Hi everyone, Yesterday I forwarded an e-mail from Richard that came up with a lot of junk at the beginning, so I am re-posting a cleaned up version of it. Brenda Subject: Other Records can be accessed through the LDS Web Page There are other records one can access through the LDS Web Page. You can access Christening Records the same way you access Marriage Records. However the Christening Records are very, very selective and not quite as numerous as the Marriage Records. I'll give you an example: I wanted to find out if the birth of a Mary V. Davis was recorded in Pike Co., MO. This particular person is my gg Grandmother who married William L. Cottrell. I did the same procedure for the Marriage Records, except in place of the 'M', I placed the letter 'C'. Last Name: Davis------Region: North America-----Batch Number : C515602 This is the result:---Ann Davis---Christened: 1 Oct. 1865 Pike, Missouri---Father: Henry Davis---Mother: Rosannah Davis Batch Number: C515602----Years: -1865------Source: 0974634 I clicked on Source and it gave me this: Marriage Records, 1825-1916 Pike County (Missouri). Recorder of Deeds. So records do exist. It is just that these records are selective. Also there is a way to find out exactly what records exist for a county in any state. When you logon the LDS web page once again you will see four tabs: Home, Search, Share, Library-----Click on the 'Library' tab---Once the page appears you will see four tabs labeled: Family History Library-----Family History Centers-------Family History Library Catalog-------Education Click on the 'Family History Library Catalog' tab, go ahead and click on this item. Once the page appears you will see a 'Place Search' tab, go ahead and click on this item. Then when the page appears you will see 'Place', then type in Monroe Then click the 'Search' tab. When the page appears what you are going to get is every place named Monroe in the US and maybe even worldwide. Scroll down and find: Tennessee, Monroe and click on this item. The next page that will appear will list everything for Monroe Co., TN. that is in the LDS system. Scroll through and click on any item you wish to look at in that county. I clicked on the: Tennessee, Monroe-Vital records. When the page appeared I got a listing of Vital records for Monroe Co., TN. that is in the LDS system. I clicked on 'Marriage Records, 1838-1915, Monroe County, (Tennessee). County Clerk. And when the page appeared at the very top of the page was a 'View Film Notes' and I clicked on that item. The next page gave me a complete breakdown of the marriage records for Monroe Co., TN. thea are on microfilm in the LDS system. The benefit of doing this and finding this info is that now I have some kind of idea what records or or other records have been done for Monroe Co., TN. Now I'm not affiliated with the LDS Church, but one thing I do know is these folks have acquired a lot of info and it certainly doesn't hurt to know just what they have in the way of records. Also I can go to the Courthouse or Public Library and possibly check and see if they have any of these records. Now that I know what to look for it makes it much easier to find the info. Plus I can contact other Researchers and see if they have any of this info or know where it might be located. That's it. Richard