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From: Joy Rich <>
Subject: Re: [Bklyn] Catholic Marriages-IGG Website
Date: Sun, 3 Apr 2005 19:33:00 -0700 (PDT)
In-Reply-To: 6667


The marriages in the IGG marriage database were copied from the indexes to marriage certificates issued by the Department of Health. It's possible that your grandparents registered their marriages with the City Clerk rather than with the Department of Health. From 1908-1937, couples could register their marriages with the Department of Health or the City Clerk or both.

City Clerk marriage records are not in the IGG database. The Municipal Archives has City Clerk licenses on microfilm through 1929 and indexes to City Clerk marriage licenses through 1951. Marriage licenses after 1929 are only available through the City Clerk's Office. See http://nycmarriagebureau.com/about/recordroom.html. Marriage licenses issued by the City Clerk fifty or more years ago can be obtained by anyone. There are three parts to the marriage record: the application (affidavit for license to marry) filed before the wedding, the marriage license filed after the wedding, and the marriage certificate.

Joy

wrote:
Hi List,

I have searched on the Italian Gen. Grp. website for the marriage
certificate numbers for both my maternal and paternal grandparents. I
have not been able to find the numbers for either set of grandparents,
though I do know for certain that they were married in Brooklyn in 1931
and 1930 - I have their marriage announcements from the newspaper. Both
sets of grandparents were married in the Catholic church. I have been
able to find the marriage cert #'s for other relatives on this site, but
they are relatives who were not Catholic.
I'm wondering whether it is just coincidence that the cert #'s that I
couldn't locate were for Catholic marriages or whether Catholic marriages
are not included on this site for some reason.

Thank You!

Cathy


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