Where do I go to search for marriage records in Columbia, Ohio (or White Hall, Ohio) everywhere I go it says free then when you get into it you have to pay. Can someone give me an email address on where to go. I am trying to find my William White's parents. His mother was born in Ohio. An aunt said he went back to where he came from and that was White Hall. Help if you can. Thanks Winnie

This is one of the common ways we are misled by some genealogy websites. Often all you get "free" is the address where you send the $$$ to order the records you want. The address is "free" (duh) but the records are not. Or sometimes the "free" records are just a handful of records submitted by a researcher who acquired these few while researching their own family. If anyone knows of a good source for Ohio records I hope they will post it. I haven't had very much success. I have had to pay for everything but the State office was reasonably prompt with Death Certificates. Also I think Ohio has more restrictions on who can get the information than some States. I guess they're just being more carful about identity theft. My Whites were not in Ohio so I can't help with anyone's Ohio Whites. Karen Illinois