Tracy, Yes, they were kept that early. That marriage, however, isn't listed at familyserach.com which means it probably either didn't occur in Morgan Co. or anywhere else in Ohio or else it did but wasn't recorded. We just had lots of discussion of vital records on this list. If you missed it, you can go to rootsweb, under mailing lists click on interactive search and go from there. You might also want to do the same with the Bates list. Keren