Dear Donna, I tried to reply - thank you, hit send and the e-mail bounced right back.....does not make sense. At any rate, thank you for your suggestion - Frank Garesché WAS of French background and a Catholic who graduated from St. Mary's College in Baltimore, then went to CA in 1849. I have checked with Notre Dame des Victoires and they say they do not have his marriage. One of their granddaughters wrote that Clara was a convert, but I do not know if that happened before or after their wedding. I would still like to know about the Index as my date of 1855 for the marriage might not be quite accurate as their first child (of 12!) was born in 1858. Thank you for your time and trouble, Betty Torno St. Louis, MO