As far as I know, Vinita and Miami, Oklahoma have always been quick marriage places....I knew people who got married there in the 1900's at least.... > >I posted the fact that I found my parents marriage because of I accidently >found >their marriage license in my own home and they were married actually in >Vinita, >Oklahoma. This was in 1930. > >In your information post speaking of the idea of surrounding counties and >towns >being "marriage mills", just as in California many turn to Nevada, >especially >Las Vegas, can you tell me how far back your statement would apply. I >mean, was >it the norm back in the 1800's or started after the turn of the century, >or >even later into the 1910's or 20's? > >I also would suppose that where they "fled to" to get married was always >across >the state line due to more relaxed marriage laws rather than to another >county >in Missouri? I need to find another one I am having difficulty with. > >Lovetra > >katharan plemmons wrote: > > > Something that people who do not live in the Joplin area may not know, >is > > that Miami, Oklahoma, and the surrounding towns are a marriage >mill...People > > from all over the 4 state area will run down to Miami to get married >rather > > than take the time to do it in the local area....There are wedding >chapels > > all over and the Joplin paper advertises places where the blood test and > > marriage will only take a couple of hours.... > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com > _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com