As there are no marriages recorded at the county or state level, in that timeframe, you'll have to search through church records, just about your only option, (and do so with your fingers crossed.) It's a help if you have know the religion of the folks who married.... narrows down the search a great deal. Sandra "I am searching for documentation of a marriage which may have taken place in Chester County, PA in 1772 between Thomas Lester and Sytha Lucas(?). I had thought that they were in Virginia at the time but another researcher recently suggested Chester Co." -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.10.1/389 - Release Date: 7/14/2006