At 02:57 PM 5/01/2011, you wrote: >I am trying to find the marraige of Samuel Dayus to Mary Unknown. I >think their first child Charles Dayus was born in 1838 in Longnor >and Samuel died in 1858. Hi Pat The new FamilySearch shows one very likely marriage: Samuel Dayus & Mary Bullock 24 April 1837 at St. Chad's Shrewsbury. Date certainly fits. I could have a bo-peep at this index within the book version of St. Chad's transcriptions by the Shropshire Parish Register Society or the microfiche which are resident within the State Library of Victoria when the library re-opens. Though I see you live in Melbourne and may be able to do this for yourself, if not let me know and I'll gladly check it out because at that late date the registers may show Witnesses! And if there are any baptisms there, may show district or town. The Ann Dayus in the 1841 census could be a niece come to visit and perhaps help out as a housemaid. Cheers Graham Melbourne

PS. Longmore transcriptions are also available from 1586 to 1812. Volume 5, Diocese of Lichfield. Cheers Graham