Thanks, Wilma. I appreciate that you are continuing to pursue an answer. In a case where there is no probate file, would the common law wife just keep going into life unless some "legal" heir objects and confiscates whatever there was? I can't imagine that there was much, real estate was rented as far as I can determine, leaving only personal property for anyone to inherit... Saralie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wilma Fields" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2003 2:43 PM Subject: Re: [MOLAWREN-L] Weddings & Funerals > > Saralie, > > Received this from Missouri State Archives today. Hopefully after my > response back to them, I will get the answer for you ( and everyone else on > this board) concerning law in Mo., but it may take a while. > > Wilma > > We have copies of the Laws of Missouri back to 1824. What exactly did you > want concerning this law? Do you want a copy of the law which made common > law marriages illegal or copies of the laws prior to that? Did you want to > come here and view the laws for yourself, or do you want photocopies of the > laws? We can copy them for you at the cost of ten cents per page. Please > let us know your wishes. > > > > ==== MOLAWREN Mailing List ==== > Whoops! Deleted a message you needed? Search archived messages on this list by entering MOLAWREN-L in the search field at: > http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > > ============================== > 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 > >