MARRIAGE RECORDS IN HIDING
A common question is “why can’t I find my ancestor’s birth/death/marriage certificate?” The answer to no birth or death certificate is generally simple. The State of Illinois did not MANDATE such records prior to 1916. After that it is a bigger issue and the subject of a different post. Marriage records were always required and yet many times they cannot be located. Obviously, they may not have gotten married where you think they got married. For Illinois marriages prior to…