I have had a devil of a time finding marriages of certain couples. One would assume that for a couple to marry they must live near each other at some point or marry someone that lived near a friend, job or relative. I have one couple that married in 1905 at Epiphany near the bride's home in the East 20s but the groom lived on East 88th Street. Since brides particularly do not show up in the city directory as a single woman how have you found more difficult couples? I write to the surrounding parishes and more often than not it is a bust. Also many of the parishes are not so eager to look stuff up. Any tried and true suggestions? The lack of full compliance by the priests in the civil recording of weddings with the Health Department before 1908 has complicated the matter in 2007. Unfortunately, the 5 marriages I am seeking took place c. 1881, c.1886, c. 1890, c.1898 and c. 1900. None of these five show up on the IGG site marriage index. I have church certificates for several marriages that do not appear on the IGG site; 1878, 1881, 1882, 1892 and 1903.

When you send a request for lookup, do you also send along a donation? Frank Michelle and Kevin Cassidy wrote: >I have had a devil of a time finding marriages of certain couples. >One would assume that for a couple to marry they must live near each >other at some point or marry someone that lived near a friend, job or >relative. > >I have one couple that married in 1905 at Epiphany near the bride's >home in the East 20s but the groom lived on East 88th Street. Since >brides particularly do not show up in the city directory as a single >woman how have you found more difficult couples? I write to the >surrounding parishes and more often than not it is a bust. Also many >of the parishes are not so eager to look stuff up. Any tried and true >suggestions? > >The lack of full compliance by the priests in the civil recording of >weddings with the Health Department before 1908 has complicated the >matter in 2007. Unfortunately, the 5 marriages I am seeking took >place c. 1881, c.1886, c. 1890, c.1898 and c. 1900. None of these >five show up on the IGG site marriage index. I have church >certificates for several marriages that do not appear on the IGG >site; 1878, 1881, 1882, 1892 and 1903. > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRISH-NEW-YORK-CITY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > >