I have obtained the 1881 marriage registration of a relative. The marriage occured in the C of I church in the Parish of Drum, Co Monaghan. It lists the grooms fathers name and surname: Bob Smith. Rank or profession of father: Farmer. I have two questions. Would it be a safe bet to say that the grooms father was still living at the time of the marriage, since he was not identified as "late Bob Smith" and under the column heading rank or profession, "deceased"? I am wandering what the protocol would have been back then for the ministers/registrars if the grooms father were deceased at the time of the marriage. My second question is, where is the parish of Drum??? I have found a few online references to the parish of Drum, but there is no such parish on my parish map of Co Monaghan. I believe the village of Drum is in Currin parish, but where is Drum parish?? Dale _________________________________________________________________