Couples turn to family and friends ordained online to officiate their weddings Online ordinations for wedding ministers The percentage of couples asking either a friend or a family member to officiate their wedding is rising. NEW YORK - Kirby and Frank Russo met through friends, while in college at the University of Georgia, eight-plus years ago. Last July, "he just took me out to this cute little garden," Kirby said, "and popped the question. And then we went to brunch and celebrated." In the hours, days, weeks, and months following that brunch — among the litany of other wedding-plannin...