That's almost 20,000 marriages since names are in by both bride & groom. BUT, some surnames are spelled several ways in the record, so they may be in there under multiple spellings. (If a first name is spelled a couple different ways, we don't worry about multiple indexing it, as we figure people can find that easier.) These folks got married, or applied for a license, in Douglas county. Many did not actually live here at the time they married, or even afterwards. If you can't find your couple in the county you expect them in, check our web site: _www.omahamarriages.wordpress.com_ (http://www.omahamarriages.wordpress.com) . A few years are done, and yes, we are doing some skipping around to provide a variety of time periods. Sometimes, the month a couple married in hasn't been done, but their marriage is in the list because they got the license several months earlier (as currently, the license is good for a year, but it wasn't always true. People also could get the license here and marry somewhere else in the state under more recent laws. It wasn't so in the very early days.) In the marriage license films, things are filed by certificate number after they started numbering the licenses. So if you request copies from the Genealogy Society, or from the library, include bride & groom's names, month & year of marriage, and the license number to make sure you get the one you ask for. You'll notice that some names are in there several times, and may not be the same person. We've got a contest going for both the marriage web site and the obit web site. Guess when the marriages will go over 100,000 and when the obits will go over 200,000 when you request copies, and you may win a membership to G.O.G.S. & a free marriage or obit copy. The dates that people are guessing do not come to us, someone else is keeping that information so we won't be influenced at all by it. Guesses must be posted by the end of October 2008 to be eligible. Two of the options for helping in the October Family History Month service blitz are to help extract obits, or to do marriage reversals, so it might go pretty fast at times. And, it might slow down if the help slows down. My personal goal is to just keep coming up with data to put in the lists, but other help is welcomed. I have several who help do the marriage reversals for me. I'm expecting a large number of Omaha Star names in the next week or so, as the gal that is indexing that paper has finished a couple years and will be sending me a bunch soon. Have fun exploring the web site. There's a link to both the obit site and the G.O.G.S. web site on the marriage site. And if you didn't get a flyer for the October all day workshop in the mail, it can be downloaded at the G.O.G.S. site (right hand side of the page, look for downloadable information.) Karen **************Looking for simple solutions to your real-life financial challenges? Check out WalletPop for the latest news and information, tips and calculators. (http://www.walletpop.com/?NCID=emlcntuswall00000001)