Another free data base on Ancestry.com. I found lots of Phelans and Whelans. Glenda IOWA MARRIAGES, 1851-1900 (Update adding Adair, Greene, and Louisa Counties) Obtained by the United States in the Louisiana Purchase, Iowa became a territory in 1838 and a state in 1846. This database includes marriage records (1851-1900) from the following counties; Appanoose, Boone, Guthrie, Hamilton, Johnson, Lee, Lucas, Marion, Monroe, Muscatine, Scott, and Worth. Taken from microfilm copies of original county documents, each record provides spouses' names, marriage date, and county of residence. Source Information: Dodd, Jordan, Liahona Research, comp. "Iowa Marriages, 1851-1900." [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2000. See the extended description at the URL below for original data sources listed by county. To search this database, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/4460.htm