I had a similar experience with marriage records. They were not showing up on indexes. I got the microfilmed copy sent to my local FHC and found that the original index had detoriated so badly by the time it was filmed that large portions were missing. Also it took me quite a bit of searching to realize that not all the records were recorded the same way. As different Judges or clerks had been responsible for recording the marriages, they got entered different ways. And I found several instances where a space that normall held one record had five or six squashed all together to try and keep the chronological order correct (or so that one preacher could record all his recent marriages together). Very confusing. And I am sure that happend in other counties also. Karen ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, July 13, 2002 3:06 PM Subject: [OHHARRIS] Marriage of Wm Laizure & Eliz. Trickle > Thank you all for helping me look for the marriage record of William and > ELizabeth ca 1827-38. Even though we didn't find the marriage, it helped me > come to a conclusion. > > Someone may benefit from my experience, so I'm posting the results. > > There were no records found in Guernsey, Harrison, Tuscarawas, Carroll, > Belmont, & Jefferson Counties in Ohio. There were no records ound in Wood, > Brooke, or Ohio counties in (W)VA. > > I did more research online and found that Elzabeth Trickle had families of > Nathan Trickle and William Trickle living nearby in Nottingham Twp., Harrison > County. It seems like she had family nearby, so why go somewhere else to > marry? > > Just as I was deciding that the marriage was probably in Harrison County > (They lived there & William has other marriages in Harrsion County in 1822 > and 1840.), but was NOT SHOWING UP IN THE INDEX, I got the following email. > > "about your marriage record for Harrison Co. I wanted to relay an > experience of mine and maybe yours might be similar. > I knew that one of my gr grandfathers had been married several times I > went to the courthouse to get records. They weren't listed in the index > under either name so I went page by page by page and found them. Not > just one but two for this same guy. This was 1820-35 time frame. I don't > know what happened but they didn't seem to get indexed or added > properly. > > I wish you luck! by the way those didn't show anything but the two names > date and who married them." > > So next trip to Ohio, I'm going page by page through the marriage records. > > Thank you all so much. > Sharon Laizure Hofer > > > ==== OHHARRIS Mailing List ==== > Visit the Harrison County OHGenWeb pages at > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohharris/ >