The cover page says "Marriage Records of Taney County, Missouri 1885-1900" copied by members of Taneycomo Chapter DAR and compiled 1966-1968. Cover page also states: Quote "Taney Co., MO was formed from Greene Co. in 1837. Forsyth is the County seat of Taney Co. Census records available 1840-1880. "County records were destroyed by fire in 1885, but some real estate records are in existence through the records of Mr. Chas. H. Groom, Abstractor, at the time, who was convinced that a second set of records should always be maintained. "In the following marriage records, affidavits are recorded proving the marriage of certain parties prior to 1885, the records of which were destroyed in the fire, and they desired to again record their marriage for posterity." unquote These same DAR marriage records can be viewed on the White River Valley List which Vonda set up & which are in alphabetical order whereas the list I have is in chronological order under each letter of the alphabet. From my own experience, I don't think there are very many records prior to 1885, at least I've only run across a couple that involved anyone in any of my Taney County lines. Don Houk E-mail: [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2001 2:36 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [MOTANEY] Phillip B. & Lydia Carsten What dates are included in the DAR marriage index for Taney Co.? Is there anything as far back as the beginning of the county. I thought all burned more than once. Thanks, Ida ==== MOTANEY Mailing List ==== ============================== Create a FREE family website at MyFamily.com! http://www.myfamily.com/banner.asp?ID=RWLIST2