I am searching for a Texas marriage record for Richard S. Seely (widower) and Mrs. Julia America Davis (widow), who might have married from late 1865 to early 1871. A search of Texas marriage records on Ancestry.com does reveal the record, but I downloaded a spreadsheet from Ancestry.com for all the Texas counties and the years for which they have records. There are 205 Texas counties (80%) that do not include the full date range of possibilities for the Seely/Davis marriage. I thought that the couple would have married in the counties where each of them were known to have lived, but perhaps they married in a neighboring county. Seely was an Episcopalian priest, a missionary to Texas, from 1860 until 1871.  Nearly all of his ministry was within Washington and Robertson Counties. In 1870, he moved to Polk County, and died in Woodville, Feb 1871. The couple could have been married by one of his fellow ministers - and that could account for them not being married in Robertson County, where their one son was likely born. (Each had children from first marriages.) These are the counties I have identified as Likely: Brazos, Leon, Limestone, Milam, Polk**, Robertson*, San Jacinto, Trinity, Walker, and Washington.These are the counties I have identified as Not as Likely: Falls**, Fayette**, Gonzales***, Red River*, Wilson**. *Marriage records available in Ancestry.com for the time period, but there is no record for Seely/Davis.**Phone county clerk's office, no marriage record for Seely/Davis - these may need to be searched in person to be certain.***Visited county clerk's office, no marriage record for Seely/Davis If you are able to help me search one or more of the Likely counties, please contact me off-list and let me know your availability and fees.  I have not ordered marriage records from the FHL for the likely counties - maybe that should be a next step. Would you order all likely counties or just a couple of counties at a time? If you have more ideas on how to figure this out, I am interested to hear from you. Daryl Johanson