Hi Peter, Yes I believe we are talking about the same church. I have used the FHC here in the states near me. I have view 2 films one for births and another for marriages. It is for: "The parish church is also known as All-Saints or Skelton-in-Cleveland" as stated in the FHC notes about the films of Skelton. Now I see there is a third film I could order on banns. Here is the family history as I know: father: William LOCKWOOD b. 1763 Topcliffe m. 27 Dec 1790 Lythe to Ruth MERRY b. 1764 Yorkshire b. 5 Dec. 1848 Skelton Many children of this marriage : Jane LOCKWOOD b. 1791 Topcliffe Peter Merry Lockwood b. 1793 Skelton Ruth Lockwood b. 1794 Skelton Hannah Lockwood b. 1795 Ann Lockwood b. 1796 Mary Lockwood b. 1798 Ellis Lockwood b. Aug 1799Skelton John Lockwood b. 1801 William Lockwood b. 1802 Skelton Frances Lockwood b. 1804 Skelton m. Joseph Kipling 1836 Skelton Sarah Lockwood b. 1806 Skelton Elizabeth Lockwood b. 1806 Skelton From 1829-1854 I found several marriages and many births in the Skelton Church book: however I did not find a marriage for Ellis LOCKWOOD and John TAYLOR. I thought that if they didn't marry in Skelton Church, All Saints perhaps they married at John TAYLOR's church, which I believe to be in Sneaton, St. Hilda's church. (near Whitby) Now I am waiting for the Bishop's transcripts for the Sneaton church to arrive at my local FHC. I will try to match up the birth for John TAYLOR b. 1800 at this Sneaton church and maybe I will find the marriage taking place there. By family lore I have been told that in 1830 soon after these newly weds were married they immigrated to USA and settled in Dearborn County, Indiana. They had 2 children in Indiana. Elizabeth Taylor b. 1832 and George Lockwood TAYLOR b. 1834. Shortly after the birth of George in 1834 Ellis Lockwood TAYLOR died and she is buried in Dearborn County, Indiana. I know for sure the section from 1832 onward taking place in Indiana. They were Methodist once they were in Indiana. Do you think that maybe they were of the Methodist faith for the marriage? Thus the reason for asking about the records at Teesside Archives is perhaps something was missing on the film or perhaps I missed the records of the marriage. Is there a fee for you for looking up this record for me? There is no rush for finding this marriage. Please advise. Thank you, Margaret In a message dated 9/12/2003 2:28:28 PM Eastern Standard Time, peter.appleton3@ntlworld.com writes: > > > Forgive me if I am asking a stupid question but, are you sure you are > looking in the right Skelton? The GENUKI web site gives links for 13 > different places in Yorkshire that include in their name the word "Skelton". > > If you are sure that the Skelton for you is Skelton-in-Cleveland in the > North Riding of Yorkshire then the only church in the village is All Saints > and the registers are held locally at Teesside Archives which is just 20 > minutes from where I live. > > I don't have much reason at present to research in the Teesside Archives > but, next time I'm there, I'll check the PR for Skelton All Saints for the > marriage of John Taylor and Ellis Lockwood around 1830. (If I search 1830 > +/- 5 years would that suffice?) > > Another possibility would be a non-conformist marriage. I've had need to > follow this path with some of my own ancestors but the Methodist records for > the Redcar, Saltburn and Guisborough Circuits (which include Skelton and the > outlying villages) have been kept only from the mid-1830s. So this might > prove to be a dry well before we even begin. >