Hello Barbara There are three places (other than the actual parish registers) that you can search for the Marriage of Thomas BROOKES and Elizabeth {?}. They are:- The IGI http://www.familysearch.org - there is one slightly possible at Shrewsbury in 1811, plus see below Boyd's Marriage Index - this indexes marriages which appear in printed parish registers of Shropshire. This may be available through your local Mormon Family History Centre Shropshire Marriage Index on CD-ROM from Shropshire FHS http://www.sfhs.org.uk/sales_menu.asp - this is fairly new and has started by trying to index marriages which don't appear in the two sources above Presumably you have found Elizabeth in the census where she gives her place of birth as Bagley in 1851 and Hordley in 1861 and 1871 so normally we would expect her to marry in her local parish church but maybe she had other ideas for some reason. The IGI includes at least one possible at Manchester Cathedral in 1814, which might seem unlikely, but it is a known place of marriage for Shropshire people. Proving it is of course going to be much more difficult unless the original register has some clues but certainly worth checking. Mike Shropshire, UK ______________________________________________________ Barbara Laver wrote: > Can someone on this list give me a lesson on "Where do I go from here?" What can I search on line and/or what can I purchase to find my missing ancestors? > > My gr gr gr grandfather, Thomas BROOKES, b 1787-1791 in Shropshire, appears in the 1841 census in Hordley with his wife, Elizabeth, and two daughters, Ann Elizabeth and Hannah. Daughter Ann Elizabeth was baptized in 1823, and I am assuming that father Thomas and mother Elizabeth were most probably married in the neighborhood of 1820ish. > > Question #1 What should I be looking at to find their marriage record? Would the only source be the OPRs for Hordley or Ellesmere? Are they available in any form? > > Ann Elizabeth (who goes by just Ann) is my gr gr grandmother. She married Henry WILLIAMS in 1846 in Ellesmere. She and Henry had seven children that I know of....the eldest b 1847 in Bagley was Harriet, my gr grandmother. The only information I have about Henry > WILLIAMS is taken from the censuses 1841 - 1891 and his death record in 1897. I have no parents for him; I have no siblings for him!! > > Question #2 With a last name of WILLIAMS, how do I select the correct Henry WILLIAMS from all of the WILLIAMS in that area? > > My BROOKES family and my WILLIAMS family have both been at a standstill for years. I am hoping that someone on this list can point me in the right direction. > > Thank you for reading my plea, > Barbara (in California) > >