In a message dated 3/26/99 5:29:25 AM Central Standard Time, MNNICHOL@aol.com writes: << According to Ms. Whitley, all of the early Davidson County marriage bonds and licenses were destroyed by fire, but the first two volumes of marriage registers, compiled from the original bonds and marriages are intact, although both are fragile and worn with age. >> Ms. Whitley, as was so often the case, was incorrect. The original marriage bonds and licenses are on file at Metro Archives of Nashville and Davidson Co. TN., as are the first two marriage registers. Free lookups in the early marriage indexes are availbleble on the web site for: Friends of Metropolitan Archives of Nashville and Davidson County, TN http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/3661/ Debie Cox