As a very new Catholic this is my uptake, I'm sure there will be someone who will know for sure though... Pre Vatican 2 marrying a non Catholic was a big no-no, My grandmother was ex-communicated for it. Since Vatican 2 marriage to a non catholic can happen in a Catholic church, or if in another church the Catholic must apply to their Parish Priest to have the marriage recognised, you can even have a Priest or Deacon at the non Catholic Church to say a few words. I think a registry office marrage is still not recognised though. As a divorcee it was actually easier for me to marry my hubby in a Catholic church than an Anglican Church. Everyone received into the Catholic Church is entered into the Parish's baptism book, and I know that when I went through the RCIA programme there was a seperate book too, I'm not sure how you'd go about finding out though as the RC church seems to very difficult to obtain records from for family history. I'm after some records that are proving impossible to get hold of even with my Priests help. HTH Jan .................David Allan" <davidm.allan@ntlworld.com> wrote.... As I understand it, as a Catholic, if you marry in an Anglican church, the marriage is not recognised as such and you are effectively 'living in sin'. This is not some archaic situation... this is actually how it still works today! If such a marriage were to end with divorce, the Catholic would still be free to marry in a Catholic church, because as far as the Catholic church is concerned, they were never married in the first place! I reckon that my great grandmother must have been overflowing with guilt. <snip> What I really need to know is whether there is anywhere that holds records of people who have become converts to Roman Catholicism? Has anyone else tried to follow up similar lines of research?.............................