looking for my grand fathers wedding church (New York, York: neighborhood, office)

[delta5ply10]

my grandfather married sara cooper in 1888 his name was john steppe on may 23 1888 the only thing missing is the church if there is anyone out there please help

[Bremsstrahlung]

Can you tell us where? Like, maybe a borough or neighborhood? What kind of church (Catholic, Presbyterian, etc)?

[SeventhFloor]

Start here:

Department of Records - Municipal Archives

[Taxi guy]

This is a nice Italian genealogical site that offers free searches of NYC grooms. You do not have to be Italian to use it. NYC Grooms Records Index

[Harlem resident]

Ancestry.com has a lot of the newspapers.

[delta5ply10]

Originally Posted by Bremsstrahlung

Can you tell us where? Like, maybe a borough or neighborhood? What kind of church (Catholic, Presbyterian, etc)?

catholic came from germany born 1867 settled somewhere in upper manhattan thanks

[mc33433]

From the City Clerk's Office website (http://www.cityclerk.nyc.gov/html/ma.../records.shtml):


Marriage Records Older than 50 Years

• A Marriage Record older than 50 years from today's date is considered a historic record and is available to the general public.
• You may request a Marriage Record that is older than 50 years either by mail as described above or by visiting our Record Room Division in our Manhattan office with the appropriate fee.

[Bremsstrahlung]

Originally Posted by delta5ply10

catholic came from germany born 1867 settled somewhere in upper manhattan thanks

Go to this link, fill in as much information as you can:

NYC Department of Records - Marriage Before 1930, Request a Search and Certified Copy Online

The required information is:

Groom's last name
Bride's last name
Year of marriage
Place of marriage

[suzy_q2010]

Most government marriage records do not include the name of the church. Since you have the exact date, you could look for a newspaper announcement.

Genealogical Research at The New York Public Library | The New York Public Library

The library might be able to direct you to the best place to find records of Catholic churches serving German congregations, too.

[citylove101]

Maybe you can get a clue from this story about German Catholic churches in the Yorkville section of the Upper East Side:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/19/ny...anted=all&_r=0