Hi Bob, Thank you so much! The copy is light and after looking at it again, it could be Siemas F. Dwyer, residence, Villa Rd., Schenectady so it must be the Villa Road Chapel. Thank you again! Kathy At 11:02 AM 10/26/2004 -0400, you wrote: > > I received a marriage document that indicates the bride and groom were > > married in the State of New York at Villa Road by a Thomas F. Dwyer, > > Minister of the Gospel. Can anyone tell me what the reference to >Villa > > Road is? Is that the name of a church??? The marriage occurred in >1899. > >Villa Road - which is not listed on my current city map - is described >in the 1899 city directory as running from Westinghouse Avenue south to >the NY Central Railroad. > >The only Thomas Dwyer listed then says "Saloon and house 440 South >Centre," but there is a Rev. S. F. Dwyer, "pastor Villa Road chapel, >house 33 Villa Road." > >The church listing in the directory includes "Villa Road Chapel, Villa >Road. Rev. T. F. Duryee, Pastor." > > > Where would I write to find out about an annullment? > >The county clerk's office has those records. > ><http://www.schenectadycountyclerk.com/> > >Bob Sullivan <rsullivan@sals.edu> >Schenectady County Public Library (NY) <http://www.scpl.org/> >Schenectady Digital History Archive ><http://www.schenectadyhistory.org/> > > >============================== >Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration >Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237