I have been transcribing & organizing some copies my sister & I got a few weeks ago from the WVU Library Archives for our KNAPP & DEWEES/e Family Reunion (Sunday, Sept 2 at Krodell Park in Point Pleasant). This is the only place that I know that has Mason County marriage bonds. We have found a few marriage consents - for underage feamales. We only looked for our family names, so I don't know how many of these survived. We found a signed receipt for a wolf bounty & several court cases. Most everything was from the 1820s. ~Sandi PS - I posted the url to the Lib archives pertaining to Mason County a few days ago on this list. ================= In a message dated 8/31/2007 11:55:26 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, BCordle413@aol.com writes: In a message dated 8/29/2007 10:26:16 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, mlmquilt@zoomnet.net writes: wvmason-l@rootsweb.com I was at the Mason County Courthouse in the late nineties. Their records appeared to be intact to me. They were very helpful with copying files for me. I requested the earliest recorded files. Most of them began in 1855. Bobbi Ann _http://wvaanne.com/_ (http://wvaanne.com/) WV Route 87 - Jackson & Mason Counties Art's List of Family Connections ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour