Adrian, it is definitely not HICKSTOCK but PICKSTOCK. Compare the initial letter with a marriage in the opposite column on 5 Septem between William Pinnington and Jane Plant. It looks as though the transcriber of the PR to BT first wrote Isac PICKSTOCK then realised he needed a second 'a' in Isaac's name and overwrote it thereby crashing into the last name. The tail of the letter 'P' can clearly be seen. The LDS transcriber has then made an error. This doesn't help you find the PR though. A short emailed request to Cheshire RO might result in you finding out what has happened to the PR - if it is still in existence - and, if the register is with them in their archive, an archivist may do a look-up for you too. Ruth

Oh *well* *done* Ruth. I'd blown up the image and was looking for another "P" but not finding any. Maybe there are, further up or down the page. Of course, working that close, I'd forgotten there was a left-hand column! Many thanks for that.... Which leaves me with wondering just who the father, Isaac PICKSTOCK, is. There aren't many Isaac Pickstocks in Cheshire and the only candidates are firmly in Northwich in 1796. I'm suspicious that in fact this is really Isaac PICKSTONE - someone of that name is buried in Cheadle in 1813, aged 58. Adrian ________________________________ From: Ruth J [mailto:ruthgenda@btinternet.com] Sent: 21 December 2013 09:33 To: Cheshire; abruce@madasafish.com Subject: Cheadle Parish Registers and FS / FMP Adrian, it is definitely not HICKSTOCK but PICKSTOCK. Compare the initial letter with a marriage in the opposite column on 5 Septem between William Pinnington and Jane Plant. It looks as though the transcriber of the PR to BT first wrote Isac PICKSTOCK then realised he needed a second 'a' in Isaac's name and overwrote it thereby crashing into the last name. The tail of the letter 'P' can clearly be seen. The LDS transcriber has then made an error. This doesn't help you find the PR though. A short emailed request to Cheshire RO might result in you finding out what has happened to the PR - if it is still in existence - and, if the register is with them in their archive, an archivist may do a look-up for you too. Ruth