Pat Lewis <carmodyp@bellsouth.net> said: >I have been able to find the marriage and baptism certs of my great >grandparents in Kanturk, Cork. And baptismal of grandmother there. >However, my Grandmother came to the USA in 1880's married my Grandfather >aprox. 1900-1901 but unable to find her marriage certificate, since the >area she lived in NYC, has moved church records to another church as yet >unfound, despite years (10) of searching. When applying for Irish citizenship, civil records are preferred over church records. See the following for NYC Civil Records of marriage. http://www.ci.nyc.ny.us/html/records/html/vitalrecords/home.shtml New York City, Department of Health, Bureau of Vital Records -dja