FREE until 2 May 2000 .. from Ancestry.com LAFAYETTE COUNTY, MISSOURI MARRIAGES, 1851-1900 Bordered by the Missouri River in western Missouri, Lafayette County was home to about 31,600 residents in 1900. This database is a collection of marriage records from the county between 1851 and 1900. It also contains marriages from nearby Ray County. Taken from microfilm copies of original county documents, each record provides spouses' names, marriage date, and county of residence. It contains the names of over 31,200 men and women. For those persons seeking ancestors from nineteenth century Iowa, this collection can be a useful source of information. Source Information: Dodd, Jordan. "Missouri Marriages, 1851-1900." Orem, UT: Liahona Research, 2000. Taken from: "Lafayette County, Missouri Marriage Register, 1851-1900" County Court Records located at Lexington, Missouri or Family History Library microfilm # 0959414-0959418; "Ray County, Missouri Marriage Register, 1851-1900" County Court Records located at Richmond, Missouri or Family History Library microfilm # 0959300, 0959722-0959723. To search this database, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/4474.htm