thank you for the information.... the task seems daunting but i'm going to try it!!! am planning a trip up there in the fall and hopefully my eye balls won't fall out of my head during the search. (i made my first trip to the state archives and casting NO criticism i gleaned very little during that visit. the staff was most helpful but i surmise that they thought i knew more then i really did... threading the microfilm was a challenge in itself! knowing now what you said i'll restart. (they did tell me about the marriage license being indexed and i did look there for dunleavys but i only saw one or two names. i may need to start over and just advise them of my true ignorance). i keep thinking that this information will just "be there" for me; these folks are long dead, but the search sometimes seems frustrating. thank you again for the information. kathi