In a message dated 7/19/2004 8:36:37 PM Eastern Daylight Time, christiefox@prodigy.net writes: I did the same thing and when I phoned them they said there was no application on record....that the couple married in the church in a hurry and that the priest was supposed to submit the application but didn't. Al right is your couple born in a time when we can find them at home in the census? I admit to thinking my own thoughts in the first parts of this discussion [ie: when did my ggps die *G*] but now that the 1850 is all name indexed [with the usual holes and misses] that is a 40 year span we can catch people "at home" Eliz