The Lamar Genealogy Library is no longer at the campus of Paris Junior College it is The Lamar Co. Genealogical Society 1125 Bonham St. Paris, TX 75460 Phone 903-784-5020 There are some years of census records at Paris Junior College Library on microfiche, as well as some back issues of the Lamar County Echo, and the Paris News. There are some marriage record indexes there also on microfiche. There is cemetary lookup online at this website, with some of the info being obits along with info off the tombstone. _THE DEATH AND CEMETERY RECORDS OF LAMAR COUNTY, TEXAS_ (http://www.rootsweb.com/~txlamar/cemetery/1cemmain.htm) otherwise you need to contact the Lamar County Courthouse to get copies of birth/marriage/death certificate. You can get someone to do the searching for you, but yes, it does cost more than just what the certificate copy is. Marriage records ARE open to the public, but birth/death are not. There are some ORIGINAL marriage certificates at the Lamar County Genealogy Library that they will GIVE to an appropiate heir. You will need to contact them to find out exactly what you need to give them in documentation of heirship before you can have the marriage certificate. _Lamar County, TXGenWeb_ (http://gen.1starnet.com/) _Lamar County Genealogical Society Home Page_ (http://gen.1starnet.com/lamargen.htm) Any other questions, just email me and I will try to help......that goes for anyone. Debra, Paris, Texas