Hi All, Thankyou to Steve and Doreen for the info on Manchester Library. It was just the way I read it on the Library website "that copying from the parish registers is not allowed" but copies can be purchased afterwards using the order form downloadable from there. I thought it was strange, as I've been to Bolton and Bury libraries and found no such alike. Thanks again, Laura V. ----------------------------------------- Email provided by http://www.ntlhome.com/