Thanks to members for the help I have received in tracing my G-granfather Joseph, born 1832 in Sunderland. Two "candidates" were found. Finally, Free BMD provided Joseph's marriage (we'd been searching there for 6 months!) and we could show that his father was Isaac, married to Ann Parramore. Isaac was serving in the 82nd Foot at the time, but we cannot find a record of the regiment being in Sunderland in 1832; so why was Joseph born there? John Fisher