Hi Chris, St Mary's Cathedral Archives may be able to help identify the church. http://www.sydneycatholic.org/about/archives.shtml Your comment about being married in the Vestry of the Church is quite interesting - it was a common practice when one party was not Catholic for the marriage to take place "out the back". The nearest church I was able to find was St Columba's at Yeoval, which is about 60km from Parkes; perhaps the priest was a travelling circuit-priest and the marriage was registered at Parkes but took place elsewhere? Cheers Trish Nowra NSW > I have a copy of the Certificate but even that doesn't help > because it doesn't have Place of Birth or Age or Parents names. And the > Church that it has they were married at was never in Parkes. > Married in the Vestry of St Columba's Church, According to Rites & > Ceremonies of the Church of Rome > > Minister M Campion. > Chris

The comment about marrying in the vestry definitely indicates that one party was not RC At that time - and later - that was the rule, no marrying in the church itself unless both parties were RC -----Original Message----- From: symonds3 Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2012 11:04 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AUS-NSW] Catholic Church Registers Hi Chris, St Mary's Cathedral Archives may be able to help identify the church. http://www.sydneycatholic.org/about/archives.shtml Your comment about being married in the Vestry of the Church is quite interesting - it was a common practice when one party was not Catholic for the marriage to take place "out the back".