Just a tip on the Illinois marriage records - it can be a timesaver to put
in say the first three letters of a bride or groom's surname (or however
many letters you are sure of) - that way you will get all the alternate
possible spellings. Takes some patience to wade through them but pure gold
is usually the result!
----- Original Message -----
From: <GraveNews2(a)aol.com>
To: <WAYNE_IN-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2000 6:03 AM
Subject: Illinois Marriages 1763-1900
Thanks Susie Whatley for this great site! Been waiting on it for a
long
time.
Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763–1900
An Ongoing Project of the Illinois State Archives &
the Illinois State Genealogical Society
http://www2.sos.state.il.us/cgi-bin/marriage
This project IS as it says, ongoing (incomplete). This Index takes
patience and fortitude. Similar spellings are not grouped together.
Exact
spelling as it appears in the record is required. A problem when one
has
found 17 variations of a surname spelling (and there may be others). Then
you have to check the surname for both bride and groom. Complain,
complain.
Just can't make everybody happy.
There is one for EARLY Indiana, but only to 1850, Complain, complain.
However, the records are more easily accessible.
http://www.statelib.lib.in.us/www/indiana/genealogy/mirr.html
Does anyone know of other state marriage records online? I need something
else to complain about. LOL
GraveNews2(a)aol.com