I am adding this as a footnote to the discussion. Current marriage registers in the Episcopal church include the names of the bride and groom's parents in the parish records. I do not know if this is a universal church practice, but I would guess that it might be fairly common. So, if you know what church a marriage occurred in (if it wasn't a secular civil ceremony) that might have the parental information you seek. Jim Woods Ruth Sprowls <sprowls@ncweb.com> wrote: 1885 marriage record I located personally in the old book does NOT have parents names, - I think anywhere if either of the couple was underage then a consenting parent was listed. Ruth ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MDALLEGA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message --------------------------------- We won't tell. Get more on shows you hate to love (and love to hate): Yahoo! TV's Guilty Pleasures list.

I sent back to the Catholic church in Lonaconing to check a death record and they did not have that but they did have my ggparent's marriage record and it had the names of both sets of parents INCLUDING the maiden names for the women! It taugt me to always check the church records even if you do have a civil record of marriage, birth or death. You never know what gems may pop up. ~~C Sullivan Jim Woods <kayakrguy@yahoo.com> wrote: I am adding this as a footnote to the discussion. Current marriage registers in the Episcopal church include the names of the bride and groom's parents in the parish records. I do not know if this is a universal church practice, but I would guess that it might be fairly common. So, if you know what church a marriage occurred in (if it wasn't a secular civil ceremony) that might have the parental information you seek. Jim Woods Ruth Sprowls wrote: 1885 marriage record I located personally in the old book does NOT have parents names, - I think anywhere if either of the couple was underage then a consenting parent was listed. Ruth ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MDALLEGA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message --------------------------------- We won't tell. Get more on shows you hate to love (and love to hate): Yahoo! TV's Guilty Pleasures list. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MDALLEGA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message