One of our lookup volunteers wanted me to pass along a note to you about marriages. >From Mr. K. Haybron Adams Associate Professor of Library Science Brigham Young University Special Collections "FYI. All marriages for Ohio that have been RECORDED in a civil court AND occurred between 1789 and 1875, are in the Intl. Genealogical Index. They are available at your local Family History Center or online at www.familysearch.org then select the IGI. Remember, Members of the Society of Friends, usually called Quakers, did not record their marriages in a civil court, because they believe marriage is only a contract. To find their marriage record, you must look in the record of Monthly Meeting the individuals were members of. To find the name of the Monthly Meeting, use Hinshaws multi volume set on Quaker Records. If the marriage occurred in OHIO, the IGI makes it possible for you to quickly locate the marriage record, without having to know the county the marriage occurred in." --- I'd like to an my two cents to this from personal experience. There are what I call two types of records in the IGI, those that are transcribed from the actual sources and those added through personal research. I've found that on the source that is given if you look at the batch number those starting with an M are transcripts of marriage records. If in doubt, always check to see what the source is that was used. AND one more thing to add to this. The transcribers weren't very careful about spelling interpolating. MAKE SURE YOU TRY VARIOUS VOWELS, search on both names, etc. BE CREATIVE! And one last item of business. Mr. Adams wanted me to tell you that because of an illness in the family he won't be able to immediately help you. Mr. Adams said, "I will be more than willing to help, but it may be the beginning of the year before they get a reply." I will update the lookup site to reflect this. All of our prayers and best wishes are with Mr. Adams. Shannon Moore Cc for Morgan Co, OH and Noble Co, OH GenWeb