My gggrandfather was John Dalton who married Ann Brown at St. Bride Fleet Street in 1807. The were married after banns so there is no information there. The record states that both were of the parish. The witnesses were the same people on every record for at least that day. They then moved to Croydon where they raised a family and became something of a success with apparently construction and a grocery. John was buried Jun. 28, 1831 in the church yard of St. John the Baptist in Croydon at the age of 57. Thus, the probable birth year would be around 1774. The executor of his will was his brother-in-law and only his wife and children are mentioned, thus no help there. Looking through the IGI I have found one likely birth but that person apparently died as an infant (I don't have the information here now but it was somewhere on Thames). I have looked at the the church records for St. Brides Fleet Street and the Dalton family that seems to be there prior to the marriage is not the family that produced my John. So, apparently the family moved there after his birth (and those of his siblings if any) or they were telling a little one to the Priest when the claim was made that they were both of the parish. Might someone be able to tell me if all of the parish records for the surrounding parishes are covered by the IGI, at least for that 1774 period? Any other help would be gladly accepted. Bill in Gig Harbor