Is there anyone who has access to the Parish records for Leighton Buzzard who could look up a marriage for me? I have discovered a possible stray ancestor marrying there, as follows:- 1724 - John Twelvetree to Elizabeth Dawes In order to determine whether he belongs to my Twelftree/Twelvetree(s) family I need to know his parents or father's name and any other information that may have been recorded. I would be eternally grateful if anyone can help me with this problem. Carol Gill carol@cgill99.freeserve.co.uk Chatham, Kent, England, UK -- ---------------------------------------- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for private users. It has removed 17994 spam emails to date. Paying users do not have this message in their emails. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len

In message <EAENIAFANNKCKIHABGLBCEHPFDAA.carol@cgill99.freeserve.co.uk>, Carol Gill <carol@cgill99.freeserve.co.uk> writes >Is there anyone who has access to the Parish records for Leighton Buzzard >who could look up a marriage for me? I have discovered a possible stray >ancestor marrying there, as follows:- > >1724 - John Twelvetree to Elizabeth Dawes > >In order to determine whether he belongs to my Twelftree/Twelvetree(s) >family I need to know his parents or father's name and any other information >that may have been recorded. no such information is likely at that date - just the bare names, no witnesses even. (Unless, of course, he was son of the vicar, or the local gentry family). Luckily, with a name like that, you can try the IGI with some hope of finding at least a likely one, then checking that there is no other candiate and no other likely marriage for the one found. -- Eve McLaughlin Author of the McLaughlin Guides for family historians Secretary Bucks Genealogical Society