My comments are not going to be relevant to the missing records from the 1700's, but for the years 1820-1879, I would like to recommend "Death and Marriage Notices of The Hillsborough Recorder" by Shirley Jones Mallard. Surely a copy is on file somewhere in Hillsborough. I found several records of interest on my families in this book. Ann Veazey Davis ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Richmond" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, December 12, 2008 9:10 AM Subject: Re: [NCDOGS] Question Re Marriage Records in Orange County > Ava, from what Lynne Belvin says this would suggest to me that Archives > didn't receive, didn't microfilm, and didn't index the missing marriage > bonds from Orange County. This doesn't explain why the 1752 et seq. Orange > County Marriage Bond Index doesn't have entries for the years before 1781 > or > what has happened to them. I was dealing with land records so I was told > land records were buried to keep them from Lord Cornwallis, but marriage > bonds may have been buried, or otherwise lost Such things happen. But > sometimes searches and questions like yours turn up missing records and I > hope that happens this time. According to the Archives website on the > subject they have on file statewide marriage bonds from 1747, but maybe > the > ones before 1781 from Orange County never got there. I wonder how many > other > records from Orange County dated before 1781 got to Archives? > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of [email protected] > Sent: Friday, December 12, 2008 1:02 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [NCDOGS] Question Re Marriage Records in Orange County > > Ava, > An excellent report. I just checked the Guide to Research Materials in > the > > North Carolina State Archives, County Records. and the dates listed for > Marriage Bonds for Orange County were1779-1794. Chowan County has bonds > that start > in 1747 - so it just depends on the county. > > Lynne Belvin > **************Make your life easier with all your friends, email, and > favorite sites in one place. Try it now. > (http://www.aol.com/?optin=new-dp&icid=aolcom40vanity&ncid=emlcntaolcom00000 > 010) > ************************* > Visit the D-OGS web site: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncdogs/ > Please post all queries using the D-OGS query form: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncdogs/memquery.html > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > ************************* > Visit the D-OGS web site: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncdogs/ > Please post all queries using the D-OGS query form: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncdogs/memquery.html > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Internal Virus Database is out of date. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.176 / Virus Database: 270.9.10/1815 - Release Date: 11/27/2008 9:02 AM