Good day and Season's Greetings... From my gggrandfather James Coughlin's Civil War service record, I know that he and his bride Anna Hennehan were also married at St John's in Worcester by F. Boyce. Does the Worcester dioceses have other marriage records (baptismal, death, etc)? How does one get access? Dick Brown Ft Leavenworth, KS -----Original Message----- From: GENTRIE@aol.com [mailto:GENTRIE@aol.com] Sent: Monday, December 09, 2002 09:14 To: MAWORCES-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [MAWORCES] McNamara Hal, There were McNamara in the area < 1850. Alexander McNamara married Anne Clarke on Jan. 7, 1848. On that same day F. Donahoe married Ellen Dooley. Either Fr. Gibson or (more likely) the co-pastor at St John's (Worcester), Fr Boyce officiated. On April 8, 1849 James McNamara married Bridget Doe (same Church). This was just after Lent so there was a number of marriages on that date: John Cummins to Catherine Flemming; James O'Brien to Anne Smith; Jerry Wilalhm to Sophia Fey or Fay. I have looked for McNamara children being born to James in Worcester in the years that followed their union & found none. I don't think this couple resided in Worcester, perhaps Westboro? Female McNamara's married by the Catholic Church (Fr. Gibson @ St. John's) <1850 in the area are. 4/21/1845 Michael Canarey to Margret McNamara (no others that day) and on 6/8/1849 Edmund Barnet to Mary McNamara (no others that day). Let us know if this helps, John ==== MAWORCES Mailing List ==== Need to UNsub for vacation or summer?? Forget How to UN sub??? http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/MA/worcester.html