This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: STACEY, BROOKSHIRE Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ZKB.2ACE/408.2 Message Board Post: Hi Alma, The marriage date of "about 1877" does seem perplexing, especially after looking at the 1880 Federal Census of Montgomery Co. MO information. Possibly an typo or error, or just plain misinformation. The original Montgomery Co. MO marriage records for the years 1873 to 1888 and 1896 to 1901 were destroyed in an April 1901 courthouse fire, except for a marriage index which survived the fire. This marriage index was unusually hard to read and several times incomplete information was found, with initials versus full names listed and no date of marriage listed. The Brookshire-Stacey marriage date was an estimate, since these marriages were performed in a sequential chronological order. The source for the Montgomery Co. MO marriage information is from a publication, Montgomery County, Missouri Marriages, January 1865 to 4 October 1922, Volume 12, published by Kenneth E. Weant 3420 Viscount Drive Arlington TX 76016-2338 I believe the current pricing for the publication is $20. If you would like to order a copy, then I would suggest first writing Kenneth and request an index of his pubs. Hope this helps. Good luck with your research. Regards, Dan Smith