Thank you to David Parker for all that lovely info about baptisms, which I've now squirrelled away. Here's another question someone might be able to answer: in Victorian times, how would someone go on if they had married, had children, and then taken up with a second 'wife'. I can find no sign of divorce or remarriage, and yet all the children from the second marriage were baptised. Wouldn't there have been awkward questions asked about the parents being married? I thought there was a terrible stigma attached to 'living in sin' which subsequently visited itself upon any children. He and the second 'Mrs' actually moved from London to the Isle of Wight in time for their first child to be born, so perhaps they got away with having to explain too much. I'm away for a couple of weeks now, but would love to hear any thoughts on this, as it's a great puzzle in our family. We thought we were all totally respectable until I began my family history! Jenny Cole _________________________________________________________________ Make a mini you and download it into Windows Live Messenger http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/111354029/direct/01/