Hi Katherine, Thanks for your response and in particular for informing me about the West Wales Historical Records. After a bit of googling I found that all 14 volumes are available on one CD from Parish Chest http://www.parishchest.com/ Presumably some other supplies will also sell the CD. Regards, Roy On Sat, Oct 10, 2009 at 9:52 PM, Katherine Hocking < km.hocking@btopenworld.com> wrote: > Hi, I would assume that both sets of parents gave consent because I have > seen entries which specify which of the partners in the marriage, is under > age and exactly who gave their consent. > The marriage bonds which I have only give the name of the persons getting > married, the parish where they live and where they intend to marry and the > names of the people who would be liable for paying the bond if the marriage > didn't take place. > On the rootsweb site there are a number of West Wales Historical Reviews > and Francis Green who edited the journals has copied most of the bonds. They > can be difficult to find because he didn't do all in one journal and > continued in subsequent volumes. I have found the bonds more by chance than > anything but someone may be able to tell you how to use the volumes in > order. > Katherine >