Eileen, Either the parish secretary made an error in his/her search or the priest/secretary at the time forgot to enter it in the parish records.  They were human. Not a rare event but frustrating for us descendants. And I'm not suggesting it about your ancestors but sometimes the priest 'forgot' on purpose--if the bride was pregnant--to save her embarrassment.  I know from early 20c newspaper stories that this definitely occurred with civil registration but I can't be sure about church records. I found one story where a priest was threatened with jail if he didn't send the state his marriage records. He refused but I never found that he was jailed. Good luck--Virginia From: "Chapman@lists2.rootsweb.com" <Chapman@lists2.rootsweb.com>   . To add to the mystery, I have a marriage certificate for their wedding at St Bernard's church but when I called the church asking if they had the bride's address on file, they were very accommodating and spent quite a bit of time on the phone with me but could find no record of the marriage. Would love your thoughts on this mystery. Eileen