854 records? Would it > have been recorded elsewhere? > > The marriage I am looking for was: Jeremiah Whitfield Tibbetts and > Catherine Isabella Menard. > > Is there anyone who could suggest where I would look for this information. > > Thanks for reading this. > > Pam > > > > ==== MINNESOTA Mailing List ==== > > "It is not the length of life, but depth of life." - Ralph Waldo Emerson > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy > records, go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > >==== MINNESOTA Mailing List ==== >"It is not the length of life, but depth of life." - Ralph Waldo Emerson > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, >go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237