> Wonder if anybody could suggest how i can find out when my gr-gr-grandfathers father was born, when he died or who he married. I know that Joseph Evason died before 1867 when William married as i have a copy of William's marriage certificate. They married in Wolstanton. I have looked on the 1861 census but can find no record of William or his father so i am presuming that Joseph died before this. Any help of suggestions Joan, you don't say when William was born, but that was after 1837, have you tried to get his birth certificate? That should give both parents' names, as well as the address where William was born. With that information you might then try and find parish records. Esther