The beautiful bride is my grandmother Margaret, and the little flower girl is Mary, my grandfather's youngest sister.
Tracking down the county marriage record was no problem, but attempts to locate the church record have been unsuccessful. The church where my grandparents were married merged with another church and the records have been "archived". My plan was to wait a few years and then try again.
A few years has now turned in to 19. Time for me to get to work.
Tracing Your Catholic Ancestors
Used to be difficult, but now not so much
The next two links are PDFs (boo), but very interesting detail about how sacramental records are maintained:
Caring for Sacramental Records
Repair of Sacramental Records
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