Ann, Richland County began recording marriages in 1813. Marriages generally were recorded in the bride's home county, making Richland County the most likely place to look. Volume 2 of the marriage records, covering November 1825 through December 1834, is missing. Records were often recorded quite some time after the actual marriage occurred so it is possible that yours was in volume 2. Volume 1 of the marriage affidavits (applications) is also missing, but was abstracted by the Jared Mansfield Chapter, DAR and published as "Marriage Certificate Index, Richland Co., Ohio 1813-1869." A copy of this book is available at the OGS library in Mansfield. The other place to look would be church records, but 1821 would probably be pretty early for most churches in the area. Ron On Wed, 25 Sep 2002 18:55:35 -0700 "Doug & Patti Ensor" <[email protected]> writes: > In 1821 most people were married by a justice of the peace who was elected. > And I believe that they were not required to register their marriage with > the county although most people did. Have you looked in Knox County > records? I can't recall for sure but I think Richland County was still > "attached" to Knox at that time which means that is the county you would > look for the record in. I'm not sure if Richland's records were held > separately or intermingled with Knox. > > Good luck! > > Patti > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ann Atherton" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, September 25, 2002 12:16 PM > Subject: Re: [OHRICHLA] MAIDEN NAMES?? > > > > Judy, and all, > > I am fortunate to have the maiden name of my grgrgrandmother, but I can > > not find the marriage record. It is not found in the marriage records on > > line nor in the book printed by the genealogical society. I'm pretty sure > > that in 1821 they would not have traveled far to get married--probably by a > > circuit rider. She-Ann WARD -lived in Milton Twp. and my > > grgrgrandfather -CharlesS. PALMER -lived in Franklin TWP. She was only 17 > > at the time. Does anyone have any suggestions as to where I might find it? > > I have written to the genealogical section of the Probate court, but have > > not received an answer. I will be at the OGS Library on Oct. 5 and would > > like suggestions as to where I might look. > > > > Tia, > > > > Ann Atherton > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "JMcGavic" <[email protected]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Wednesday, September 25, 2002 1:35 PM > > Subject: [OHRICHLA] MAIDEN NAMES?? > > > > > > > > > > Does anyone know the way to acquire a maiden name? > > > I sent for a copy of a marriage license and it does not have the > maiden > > > name on it. > > > Is there a document that will have the maiden name and the name > of the > > > woman's parents? > > > > > > Thank you for any help, > > > Judy > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== OHRICHLA Mailing List ==== > > > Richland Co. MARRIAGE RECORDS are on-line at: > > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohrichla/MarriageRecords.htm > > > Years included: 1813-1824; 1834-1837 and 1839-1859 > > > > > > > > ==== OHRICHLA Mailing List ==== > 1902 RICHLAND CO. DIRECTORY ... > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohrichla/1902.htm > 1920 MANSFIELD CITY DIRECTORY ... > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohrichla/1920Directory/1920.htm > 1896 RICHLAND CO. PLAT BOOK ... > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohrichla/PlatBook/PlatBook.htm > > > ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/.