I hadn't realised there were likely to be more 'midweek' marriages in the past either - interesting. Does anyone know whether this carries over into other life events like baptisms, or were they usually on a Sunday? As I understand it, if a baby was poorly and not expected to live, you might find a baptism marked as 'private' on the parish record, in which case the ceremony might have taken place at the home of the child on whichever day was convenient. I've noticed too that, rather than having each child baptised individually, some families did two or three on the same occasion. Is there any significance in that - cost? time off work? Jenny Cole _________________________________________________________________ Make a mini you and download it into Windows Live Messenger http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/111354029/direct/01/