Bernie: The CD consists of: B: Bishop of London's office, 1521-1828 D: Dean and Chapter of Westminster's Office (all taken) 1598-1699 F: Faculty Office of the Archbishop of Canterbury. 1543-1869 V: Vicar-General's Office of the Archbishop of Canterbury 1660-1679 I saw another notation saying that the Vicar Generals Books are the only ones in existance from 5 Jan 1520-7 Dec 1597 which is the first 18 years before the earliest parish registars. I find the CD wonderful. You can search by groom or bride surname in the index and then go to the page number listed. It also lists in the index along with the common usage of the name, the various ways of spelling the name so that you don't miss out on a name because of a slight letter differenceby having it appear some other place in the index. It lists their age, occupation, residence, and most times the name of the brides father even if he is no longer living. It gives the date and the place they intend to be married. Then it is followed by a letter denoting the book from which it was extracted. It took the man that did this work 20 years back in the 1860's and he was the first one that was allowed to copy ANYTHING from them. Before you might be able to look, if you had connections but were not allowed to take even notes on your own info. Much of it had to be traslated from Latin. I think it is well worth the money even though I don't think any of my names, known to me at this time, are listed. We never know who may show up. ;-) Jean