Doreen, Thank you. I did this, and received excellent help. Do you know how I might go about locating the place and date of a marriage? I have James and Hannah Kay living at Top o' Meadows in in May, 1820, at the time of their son John's birth and baptism at Greenacres Cong. Chapel, Oldham. Subsequent seven children NOT born in Lancashire, although the family continues living in Oldham (Culvert) at least through 1840. James is listed as NOT born in Lancashire on the 1841 census; wife Hannah, WAS born in Lanc. They are between 40-44 yrs. old on the census, so born between 1897-1801. (Marriage 1815-1820) Do you have any clues as to how I might find their marriage record? Thanks in advance, Helen in Germany