Or write to PAHRC and have them research the church marriage register. It will take some time, as there's always a backlog of requests (and will cost you a research fee), but they are thorough and precise. Claire K. On May 3, 2007, at 11:18 PM, John Hogg wrote: > And lots of luck getting St Charles to respond > > -----Original Message----- > From: philly-roots-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:philly-roots-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of John Cotshott > Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2007 8:23 PM > To: philly-roots-l@rootsweb.com > Subject: [Phly-Rts] Need some guidance w/minister's returns please. > > Several thoughts on the message below. > A long shot is that all the priest were transfered > before the the marriage took place. Check in the > directores one or two years before on after the mar- > rage to see if the priest name shows up. > > The second choice and most likley, which I have in my > family is that the priest was well liked by the bride. > He served in the parish for several and then was > transferred to another parish. He was asked back to > the parish to perform the marriage. > > John > > 1885 City Directory > Roman Catholic > St. Charles Borromeo > 20th c Christian > Rev. Nicholas J. Walsh, rector; > Rev. John T. Crowley, > Rev. Francis Dougherty, > Rev. James C. Wynne, aast. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "larzemail" <larzemail@yahoo.com> > To: "Philly-roots" <PHILLY-ROOTS@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2007 4:23 PM > Subject: [Phly-Rts] Need some guidance w/minister's > returns please. > > >> Today I was able to view the original marriage > register for my SEKEL > - >> FINNEGAN 1885 marriage which was almost illegible on > the film. When >> following up by looking for the minister's return, I > couldn't find > it. >> While I was there, no one available could help me > with this, so I'm > asking >> you all :) In the column providing the name of the > person > officiating is >> "St. Charles Borromeo". I looked under S, C, and B, > then scrolled > through >> most if not all of the Roman Catholic returns in > 1885 without > success. >> Where should I be looking please? This is a new > record to me - > thanks in >> advance for help! >> > > > > > ********* > Visit the threaded archives of this list: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/PHILLY-ROOTS > ********* > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PHILLY-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > ********* > Visit the threaded archives of this list: http:// > archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/PHILLY-ROOTS > ********* > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PHILLY-ROOTS- > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message Claire K seekay@comcast.net