It's a long while since I've posted to the list but I've been reading all the traffic in the background for what must be the best part of ten years. I wonder if anyone has come across any baptism and marriage records for the GREENLY family in Hereford parishes pre-1700? I am trying to follow back a line from a John Greenly and his wife Ann Rawlinson. John and Ann were married at Hereford Cathedral in December 1746. They had 8 children between 1747 and 1767, all baptised at St, John Baptist. The first two were Edward and Mary. There is a baptism for a John GREENLY at St. Martins in August 1714. Initially, this struck me as a year or two early but the parents are Edward GREENLY and Mary. As those names were used for John's first children, I think that this is the John in question. John appears to be the first-born of at least 5 children so an approximate date for the birth of his father would be abt 1690. I have not yet located a baptism for Edward (nor his marriage to Mary) but I have found a baptism for a James GREENLY in 1692 to a Roger GREENLY and Ann, once again at St. Martins (the only pre 1700 record for any GREENLY in Hereford that I have found). The name Roger would suggest a connection back to Staunton on Arrow which is the only other location where this forename is found before the 1800s. However, Roger was not born there, nor married there. In that baptisms for this period on the IGI are a bit thin and none show up that help this particular puzzle, can anyone point me in the direction of another avenue of research? I am a very long way from Hereford and unable to get to the record office. Does the local FHS have these records available? Thanks in anticipation. David Matthews.