http://www.afgs.org/ this is the website of the American French Genealogy Society located in Woonsocket RI. If you are able to get there, you can search for yourself through the many record books they have there. If you are not able to go, you can ask the society to do the research for you. If this is strictly do it yourself, you could try the surrounding towns of Pawtucket, RI. Attleboro, MA. Manville is a village of Lincoln. Central Falls was part of Lincoln until 1895. Another possibility - could they have gone back to NY where Philomene was born? If you don't think they would have done that, look at the churches where their first few children were born. Were they all at the same place? If you can get the baptism records of these children from the church, it might possibly mention where the parents were married. Another book they have at AFGS published by Quintin is Early American Franco American Marriages of RI. Something else that might help at the AFGS is Franco-American marriages of Rhode Island that are included in the unpublished Forget Files, by Dr. Ulysse Forget, M.D Do you have their obituaries? Depending on when they died, the obits might mention where they were married. Look in the french newspapers at the Woonsocket public library. they are too late for for their marriage announcement, but maybe you would find something in their for a big anniversary if they were married that long - 25, 30, 50? La Tribune: 1/02/1896-12/31/1934. Dates that are not available: 1/01/1912-6/30/1912. L'Independent: 2/04/1935-4/04/1942. La Sentinelle: 4/04/1924-12/27/1928. Le Progress: 6/24/1898-12/31/1919. Lisa [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dot Schulz" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Cc: "Emil Schulz" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, August 03, 2007 10:04 PM Subject: [RIGENWEB] Missing Marriage Record LEVESQUE/BELL | I'm trying to help my sister-in-law find a marriage record for her | grandparents. We have found their census reports in R.I. for 1910, 1920, | and 1930. We have found her grandfather's naturalization papers which state | he came to the U.S. from Canada in September of 1880 by way of Lowell, Mass. | and then R.I. when he was 11 years old. He was living in Lincoln, R.I. | when he applied for citizenship at age 21. His name is ELISEE LEVESQUE, | born July 30, 1869 in Canada. His wife's name is PHILOMENE BELL, born | 1862-1863 in New York state. They were married about 1887. | | My sister-in-law has contacted the Woonsocket town clerk but they had no | records but told her to contact the Central Falls clerk, which she did. | They have records for Lincoln and Manville (where three of their sons were | born). Unfortunately, Elisee and Philomene's marriage record was not to be | found. | | Does anyone have any other suggestions to find an elusive marriage record in | R.I.? Thanks for your help! |