Hi Reg, How frustrating. Are there other Oakeley records in the Register? They may provide a clue to family. However it sounds as if the recorder couldn't remember and intended to check and add later and never did. Are the BTs as well as Parish Register? Sometimes an entry is more complete in one than the other. Another possibility is that this isn't the record you're looking for but an adult of that name returning to the CofE. Cheers, Cathy At 04:01 5/01/2005, you wrote: >Dear Listers, >I have rejoined the list after a break and would appreciate any clues >comments etc on what has been a brick wall for some time. I have traced my >Oakley lineage back to possibly a christening recorded at Oakley in 1734. >The Christening is in the register as "William Oakely The 23rd of >February". Adjacent records state details of parents etc in the usual >manner, but not in the case of William Oakely. Does anyone have any >explanations why this might have been the case? >Regards > Reg Oakley >"When I see an adult on a bicycle, I do not despair for the future of the >Human Race." >H.G. Wells.