Jan, It appears from the online catalog for the LDS Family History Library at FamilySearch that the they also have copies of the microfilms. You can rent them at your local LDS Family History Center for a nominal fee. ======================================== Parish registers of St. Mary's Church, Stockport, 1584-1901 Church of England. St. Mary's Church (Stockport, Cheshire) (Main Author) ... Baptisms, Mar. 1835-June 1877. - FHL BRITISH Film [ 2146001 ] ======================================== However, I would think the birth registration record would be more desirable, because the baptismal record may not give the date of birth. This record in FreeBMD appears to be your John SPELLMAN. You can purchase one from the GRO-E (http://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificate/index.asp#0) for UK£7.00 and they do accept credit cards. ======================================= Births Jun 1870 Spellman John Edward Stockport 8a 67 ======================================= At 06:01 AM 6/4/2006, you wrote: >From: "Jan Fortado" <janfortado@comcast.net> >To: ENG-LAN-BOLTON-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Questioin on research at the Lancashire record office > >I live in the US and am looking for only one >possible record from the old St. Mary's in >Heaton Norris, Stockport. Apparently the older >records are kept at the record office, not the church. > >I was told that the Reference MF for St. Mary's >christening and marriage records is 1/219-220. >The office does not do research. If I ask an >individual to do research, they usually don't >accept credit cards, and I have not British sterling on hand to send. > >Can someone please suggest how I go about >checking to at the record office to see if there >was a baptismal record for John Spellman/Spelman >who was born in the parish of St. Mary's in June >1870? (He might not have been baptized there, >but he was not baptized at the other two >churches in Stockport - St. Joseph's or Our >Lady's.) Since the family was living for that >year on a street that was in St. Mary's parish, >I thought it would make sense to check those parish records for my grandfather. > >Any suggestions truly appreciated. > >Jan