>I do not know if they were married in Brooklyn or in Long Island City. The >groom lived in LIC but I have no idea where the bride lived. Brooklyn is a >possibility as that is where their children were born....actually in >Greenpoint. Elizabeth, There are marriage records for the City of Brooklyn beginning in 1866. I have not seen a Brooklyn certificate for the 1870s era, so I can't vouch for the contents. Manhattan certs as early as 1866 contained names of parents, but Brooklyn had different standards until 1898. (For instance, Brooklyn death certificates didn't include parental names until 1898.) Incidentally, when you ask a question like this it helps if you make it clear at the outset what county/borough you refer to. >Do you know if there is a grooms index for Brooklyn? I can't find a FHC listing for a Brooklyn groom index, but I've viewed indexes at the Municipal Archives that correspond to their Brooklyn marriage records. Patty

Sorry Patty, I thought I have made it clear all along that I am looking in both Kings and Queens Counties for a marriage records for my great grandparents, Jacob Frey and Franziska Schmitt. Unfortunately, I cannot use the FHC so I have to hope the Municipal Archives finds a record or one of the churches I have written to, in Queens and in Brooklyn, comes back with a positive answer. If all my responses are negatives, I am going to hire someone to double check the records for me. Elizabeth V. Cardinal evc1369@comcast.net