This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Atkinson Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/AgB.2ACE/288 Message Board Post: I am researching my family in Henderson County, TN, and since I don't live very close, am trying to do as much as possible through the state library, the internet, and the FHL. However, there is a specific type of record that I need, but don't know how to get it from the Lexington courthouse, or how to word it to get the employees there to understand what I am talking about. I have a marriage between "H. F. Atkison & Crinna Hampton" that took place on Dec 27, 1899 in Henderson County. When I called the county clerk's office to inquire how I would get a copy of this record, they gave me sort of a hard time and didn't seem to understand why in the world I would be wanting such an old record. The volunteer at the FHL told me what I want is the actual APPLICATION that my g-grandparents would have had to have filled out in order to get the license, on which they would have put their birth dates, places of birth, etc. Unfortunately, she said that the state library / archives probably won't have this and I'll have to devise a way to get it from the courthouse in Henderson county! Has anyone else ever needed to get a specific record from this courthouse, and how did you go about requesting it, and were you successful? If need be, I can plan a trip to drive across the state to request it in person, but that would be quite a while before I would have the means to do so. I appreciate any advice on this matter! Jackie