Suzanne Weise wrote: > On Nov 28, 2007, at 3:12 AM, T.M. Sommers wrote: >> Suzanne Weise wrote: >> >>> I have recently found a marriage announcement in the Baltimore Sun >>> for Nov. 12, 1849 in which it is stated that Jose De J. XIQUES and >>> Susannah Grace LEWIS were married by "Mr. Hickey"--no other >>> information is given. I know that this is a question, perhaps too >>> far out on the limb, but would anyone perhaps know if this meant >>> that Mr. Hickey was a justice of the peace since no church was >>> mentioned? >> >> No. I've almost never seen a church mentioned in early marriage >> notices, or in the marriage indexes in the state archives, and civil >> marriages did not exist until 1963. You can look him up in Edna >> Kanely's _Directory of Maryland Ministers_, though. > > Thank you very much for the suggestion. Can you tell me where > I might > find this Directory as I am living in Massachusetts. You can find what libraries have a particular book by using Worldcat: http://www.worldcat.org/advancedsearch -- Thomas M. Sommers -- tms@nj.net -- AB2SB