Two days ago, I received the microfilm of my great-great grandparents' 1863 marriage in NYC from the Family History Library.  It contained more info than I expected and I thought I'd list it here as we are on the subject of NYC birth, marriage, death records. The image of the original record--not a transcription--contained: DATE--day, month, year--and place (Manhattan) of marriage GROOM's name, exact address, age, race, marital condition (single or widowed), place of birth (country only in this case; more specific in others I saw). BRIDE--all of the same info as for the groom BY WHOM MARRIED and his exact address.  This allowed me to research him on Ancestry and elsewhere.  I found him, a priest, and the name of his church.  The church was closed a long time ago but I was able to find the church now holding the records.  I called them first thing this morning. They were very nice and told me to email the details so they could look up the marriage for me and send the info. They did not ask for a donation but I will send one.  I'm hoping for more details such as the witnesses etc. It's worth noting that the records were very carefully written and as easy to read as if they were typewritten.  They are organized by year, tho two years might be lumped together. Within the year, they are listed by the letters of the alphabet under the groom's surname, and within each letter, they are listed by month of the year.  It was very, very easy to find my ancestors. I found the right microfilm to order by searching my ancestors' names on www.familysearch.org  Hope this helps.Virginia

these reels are to be returned to the Family History Library? And how do you read them? Linda On 4/20/2015 3:50 PM, VLB via wrote: > Two days ago, I received the microfilm of my great-great grandparents' 1863 marriage in NYC from the Family History Library. It contained more info than I expected and I thought I'd list it here as we are on the subject of NYC birth, marriage, death records. > The image of the original record--not a transcription--contained: > DATE--day, month, year--and place (Manhattan) of marriage > GROOM's name, exact address, age, race, marital condition (single or widowed), place of birth (country only in this case; more specific in others I saw). > BRIDE--all of the same info as for the groom > BY WHOM MARRIED and his exact address. This allowed me to research him on Ancestry and elsewhere. I found him, a priest, and the name of his church. The church was closed a long time ago but I was able to find the church now holding the records. I called them first thing this morning. They were very nice and told me to email the details so they could look up the marriage for me and send the info. They did not ask for a donation but I will send one. I'm hoping for more details such as the witnesses etc. > It's worth noting that the records were very carefully written and as easy to read as if they were typewritten. They are organized by year, tho two years might be lumped together. Within the year, they are listed by the letters of the alphabet under the groom's surname, and within each letter, they are listed by month of the year. It was very, very easy to find my ancestors. > I found the right microfilm to order by searching my ancestors' names on www.familysearch.org > Hope this helps.Virginia > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >

Virginia, You have an interesting point which I had not considered-that the marriage record would contain the name of the officiant, and the place. Until now, I have been unable to find Municipal records for those relatives I consider "problematic" due to lack of data, but perhaps I will be able to narrow it down once I can fill in some gaps. Then, as you said, I may get lucky with the parish registers. I want to throw it out there to the group: If you go to "Italiangen.org", they have a search engine that will allow you to search marriage records using either bride or groom, for New York City. It's worthwhile to read the page first, and find out if your relatives might be covered in that search engine, but it has helped me out quite a bit. Frances > Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2015 20:50:03 +0000 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [NYC-ROOTS] NYC marriage records-1860s-info they contain > From: [email protected] > > Two days ago, I received the microfilm of my great-great grandparents' 1863 marriage in NYC from the Family History Library. It contained more info than I expected and I thought I'd list it here as we are on the subject of NYC birth, marriage, death records. > The image of the original record--not a transcription--contained: > DATE--day, month, year--and place (Manhattan) of marriage > GROOM's name, exact address, age, race, marital condition (single or widowed), place of birth (country only in this case; more specific in others I saw). > BRIDE--all of the same info as for the groom > BY WHOM MARRIED and his exact address. This allowed me to research him on Ancestry and elsewhere. I found him, a priest, and the name of his church. The church was closed a long time ago but I was able to find the church now holding the records. I called them first thing this morning. They were very nice and told me to email the details so they could look up the marriage for me and send the info. They did not ask for a donation but I will send one. I'm hoping for more details such as the witnesses etc. > It's worth noting that the records were very carefully written and as easy to read as if they were typewritten. They are organized by year, tho two years might be lumped together. Within the year, they are listed by the letters of the alphabet under the groom's surname, and within each letter, they are listed by month of the year. It was very, very easy to find my ancestors. > I found the right microfilm to order by searching my ancestors' names on www.familysearch.org > Hope this helps.Virginia > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I love reading these stories. You are so lucky! Julie -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of VLB via Sent: Monday, April 20, 2015 3:50 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [NYC-ROOTS] NYC marriage records-1860s-info they contain Two days ago, I received the microfilm of my great-great grandparents' 1863 marriage in NYC from the Family History Library.  It contained more info than I expected and I thought I'd list it here as we are on the subject of NYC birth, marriage, death records. The image of the original record--not a transcription--contained: DATE--day, month, year--and place (Manhattan) of marriage GROOM's name, exact address, age, race, marital condition (single or widowed), place of birth (country only in this case; more specific in others I saw). BRIDE--all of the same info as for the groom BY WHOM MARRIED and his exact address.  This allowed me to research him on Ancestry and elsewhere.  I found him, a priest, and the name of his church.  The church was closed a long time ago but I was able to find the church now holding the records.  I called them first thing this morning. They were very nice and told me to email the details so they could look up the marriage for me and send the info. They did not ask for a donation but I will send one.  I'm hoping for more details such as the witnesses etc. It's worth noting that the records were very carefully written and as easy to read as if they were typewritten.  They are organized by year, tho two years might be lumped together. Within the year, they are listed by the letters of the alphabet under the groom's surname, and within each letter, they are listed by month of the year.  It was very, very easy to find my ancestors. I found the right microfilm to order by searching my ancestors' names on www.familysearch.org Hope this helps.Virginia ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message