Hi Folks, I still need help with the subject birth record. As expected, I have found numerous births of a Thomas Evans, Newcastle-Emlyn for an appropriate time period but feel I would upset the trade balance if I ordered them all. I also did not find him in the non-conformist parish registers. As a non-UK citizen I haven't found a way to get into the BT's where I think he should be found. If anyone can tell me of a way to access these records the rest of this request is moot. I know for certain that his father was Benjamin, laborer (Thomas' Marriage Certificate), that he was born in Llandyfriog, and the year 1838 is fairly close based on several census records. Pauline Jones has helped me locate a marriage between Benjamin and Rebeccah Jones in 1829 which is suspiciously accurate (Thomas named a daughter Rebecca), but I don't feel comfortable accepting this until I can place Thomas in that family. My quandary is this: I cannot place him in a family in the 1841, 1851 and 1861 censuses, he married in 1870 and is positively documented after that, except actual date of death where I have the same problem with the death certificate (Monmouthshire) as I have the birth certificate. In 1861 I believe I have him together with Benjamin and two siblings (Benjamin and Rachel) in Monmouthshire, all listed as lodgers. The siblings are indicated to be the children of Benjamin, Thomas is not. I found Rebecca and daughter Mary with Mary's son in Adpar in that census, so I assume that the family was temporarily separated. I found record of a Bidding Letter at NLW requesting wedding gifts in the 1830 collection and learned of a new custom. Should this marriage prove out, is there a way to get a copy of the letter? Any help or suggestions are welcome and appreciated. Howard Evans Billings, MT USA