In a message dated 10/07/2004 22:23:17 GMT Daylight Time, sheila.titcombe@virgin.net writes: My ancestor William Miles married Elizabeth Reynolds in the "parish church in the parish of Sunderland" on 20 November 1859, witnesses Thomas Smith and Elizabeth Colling Miles. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>... The parish church of Sunderland was Holy Trinity, opened in 1719, Tyne and Wear Archive Service have the baptism records on microfilm, see http://www.thenortheast.com/archives/ "William was a "rigger" so I presume he must have gone away to sea at times." Not necessarily, riggers were also employed in shipbuilding, the major industry in Sunderland. Regards Stan Mapstone www.mapstone.org