Dear Friends, Yesterday I purchased a civil Manhattan Marriage Certificate for an Irish immigrant couple dated 14 April 1895. The form is printed in black ink as are the fill-in-the-blank facts handwritten. The marriage was performed by Rev James E. GOGGIN, pastor of St. Bernard Catholic Church [est 1868 as an Irish parish] at 328 W 14th St, New York, NY 10014---the "meatpacking district." On the form's list of details, the last item asks "Date of Entry" and stamped in blue ink it says "NOV 8 1895." This is the date that NYC processed the form; that's almost 7 months after the marriage was performed. Odd. Then stamped in the upper left is the date that NYC received it in the mail dated NOV 2, 1895. Then, under "State of New York" and above the area that begins "I hereby certify that..." where groom's then bride's names get hand scribed in is another stamped item in dark red ink. It says, in caps, "GRANTED NOVEMBER 6, 1895." Granted? I've never seen anything like this in 35+ years at this. At first I thought the red stamp indicated that the church granted an annulment to one of the marrying parties, but this was received by NYC on NOV 2. Does anyone have an explanation of the red stamp on this MC? Thanks ahead, Barb