Peter, Thanks for your reply. I have been using the LAN-OPC site for quite some time but I have been going to the parish list by using the Search option from the home page. When you do this and select Ashton and Makerfield, christenings start from 1765 for some reason. I see that doing it your way produces a lot of results that I have been missing so thanks for the suggestion. Tom --- Peter Wood <st.peter@paradise.net.nz> wrote: > Hello Tom > > Are you aware of the LAN-OPC site for Ashton-in-Makerfield? If not, > go to > the home page at > <http://www.lan-opc.org.uk/Ashton-in-Makerfield/index.html> > and follow the Contents link to St Thomas then Baptisms. There is > complete > coverage from 1698-1812 and 1828-1844. You don't give the child's > parents > names, but there is a baptism of an Elizabeth Winstanley dr of > James born > 12 July 1854, which is approximately 1755. > > Regards > Peter Wood > > > ~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~ > > Except for personal messages, please post replies to the list. > Other people can learn from them! > > > ~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~ > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-LAN-WIGAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs

Hi Tom "When you do this and select Ashton and Makerfield, christenings start from 1765 for some reason." Yes, I noted that too. Usually it just means they search facility has not yet been updated. I'll send a Message to Paul Dixon who looks after that side of things. One thing to remember about LAN-OPC is that we are all volunteers and most have "day jobs" - we try to keep up to date, but........ Regards Peter Wood