Hi, Fran, There was only one (two) Catholic chapels in Preston in the early 1800s. I say "one (two)" because there was one mission but the priests used two chapels at different times, one and then the other and back and so on. The chapels were what became known as St. Mary, the earlier one, and St. Wilfrid, the later one and the one that still exists today. Sadly the Registers for the period 1803 to 1812 disappeared a long time ago. The registers for the periods before and after are still with the Parish Priest of St. Wilfrid's Church, Preston. These registers have been transcribed by a small team but not published. A copy of the transcript has been deposited in the Lancashire Record Office (LRO) in Preston. By chance there are two sets of Parish Censuses (one for 1810 and the other 1820) organised by the then Parish Priest, Fr. Joseph Dunn. These have been transcribed and published by Margaret Purcell about 10 years ago and copies are still available. These Censuses give names of the parishioners, and usually ages, and relationships in families, and sometimes addresses. These can provide useful information for the gap years. This book may the your source, in which case the only easily accessible copies of the registers that survive are the transcripts in the Lancashire Record Office. Hope this helps Jim Lancaster (Bury, Preston) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Fran Luby" <fluby@ameritech.net> To: <ENG-LANCS-PRESTON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, February 04, 2005 12:46 AM Subject: Catholic Churches