Hi Listers, Yesterday, I was looking at Dinah FRY, the daughter of James and Betty, who was baptized on 8th. September 1793 at Hanham, GLS. Dinah was three years old when she was baptized. A possible marriage for James and Betty could be that of bachelor, James FRY, and spinster, Betty COOL, who were married on 4th. September 1791 at Bitton, GLS. Both were of the parish. It looks like three-year-old Dinah, who was baptized in 1793, may have arrived before the marriage of her parents. After finding the marriage of James FRY and Betty COOL, I started looking for the baptism of Betty COOL. There are three baptisms for girls called Betty COOL in Hanham, which could be possible matches. These Hanham baptisms took place in 1761, 1766 and 1770. I'm ot sure which it was because, as we know, children weren't always babies when they were baptized. A clue could be the burial of Betty FRY, aged 90, on 26th. July 1853 at Christchurch, Hanham, GLS. Abode was Hanham. This burial can be found inthe South Gloucestershire Burial Index: http://www.bafhs.org.uk/burial-data/burial-index/catalog?search=Fry The trouble with burials, though, is that ages given at burial aren't always accurate, especially if the person was very old. If the age of 90 was right and this Betty FRY was born Betty COOL, then she would have been born c. 1763. However, I still don't know which Betty was the one who married James FRY in 1791. There is a thread, which includes the Hanham baptisms for Betty COOL, on rootschat. Here it is: http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,324954.0.html Does anyone have a link with Betty COOL, please? Josephine