Hi Nick, > My question is: If the names of the parents appear on the list, does > that mean that they were present at the time of the marriage? Not necessarily but they were still the parents. > I have a couple, whose parents may have emigrated, but their names > appear on the certificate, as if they were present. The marriage cert. has nothing to do with who attended. You could think that they were present and if they were witmesses, you could definitely say they were there. Did the parents sign anywhere? regards, Maureen Kuzyk