death lines aren't so handy when a person's married. have you tried having a look at the Aynsleys living in Norham during the 1841 & 1851 censuses - using all the different spelling combinations you can think of! if you've an ancestry.com sub it might be worth having a look at what Aynsleys were living in the area at the tiem. some of them at least have to be related to your Ann. i'm not suggesting you join, but you could take out a free trial then cut it before it's up. Also, Linda Bankier, the Council archivist for Berwick and north NBL may be able to check out the OPRs and get the wedding. i haven;t followed the whole thread but i gather she was married before the 1841. did she marry in Norham do you think? if she says she was from Norham and you've got a pretty good idea of the year of her birth from her census returns, Linda would look at the OPR for that year and one on either side. once she finds that she;ll have the parents and can then track down the siblings. you'd want to asm yourself with a few questions so as to make the lookups worthwhile as it'll cost you by the hour. she's very helpful but it does take time as she;s got a huge amount on her plate so be prepared for a wait. just a thought :-) Postal address: Berwick-upon-Tweed Record Office Council Offices Wallace Green Berwick-upon-Tweed Northumberland TD15 1ED Telephone no: 01289 301865 E-mail: lb@berwick-upon-tweed.gov.uk Web address: www.northumberland.gov.uk le durachd :-) fionnghal ___________________________________________________________ New Yahoo! Mail is the ultimate force in competitive emailing. Find out more at the Yahoo! Mail Championships. Plus: play games and win prizes. http://uk.rd.yahoo.com/evt=44106/*http://mail.yahoo.net/uk

Hello fionnghal thanks very much for the suggestion I do have a subscription to ancestry and am in the process of sorting out all the Aynsley families in Norham - not an easy task with all the spelling errors. I will finish that task before contacting the Berwick office, but thanks for the contact information. By the way what does OPR mean? I have the transcript of the marriage of Ann AYNSLEY to John JEFFREY 4 Dec 1835 in Mordington - it does not name their parents. Thanks again Heather fionnghal nicphadraig wrote: > have you tried having a look at the Aynsleys living in > Norham during the 1841 & 1851 censuses - using all the > different spelling combinations you can think of! >