I frequently use my Genealogical Research System (GRS) database to search marrieges from the early 1700's to shortly after 1850. These records have often "filled in the gaps" of families I am researching showing the County and State in which ther lived at the time. HOWEVER, these dates may well be the date of marriage application or Bond and not reflecting the actual marriage date. This I have discovered when examining the true document at a Court House. I have found, in some cases the Ministers return gave a diffrent date which was most probably correct. NOW, this may not be always accurate either as I have found a Ministers return with a preceeding YEAR (his error of course). One interesting document was a couple were married in a public road by a J.P. So, what is one to do. After a hundred years or so, it seems the logical thing is to accept the dates on the marriage license. In some cases the old family Bible may give conflicting date and these may be incorrect as well. HAPPY NEW YEAR Lee Hash . **************************************See AOL's top rated recipes (http://food.aol.com/top-rated-recipes?NCID=aoltop00030000000004)