Hi Alan, You have a good point there, and I hadn't actually thought of it. But I do recall on numerous occasions whilst going through microfilms that the same name often appeared as a witness to numerous marriages. This is usually when that person is a warden of the church or something similar. I will keep it in mind. Thanks, Deirdre Blunt -------Original Message------- From: Alan Nelson Date: 06/30/10 16:21:04 To: deird@optusnet.com.au Subject: Re: [CORNISH-GEN] Re George THOMAS Witnesses names should be treated with a degree of caution as not every family could write and usually witnesses were those who could write All you have to do is to check marriages in the same era to see how often names crop up and they cannot be related to everyone ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eugene & Deirdre Blunt" <> To: <CORNISH-GEN@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 2010 6:47 AM Subject: [CORNISH-GEN] Re George THOMAS > > I'm trying to find information on George Thomas, of Truro. His daughter, > Ann Thomas, married Captain Thomas Le Breton in 1806 in Truro. Witnesses > at > the marriage were Mary A Thomas, E Thomas and a P Thomas. >