Look for an annulment for the first marriage. Today these are decided by a group of priests in Brooklyn. Perhaps if you contact the Brooklyn diocese office they can direct you to the correct office. I applied for an annulment in 1973 and everything was handled by my local Monsignor so I do not have the address. Wish I could be of more help. -----Original Message----- From: Pam Jeter <pjeter@psyber.com> To: IRISH-NEW-YORK-CITY-L@rootsweb.com <IRISH-NEW-YORK-CITY-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Friday, May 03, 2002 8:52 PM Subject: [IRISH-NYC] HELP!!! Irish Catholic Customs? >Okay, I hope someone can help me with these questions regarding Irish catholic customs...(I am pretty ignorant of the catholic religion) > >1.I have discovered that my grandmother, (who would never tell me a darn thing about her family!) was married once before by the justice of the peace in 1926. Supposedly she married my grandfather in 1927, but I have never found a married license or cert in any of the boroughs for my grandparents marriage. I have looked for a death cert for the first husband to no avail, but did find his previous wifes death cert. What I am wondering is if maybe she couldn't get a divorce as she was catholic and just pretended to be married...too far fetched? Just remember the aunt in "A TREE GROWS IN BROOKLYN", who continually married without divorcing. Anyone else have this come up? > >Okay next question (thanks for your patience) > >2. When a catholic person dies, would they have typically had a funeral at the church?, if so is there usually a record? And who could be buried in the church cemetery...any catholic? > >thanks for any advice >Pam Jeter >Researching: KING, McCUE, BRIDGEWOOD, MURPHY, O'CONNELL, SHANNON , McDONOUGH (Ireland>Brooklyn>NYC) > > >==== IRISH-NEW-YORK-CITY Mailing List ==== >Do you miss receiving MISSING LINKS and SOMEBODY'S LINKS? If so, >just subscribe to: >http://www.petuniapress.com/ > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >