My original estimates are a minimum of 536,000 names though 1995 and we have done only about 2,000 so far. Because of privacy issues, we plan to stop at the end of 1936, somewhat below 250,000 names. Just think that when we finish book 2 (the first half of 1886) in the next two - three weeks, we will have put just 1% of the data on-line; which is why you probably won't find what you are looking for. And we are proceeding in sequence, rather than jumping around; excepting (of course) any contributions. Since it is not possible to transcribe them that quickly, you must decide whether you will go to Scranton to view and use the index volume (1 A-H, males), write them at the Clerk of Marriage Licenses office, or seek someone to do the lookup for you. The first 95 books were placed on microfilm several years ago, and a copy of that film (but not the master index) also resides at the PA State Archive in Harrisburg. Additional microfilming continues with the master index vol. 1 (Oct. 1885 - Dec. 31, 1915) and several dozen docket books completed. This new series of film is available at this time only at the Lackawanna County Courthouse. The books which cover from early Dec. 1898 to Jan. 1900 are vol. 48, 49, 50, 51 and 52. They contain information for 2500 applications and may not be indexed in the front of each volume as the clerks stopped that practice after a few years, prefering to do only the master index books. This means a lengthy page by page search must be made if you don't use the master index's available only in Scranton. I'm not saying this to be discouraging, but you do need to understand the way this information is being handled, and some of the challanges presented in researching and transcribing it to the web. -----Original Message----- From: Joycn@aol.com <Joycn@aol.com> To: PALACKAW-L@rootsweb.com <PALACKAW-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Sunday, September 02, 2001 8:28 PM Subject: [PA-LAC] lackawanna marriage rolls >my great thanks for the fine folks who took the time to transcribe these >rolls. >i realize that the list is not complete, but i'm trying to find my great >uncle, patrick leo dunleavy who was married less than one year in june 1900. >(from the census). his wife was named grace, (no last name) but she was only >16 to his 24. i'm thinking, since they lived in the mayfield borough, they >were so young and he had lived in lackawanna since 1888 (when he, my >grandmother, another brother and their father came from ireland) that the >couple married in lackawanna county... but i don't see his name~! >is there any other route i might take to try and locate these two? >thanks in advance. >kathi > > >==== PALACKAW Mailing List ==== >Subscribers -- Off topic postings (particularly political, advertising, or just plain rude) >AND responses on the list are grounds for being Unsubscribed >Please forward any offending email to <mailto:pieroth@ix.netcom.com> >To unsubscribe: http://www.rootsweb.com/~palackaw/index.html#MailingList >