Thanks very much for sending this. I have just tried it several times and I am unable to access the site. But, I will try again later. Thanks again. Betty Mc ----- Original Message ----- From: <Peggyt1950@aol.com> To: <TNHENRY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, August 21, 2006 9:45 AM Subject: Re: [TNHENRY] Fw: Marriage Records > Yes, you can. I have sent this to the list before, and it is a bit > complicated, but anyone can access a ton of marriage certificates through > FamilySearch. This is a Batch # search and it usually gives you records from the county > court clerk's office in most counties of the US. If you are unsure of the > source of any record you find on FamilySearch, click on the Source # at the > bottom of the record and it will say where the information came from. > > 1. Go to this site: > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbersNA/Countr yU > SA.htm > > 2. Click on the state and then the county or sometimes, church, you are > interested in. > > 3. COPY (highlight with cursor, right click mouse and click copy) the > number associated with the years you are searching. > > 4. Open the FamilySearch site: > http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/frameset_search.asp and on the left side of the screen, click on International > Genealogical Index. > > 5. On that screen, in the bottom left of the screen under Batch Number, > PASTE (put cursor in the space, right click mouse and click paste) the number > you copied earlier from the state and counties site. > > 6. Just above the Batch Number, under Region, choose North America from the > drop down menu. > > 7. Now just fill in the last name you are searching or even the first name > or initial only. Try variations of spelling. Hit Search on the lower right > side of the screen and you will get a screen of hits for that name on that > Batch of records only. > > It sure cuts down on the hundreds of hits you may get with a common name. I > keep both sites bookmarked and use it constantly. > > Let me know if you have any trouble. I may have missed a step or gotten > something wrong in the description. It is a little complicated, but it's one of > the best tools I've found on the Internet for free marriage records. > > Peggy M. T. > > > ==== TNHENRY Mailing List ==== > NOTICE: Posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, politicalannouncements, current events, items for sale, personal > messages, flames, etc. (in other words - spam) is NOT ALLOWED and will be > grounds for removal. Consideration for exceptions, contact Kathleen Burnett > kathleenburnett@earthlink.net > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.0.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.3/423 - Release Date: 8/18/06 > >