Hi Fran, Jim lancaster has replied with a lot of information for you already. All I can add is the Lancashire Records Office www.lancashire.gov.uk where you can email them if you like. Joan ( Prestonian from France ), also searching SMITHS 1800 - 1840 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Fran Luby" <fluby@ameritech.net> To: <ENG-LANCS-PRESTON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, July 09, 2005 7:18 PM Subject: Smith > I'm tracing the McCanna family and one of them married > a Mary 'Jane' Smith. > > John Joseph McCanna married Mary 'Jane' Smith in > Preston in 1820. > John Joseph McCanna, b. 1796 in Ireland > d. 1874 in Illinois, USA > Mary Jane Smith, b. 1800 in Preston, England > d. 1875 in Minnesota, USA > < > > >