How sweet! Not quite like that, but I was raised in a devout Catholic home. My parents' wedding anniversary was Oct. 13th. When I started this madness I got the sacramental record from St. Carthage and the date was Oct. 22nd. Puzzled I asked my aunt who was happy to tell me my parents eloped and were first married by a JP just 8 days before having their marriage blessed! My eldest sister arrived well over a year later, so that wasn't it. They never told us and I had a hard time forgiving my aunt for telling their secret! Mary McCanney Finley ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Morris" <morrisind@rogers.com> To: "SEND MAIL LANCASHIRE" <lancsgen@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2014 10:25 AM Subject: [LAN] Family history No wonder some of us get strange looks when we want to talk about family history with our parents. Its been a number of years ago since my mom passed away, my dad had died over 20 years earlier. I remembered she would say to my wife Eileen "our Michael wants to know the ins and outs of a ducks backside". (she had a way with words) This was to shut me up. However, on the day of her funeral my sister knowing I was interested in the family history gave me some old family records, one of them was my parents wedding certificate. Not much to look at till I saw the date...................... it was dated a month after I was born. I burst out laughing. I know my mom , she would have been mortified if she knew I knew this. It still gives me a smile as I type this. All my best in your own funny moments. Mike Morris Toronto Canada :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: Buy or sell family research items on the GEN-MAT-UKI mailing list. No fees! The list's administrator can be contacted at LancsGen-admin@rootsweb.com :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LANCSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message