Hi Nancy - I'll have a look when I go to the archives next week. Although, the baptism record won't hold as much information as a birth certificate. It will tell you the name of the child, parents names, sometimes it will give you an address or sometimes, just an area such as Coseley, and it will usually tell you the occupation of the father. Also, the date will be the baptism date and not the date of birth, although sometimes this is written in the record as well. Maggie ======================================== Message Received: Jun 14 2009, 01:49 PM From: "Nancy Averill" To: [email protected] Cc: Subject: [Black Country] Bishop's Transcripts of Christ Church Coseley Hi, I am looking help in finding the Christening Records from the Bishop's Transcripts of Christ Church Coseley for: Christening Record: LEWIS JAMES, he was born May 30, 1850, Bloomfield, Tipton. His father was THOMAS JAMES and mother MARY (WELSH, HALL). The IGI has a Christening C037861, Date 06/16/1850 Coseley In Sedgley, Staffordshire, England. SARAH ANN JAMES, IGS has a Christening C037861, 3/20/1853, Coseley in Sedgley, Staffordshire, same parents as above. Marriage Record: THOMAS JAMES, Bloomfield to MARY ANN (WELSH) HALL, widow of Bloomfield. Do the Church records carry more information than the Certificates from the GRO? I have the marriage Certificate for THOMAS & MARY and Birth Certificate for LEWIS JAMES from the GRO. The GRO makes it easy to order certificates but the Dudley Archives does not do it by credit card so it makes it difficult to order the information. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Nancy Averill USA ------------------------------------- The only List that specifically covers the whole of the Black Country. Run by Black Country folk who were born and still live in the area. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message http://thesaltfamily.tribalpages.com/ www.familytrails.net Researching : SALT, BARKLAM/BARTLAM, LOWE, JONES, RILEY, DEAN, SAUNDERS, BURBRIDGE, BURNS, BROWN, FOSTER, HUMPHRIES, STACKHOUSE, SCANLON, SHIRLEY, WEAVER, BENNETT