Pat, I'm just trying to locate the actual marriage record in the Shen. Co. library or archives, to ascertain if there is a sponsor or witness mentioned. I don't doubt that the marriage occurred--the library just can't find the record. gspore@juno.com On Sun, 28 Mar 2004 21:23:17 -0500 "P. Cannon" <psc848@md.net> writes: > Dear Gerald: > If you know the title and the author you will be able to borrow the > book > through an "interlibrary loan". You will have to go to your local > library > to order the book. Even if you don't know the exact title, if you > know the > author's last name, then you can scan the library index to find the > information, assuming that your local library lists the book you > are > searching for. It would also be good to know the publishing date. > However, > IF, you look for the book yourself through the Library of Congress > on line > index. Every book ever published in America is registered there. > And, then > you can get the IBSN #, exact title, author's name, etc. Good Luck > with > your search. I've done this so many times. And found a lot of > books with > a lot of great information. Most of the books with this info are > out of > print of course and are hard to find. That's why an interlibrary > loan is > great. They put out a search to all library's on the interlibrary > loan > program. Someone will have it. These books are not usually > renewable so > don't order a bunch of them. > > Pat > C'try Cous'n > Lookin for families of Hall, Bain, Bane, McDonald, Robinson, > Lawrence, > Adams, and more. > >