Does anyone have any ideal how to search for a marriage record when you do not have the brides name or even a date of wedding? My great-grandfather Mahlon Jones was from Nashville Tn. He married twice. His second marriage I have info on. But per the marriage application he had been married once before. I feel like I am looking for a needle in a haystack. Also trying to find gravesite. I know he was alive in 1893 and deceased by the first part of 1900. Any suggestions? Thanks Sharon

I know of 2 online sources and 1 book source for Davidson Co. Marriages. As you can see below, there is no source, that I know of, that covers the years 1848 - 1863 for Davidson Co. Marriages. Does anyone else know of an online source for the "missing" years? ------------------------------------------------- >From the book, "Marriages of Davidson Co TN, 1789-1847", by Edythe Rucker Whitley: Malon L. Jones married Elizabeth Nelms Aug 7, 1838. Marriage performed by Thos. Stringfield. Is this the one you are looking for? --------------------------------------------------- ONLINE DAVIDSON CO TN MARRIAGES: 1. The Metro Archives of Nashville and Davidson Co. has Davidson Co Marriages for the years 1788 - 1831, found at: http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~nashvillearchives/marriage.html 2. The Nashville Public Library has some Davidson Co. TN Marriages online at the following link. They only have the years 1864 - 1905. http://www.library.nashville.org/localhistory/his_lochisindexes.asp#marriages Kathleen in CA ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2007 6:13 PM Subject: [TNDAVIDS] Mahlon Jones > Does anyone have any ideal how to search for a marriage record when you do > not have the brides name or even a date of wedding? > My great-grandfather Mahlon Jones was from Nashville Tn. He married twice. > His second marriage I have info on. But per the marriage application he > had been married once before. > I feel like I am looking for a needle in a haystack. > Also trying to find gravesite. I know he was alive in 1893 and deceased by > the first part of 1900. > Any suggestions? > Thanks Sharon > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Do you know if he lived in the same area all his life? If so, he might have married at the same church. With a surname like Jones, it would be a long hard search through the church's records, but might be worth the while. If it was a big church, the LDS might have filmed the records and might have them indexed. The only other way is to guess a time frame, a county you are sure of, and spend a lot of time going through all the entries, or paying a genealogist. Happy Hunting !! Cece--ps--try to get his death certificate. They usually have the funeral home on them, and then the funeral home has info on the burial site. Even though you have a common surname, you have an unusual first name. Maybe the county records have all death names indexed, and you can look from 1895 to 1900. I hate to say this but I get a lot of help from calling the various records depts. and ask for help. After I explain my problem, so many people are willing to help. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2007 9:13 PM Subject: [TNDAVIDS] Mahlon Jones > Does anyone have any ideal how to search for a marriage record when you do > not have the brides name or even a date of wedding? > My great-grandfather Mahlon Jones was from Nashville Tn. He married twice. > His second marriage I have info on. But per the marriage application he > had been married once before. > I feel like I am looking for a needle in a haystack. > Also trying to find gravesite. I know he was alive in 1893 and deceased by > the first part of 1900. > Any suggestions? > Thanks Sharon > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

malon L married Elizabeth Nelma Aug 7 1838 . You didn't put his second wife's name to know if this was his first or second wife. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2007 8:13 PM Subject: [TNDAVIDS] Mahlon Jones > Does anyone have any ideal how to search for a marriage record when you do > not have the brides name or even a date of wedding? > My great-grandfather Mahlon Jones was from Nashville Tn. He married twice. > His second marriage I have info on. But per the marriage application he > had been married once before. > I feel like I am looking for a needle in a haystack. > Also trying to find gravesite. I know he was alive in 1893 and deceased by > the first part of 1900. > Any suggestions? > Thanks Sharon > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message