Steve wrote: > Unfortunately their FreeReg marriage entry does not give their parents. The naming of the father only happened after the beginning of civil registration in 1837 even then the mother wasn't named except in VERY rare circumstances and usually when the bride or groom was illegitimate. > So, anybody else got any ideas? If you can't get to the Heritage Centre but have an LDS FHC near you, you could hire the film for the Wellow parish registers for a nominal fee. Have you tried other variants of COLE/COLES? Standardisation of surnames didn't come in until the 20th century. -- Charani (UK) OPC for Walton, Greinton and Clutton, SOM Asst OPC for Ashcott and Shapwick, SOM http://wsom-opc.org.uk http://www.savethegurkhas.co.uk/

Hi Charani I did add in the soundex option, but did not think to get inventive with what seems to me a simple name, unlike say one William Shakespeare who has, IIRC, 15 examples of his signature, all spelled differently. I'll give that a try. Cheers Steve On 29/04/2011 19:17, Charani wrote: > Steve wrote: > >> Unfortunately their FreeReg marriage entry does not give their parents. > The naming of the father only happened after the beginning of civil > registration in 1837 even then the mother wasn't named except in VERY > rare circumstances and usually when the bride or groom was illegitimate. > >> So, anybody else got any ideas? > If you can't get to the Heritage Centre but have an LDS FHC near you, > you could hire the film for the Wellow parish registers for a nominal fee. > > Have you tried other variants of COLE/COLES? Standardisation of > surnames didn't come in until the 20th century. >