Hi Diana On our marriage index the church is always the parish church listed, at that time Llanelli only had St Elli Llanelly parish church........pre 1837 everyone had to marry in the parish church you could not marry anywhere else..... Pauline ----- Original Message ----- From: "diana murray" <littlewarrenfarm@fletchingcommon.fsbusiness.co.uk> To: <CARMARTHENSHIRE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, July 23, 2005 7:36 PM Subject: [Cmn-L] Mary Banks/Mary Williams > Hello Pauline - I found Mary Banks on the 1861 census at Brun Coch > Berwick. She gave her birth place as Durham. Father William Banks aged > 55 from Llandilo Talybont and mother Mary aged 48. with other children. > No place of birth for Mary. I then looked at the marriages on the cd > and found a William Banks marrying an Ann Williams in Llanelli 27/5/1835. > It is the only Banks on the marriages that I cound around the right time. > Could you have a look at that marriage to see if it gives a church > please. Have you struck gold I ask myself! I could not find the > family in 1871. > > best wishes > diana > > > ==== CARMARTHENSHIRE Mailing List ==== > Wales Genealogy CD's for Wales research > http://www.Wales-Genealogy.co.uk >