> I have a couple questions. First, if an Irish Catholic couple wanted to get married in about 1858 to 1863, would they have > to apply to the NYC civil authorities for a licence? > No, Roy---they wouldn't. > Second, where would church records be kept? > At the rectory office of the actual church where the marriage occurred, unless the church has closed down. If that has happened, the records would likely be kept at a closeby parish where they were transferred to when the original church closed down. > I was just at the local Mormon Family History Center and noticed that not many Irish are listed in city marriage records. > Thank you...........Roy Michel > Absolutely true----most Roman Catholics and their clergy, and the Irish in particular, did not report their marriages to the civil authorities...this was perhaps a holdover from practices followed back home in Ireland. Good luck, Jim Garrity -- James Garrity NYC Genealogy Research Service, Cemetery Research & Photography http://www.NYCgen.com http://www.JimGarrity.com E-mail: [email protected] Vice-President for Family History and Webmaster, New York Irish History Roundtable, http://www.irishnyhistory.org Member, Association of Professional Genealogists Member, Godfrey Memorial Library, http://www.godfrey.org