Thanks again Pauline I confess I have never had any luck whatsoever with the non com site And its rather expensive to test out much less use I will dig further and see what I can work out Much appreciated I am being a bit distracted as Ancestry have just launched some very interesting London area Electoral rolls :-) Having found Mum & Dad and three out of four grandparents I am enjoying this one <g> Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) >I couldn't find it either, which is why I wondered if it might help to get the reference for the >register in which it appears, in case the name has been mistranscribed or omitted. > > If you know the reference for the register, then you could try doing a search around the right > date on a common forename (eg John) in that piece, and then scroll through and see if you find the > event in that register. > > However, if you don't have a subscription this could prove expensive. > > I was under the impression that all registers from RG4 had been digitised at The > Genealogist/BMDregisters, but maybe some have been missed. > > Pauline