Paul wrote: I have searched Free BDM and Ancestry and cant find a death date for Elizabeth or a 2nd marriage date for Charles Pearce. The free BDM and Ancestry sites are still very incomplete. Your best bet is to set aside a few hours and visit either a record office or main library that has the GRO index on microfiche. It does mean that you might have to trawl through lots of fiche, but these are in alphabetical order within a given period (varying from quarter to full year), and more accurate and complete! John