> Keith Darnell wrote: > > Hi Eve I have a marriage Cert in my hand where the fathers of both > > parties are not entered and I got the Cert because I wanted to find > > out who the mans father was regards There is always one! Although it could happen that both were illegitimate, the chances are that the local vicar just had a rooted objection to entering more information than he had before 1837. You do find these difficult chaps from time to time - have to wait till they die before the entries are properly made in the parish.