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! >