Cate, Thank you and St. Anthony. What a quick response!!! I'll print out your email and see what it leads. Very interesting. Lots of great information. Jan -----Original Message----- From: Cate Schweitzer-Toepfer Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2012 5:50 PM To: laorlean@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [LAORLEAN] Second Justice of the Peace question Jan, I think I found your reverend and church name in the NO 1870 City Directory on Fold3 ... and yes I said my St. Anthony prayer before searching. Now you'll see he can be a powerful intercessor ... even if the target isn't Catholic! Cate ;-} City Directory - New Orleans - 1870 (can't find the publisher information ... volume starts on page 32) page 257 Goodwyn, Philo. M. Rev. pastor, Cadiz St. Methodist Church, r. Cadiz, between Laurel and Jersey, Jefferson Now for my two cents... - Cadiz and Laurel are still street in NO, Jersey is probably now Annunciation St. (check NOPL web site) - I checked Google and it is Annunciation. - Jefferson refers to the city of Jefferson which is now a part of NO (also check Library and our friend Norm H. the map and church expert) - don't know anything about the Methodist Church records, perhaps Norm can give some insight. Now at 1201 Cadiz is a church call the Historic St. Peter African Methodist Episcopal Church. - do know not all " religious officiants" were diligent in returning papers to the courts (I have some I could never find service returns on), but I don't think there was strict accountability of the documents or nullification of marriages for lack of paper work returns. Hope this helps. C. -----Original Message----- From: Jan Delgehausen Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2012 3:37 PM To: laorlean@rootsweb.com Subject: [LAORLEAN] Second Justice of the Peace question Recently, I ordered an Orleans Parish Marriage from the Justice of the Peace Index, dated 22 Nov 1870, VEC 678; pg. 355 It contained the information I was seeking. However, at the bottom of the document was a paragraph I have never seen before on any other Justice of the Peace marriage record.... and I have a few. It read: “The State of Louisiana, Parish of Orleans----City of new Orleans. License is hereby granted to the Rev’d (cannot read his name—may be P. M. Gordinn?) or any other person authorized by law to join in the Bonds of Matrimony (groom’s name) and (bride’s name) on complying with the legal Formalities; and he is required by law to return to this Court within thirty days a Certificate of the Celebration of Marriage hereby authorized, signed by himself, by the parties and three witnesses.” If there is a certificate with this information, where would I find it? I invite comments. Thanks to each of you, for your generous lookups, information and ideas, and discussions of all things New Orleans. Jan Delgehausen Baton Rouge, Louisiana ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LAORLEAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LAORLEAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message