Hi Tom, I have the church records, I must not have made that clear. The only thing contained was my ggrandparents names, date of the wedding and the names of the witnesses. Thanks for the suggestion, Lori -- Tom <texastee10@comcast.net> wrote: I doubt if crying will help, I've never known an instance where it was helpful. Since you know the date and where they were married I'd suggest writing the church direct. On some church records I've seen the parties addresses listed along with the parents names. Tom Lori wrote: >Hi folks, > >I could use some help from some of you that have experience with records at the Hamilton County Court. > >I wrote to them on the 15th of February, and already heard back from them today. However, the results were not what I'd hoped for. > >I have a marriage certificate for my ggrandparents, William MARTIN and Ellen "Nellie" RYAN. They were married at St. Xavier's on 3 NOV 1880. The only information provided on the marriage certificate was the names of the couple and names of the witnesses. > >As most of you know, I've been at a dead end with this for close to a year, so decided to write to Hamilton County to see if I could get a copy of the marriage license/application, etc. > >The court request came back: "I have searched the years 1863-1884 and found no record for the request you have given us." > >I don't understand how that can be. I gave them the exact date of the marriage. I know when Ann B. helped me with this, she told me that it was from restored records. Is it the court records I'm looking for that were destroyed? > >I'm bummed out in a major way. I need desperately to verify Nellie's parents names, as I'm having doubts about the information on her death certificate. I don't know where else to turn to try and get that information, as I have absolutely nothing on her prior to her census information a few months prior to the marriage. > >Nellie worked for the Chas Taft family, and I wrote to them some time ago to see if they had anything, and they were unable to help. > >Any thoughts, suggestions, shoulders to cry on? > >Thanks, > >Lori > > >==== OHHAMILT Mailing List ==== >This List is dedicated to Hamilton County, Ohio. If you have a problem, question, need direction or to report a virus, please contact >the List Mom off-list at OHHAMILT-admin@rootsweb.com Thanks. > >============================== >Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the >last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > > > > ==== OHHAMILT Mailing List ==== Missed posts? Deleted that one that put a chink in the wall? Try the Archives. Select either searchable or browsable Archives from here! http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/OH/hamilton.html ============================== Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx

Lori, Have you considered this entry from the 1870 census for La Salle, Illinois? Parents are Lawrence and Mary Ryan. Only problem seems to be the ages - Mary (senior) is 60 which would have made her 47 when Mary E. was born. Still, I've seen huge mistakes on censuses too. But, do note that Mary E. was born in Ohio. Perhaps Ellen M was Mary Ellen. Cheryl Hartley Name: Lawrence Ryan Estimated Birth Year: abt 1819 Age in 1870: 51 Birthplace: Ireland Home in 1870: La Salle, LaSalle, Illinois Race: White Gender: Male Post Office: La Salle Roll: M593_243 Page: 313 Image: 627 Year: 1870 Name: Mary Ryan Estimated Birth Year: abt 1810 Age in 1870: 60 Birthplace: Ireland Home in 1870: La Salle, LaSalle, Illinois Race: White Gender: Female Name: Mary E Ryan Estimated Birth Year: abt 1857 Age in 1870: 13 Birthplace: Ohio Home in 1870: La Salle, LaSalle, Illinois Race: White Gender: Female Lori wrote: >Hi Tom, > >I have the church records, I must not have made that clear. The only thing contained was my ggrandparents names, date of the wedding and the names of the witnesses. > >Thanks for the suggestion, > >Lori > >-- Tom <texastee10@comcast.net> wrote: >I doubt if crying will help, I've never known an instance where it was >helpful. Since you know the date and where they were married I'd >suggest writing the church direct. On some church records I've seen the >parties addresses listed along with the parents names. > >Tom > >Lori wrote: > > > >>Hi folks, >> >>I could use some help from some of you that have experience with records at the Hamilton County Court. >> >>I wrote to them on the 15th of February, and already heard back from them today. However, the results were not what I'd hoped for. >> >>I have a marriage certificate for my ggrandparents, William MARTIN and Ellen "Nellie" RYAN. They were married at St. Xavier's on 3 NOV 1880. The only information provided on the marriage certificate was the names of the couple and names of the witnesses. >> >>As most of you know, I've been at a dead end with this for close to a year, so decided to write to Hamilton County to see if I could get a copy of the marriage license/application, etc. >> >>The court request came back: "I have searched the years 1863-1884 and found no record for the request you have given us." >> >>I don't understand how that can be. I gave them the exact date of the marriage. I know when Ann B. helped me with this, she told me that it was from restored records. Is it the court records I'm looking for that were destroyed? >> >>I'm bummed out in a major way. I need desperately to verify Nellie's parents names, as I'm having doubts about the information on her death certificate. I don't know where else to turn to try and get that information, as I have absolutely nothing on her prior to her census information a few months prior to the marriage. >> >>Nellie worked for the Chas Taft family, and I wrote to them some time ago to see if they had anything, and they were unable to help. >> >>Any thoughts, suggestions, shoulders to cry on? >> >>Thanks, >> >>Lori >> >> >>==== OHHAMILT Mailing List ==== >>This List is dedicated to Hamilton County, Ohio. If you have a problem, question, need direction or to report a virus, please contact >>the List Mom off-list at OHHAMILT-admin@rootsweb.com Thanks. >> >>============================== >>Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the >>last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx >> >> >> >> >> >> > > >==== OHHAMILT Mailing List ==== >Missed posts? Deleted that one that put a chink in the wall? Try the Archives. Select either searchable or browsable Archives from here! http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/OH/hamilton.html > >============================== >Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the >last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > > >==== OHHAMILT Mailing List ==== >Missed posts? Deleted that one that put a chink in the wall? Try the Archives. Select either searchable or browsable Archives from here! http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/OH/hamilton.html > >============================== >Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the >last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > > > > >