Michele, You are right on both counts - the book looks complete and it is frustrating! Maybe they did go to a neighboring county or the date and place came from a family bible or another source. Good luck! Patty On Wed, Nov 7, 2012 at 11:45 AM, Michele Lewis <ancestoring@gmail.com>wrote: > Well, it is the whole marriage book for that time period. The front cover > is photographed as well as every page in that book. If there was anything > missing, it would have to be an entire book or possibly loose papers that > fell out of the book. The marriage books that have been microfilmed are > > 1. Wilkes County Marriage Book, 1806 - 1834 > 2. Wilkes County Marriage Book, 1832 - 1856 > 3. Wilkes County Marriage Book, 1856 - 1867 > 4. Wilkes County Marriage Book, 1867 - 1871 > 5. Wilkes County Marriage Book, 1871 - 1875 > 6. Wilkes County Marriage Book, 1874 - 1882 > 7. Wilkes County Marriage Book, 1882 - 1902 > 8. Wilkes County Marriage Book, African American, 1875 - 1878 > 9. Wilkes County Marriage Book, African American, 1882 - 1891 > 10. Wilkes County Marriage Book, African American, 1891 - 1905 > 11. Wilkes County Marriage Book, African-American, 1876 - 1882 > > The set looks pretty complete. Each book is hand indexed (by the clerk in > the front of the book) but that is always a bit iffy so if I can't find a > marriage I look through the pages. > > > Michele > > > > From: Patricia McIntyre [mailto:linked2ancestors@gmail.com] > Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2012 1:39 PM > To: Michele Lewis > Cc: TGF Mailing List > Subject: Re: [TGF] Frustrating! > > Michele, > > Are you sure all of the records have been digitized for that county and put > online? I know that sometimes they are put up as they become available and > it is not a complete set. > > Patty McIntyre > Linked2Ancestors > On Wed, Nov 7, 2012 at 11:16 AM, Michele Lewis <ancestoring@gmail.com> > wrote: > An LDS member submitted a Patron Ordinance Submission sheet in 1986 with > the > marriage of Calvin Lewis to Emily Miles, 11 Nov 1847 in Wilkes County, GA. > Her source for the information is "Marriage Records of Wilks [sic] CO, GA" > I have a copy of the sheet from microfilm. > > Digital images from microfilm of the Wilkes County marriage books are > online > at Georgia's Virtual Vault. Calvin is not listed in the index. I hand > searched through the pages covering 1847 with many pages before and after > just in case but I can't find it. > > On the Patron Ordinance Submission sheet, there are 3 marriages listed. > The > first one is in a different marriage book and I found it with no problem. > The other two would be in the same marriage book and I could find neither. > > What is interesting is Calvin was from Columbia County as was Emily. It is > a bit odd for them to have gone to Wilkes to get married but not impossible > since Wilkes is the next county north. I checked the Columbia County > marriage books (digital images of microfilm) and that was negative too. > > I tried to track down the submitter but I had no luck there. If she is > still living, she doesn't live at the address listed on the sheet. > > So now I have an exact date for a marriage but no good source to go with > it. > > > Michele > > The Transitional Genealogists List was created to provide a supportive > environment for genealogists to learn best practices as they transition to > professional level work. Please respect the kind intentions of this list. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TRANSITIONAL-GENEALOGISTS-FORUM-request@rootsweb.com with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >