At 07:53 AM 14/04/2006, you wrote: >I have traced my family back to William Daker who married Elizabeth Lellah >in 1728. The marriage is on the IGI but I can find no trace of Lellah as a >surname although it seems to have been quite commonly used as a Christian >name, a diminutive of Ellen. >Could the clerk have been interrupted and left off the bride's surname? Hi Ann Could also be Leilah. The writing of many of those registers in 1700s was often pretty scrawly and sometimes the pages were damaged by water, mould etc. I am also wondering if it really was a surname and was meant to be Felow or Feloe or even Halah, Hallas some such? >I suspect William was either the son of Samuel and Elizabeth Daker, born >in Cardington in 1688, or of Samuel and Joice Daker, born in Condover in >1703. If only I could prove which, I could get back another 100 years. I have access to the Shropshire Parish Register Society transcripts for Condover up to 1812, so if you have not seen any of these I could have a look for you next trip into our State Library. If there is an early death of William 1703 then that will rule him out! Don't have the other two parishes you mention. Cheers Graham HAPPY EASTER everyone.