While NJ lawmakers are contemplating closing its records to genealogical researchers, other states are headed in the right direction. Here is another example: The Indiana Genealogical Society just signed an agreement with the Gen. Soc. of Utah to create a statewide marriage index for Indiana that begins with each county's earliest records and goes through 1950. The completed marriage index will include links to the images of the actual marriage records which will be digitized by GSU. And all with the cooperation of the Indiana Dept. of State Court Admin. See www.indgensoc.org/marriageproject.html for more info. 20th cent. Texas births and marriage indexes are also online, as are Illinois death indexes from 1916-1950, with prior records gradually being added back to 1850. Many of these records are held by the IL Regional Archives Depository System at various IL university libraries. All older marriage and death records were made available by the IL Office of the Secretary of State to IRAD libraries where one can write for a copy of the record. Pam