This posting is now being sent in 2 parts as it was very long. Apologies. Hi Allan The people in your search were living in the time and the area in which non-conformist churches flourished. I suspect that this is why there is a dearth of baptismal entries for them as they may have been members of those rather than the established church. Only marriages and burials can be found as yet on FMP and Family Search. You were searching for Thomas BROUGH, a Miller. The following can be verified on FMP which shows the original documents: A Thomas BROUGH was baptised 16 Jul 1780 the son of Samuel & Mary BROUGH of Smallwood in the parish church of Astbury, near Congleton. A Thomas BROUGH, miller in Bollington, married Hannah BUXTON, widow, on 23 Jun 1828 in Saltersford-cum-Kettleshulme, Prestbury. The 1841 Census has a Thomas & Hannah BROUGH (both 64) + children Robert, Benjamin and Elias living at Five Ashes in Bollington where Thomas is a Miller. Hannah BROUGH of Bollington was bur 31 Aug 1845 aged 66. A Thomas BROUGH of Bollington was buried aged 67 in Christ Church, Macclesfield on 9 Feb 1847. These 4 Thomas BROUGHs could all be the same man. There are no other Thomas BROUGHs who are Millers found anywhere, and those figures stack up. If Thomas BROUGH was 48 when he married Hannah BUXTON it is likely that this is (at least) a second marriage for him and therefore it's possible that there are older children born to him. I was unable to find an earlier marriage for Thomas in Cheshire. But, for what it's worth, I'll mention one 'wild possibility' at the end of this mailing. [See Part 2}