Hi, Fran, You wrote > There are records to my knowledge but I'm not sure > where they are. I emailed the priest at St. Wilfred's > and asked if they had them or some other repository > had them but did not receive an answer. Roman catholic registers are private religious registers belonging to the parish for which they were created. As such they are managed by the Parish Priest at the time. The archivists for the three RC dioceses covering Lancashire recommend to parish priests that all the old Lancashire RC records are deposited in the Lancashire Record Office (LRO) in Preston for safe keeping. The only records that go elsewhere are those from the City of Liverpool parishes and these are deposited in the Liverpool record Office. However, the parish priest does not have to deposit his old registers in the LRO and the records of St. Wilfrid's and St. Mary's (one set) fall in this category. Most of the early records for the areas around Preston have been deposited in the LRO and much of them has been published in various forms. The records of St. Wilfrid's have been transcribed and a copy of the transcript (baptisms, marriages, and deaths/burials) has been deposited in the LRO and with the Catholic Family History Society in London. This means that it is possible to get the information you need - but that is not easy for you across the water. Perhaps there is someone on the list who would be able to check these transcripts. It is not too big a job because they are available in an index form. As for their marriage, have you looked at the IGI to see if the couple were also married in St. John's Church (the Parish Church - now Minster), Preston/ If they have it is possible that they were also married in St. Wilfrid's a day or so either side of that date. Hope this helps Jim Lancaster (Bury, Lancs.) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Fran Luby" <fluby@ameritech.net> To: <ENG-LANCS-PRESTON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, July 09, 2005 6:18 PM Subject: Smith