Claire- Yes...I have the Old St. Joseph's records for this period also and my people ARE in there but under the original spelling of GEIGER. Among the records you will find the marriage of Adam GEIGER to Margaret HOPKINS, widow, that I referred to previously. All of the GEIGER entries are for my family which was part of the New Jersey Mission. In fact, it was the GEIGER (KIGER) House in Salem County where the Priest from Old St. Joseph's would come several times a year, and the Priest from Goshenhoppen, Berks County before that. The GEIGERs are in the Goshenhoppen Registers as early as 1744 with the Old St. Joseph records picking up about 1758 on up. The LINMEYERs were Protestants and their records are found in The Moravian Church at Oldman's Creek (Gloucester County). The only Catholic record (I now assume) that is NOT in the Old St. Joseph's records is this marriage performed by Rev. Philip Stafford which is the reason I wondered if anyone on the list knew anything more about him. Thanks! Joan In a message dated 5/14/2010 9:25:53 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, seekay@comcast.net writes: Hi Joan, I don't know this priest in particular, but at that time Old St. Joe's covered all of NJ as a mission, so priests from Old St. Joe's would ride the circuit ministering to Catholics in NJ. If that's the case here, the records should be at Old St. Joe's -- whose early records have been published (by ACHS), so you might find the marriage record that way. Or, just contact the Philadelphia Archdiocesan Historical Research Center -- see http://www.pahrc.net/ and see their Genealogy / What We Have page that has info on the published Old St. Joe records -- and ask them to search for the record. They may also be able to supply info on the priest. The bad news is, I have the printed index to baptisms and marriages for Old St. Joe's (baps 1758-1810, marr 1787-1836) and neither surname appears (i.e., no Linm---, no Kig--- entries) (but maybe they were missed or misindexed?). Maybe they came over to Philadelphia to be married in Old St. Mary's? According to THE HISTORY OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF PHILADELPHIA, in the early years, there was no clear parish boundary between Old St. Joe's and Old St. Mary's; the same source also says Carr (with whom you associate Stafford) founded St. Augustine's (obviously, an Augustinian parish, so a good place to look for an Augustinian priest), so that's another possible church to consult. The confusion re churches makes it all the more likely that PAHRC is the way to go, IMO. HTH Claire K.