Hi Sally, Your PAINed expression caught my eye. (sorry) You only needed about 3 weeks of residence to be "of this parish". The BMSGH have a county Marriage Index which might help you find potential parents http://www.bmsgh.org/search/Wo_marr_index.html Plan B would be to look at contiguous parishes for the parents. Feckenham Parish registers I believe were transcribed, I think by the parish themselves. If you get any further back I have a distant Mary PAIN, born around 1760, who married a William HANDS in 1784 in Feckenham. From memory Feckenham is a bit of a stronghold for PAINs, so tread carefully Cheers -- Mike Yegwart Branch Chairman BromsgroveBMSGH The Family History Site for North Worcestershire http://www.bromsgrovebmsgh.co.uk/ [email protected] wrote: > Dear members > > A forebearer of mine Robert WOODWARD was married by licence on 2nd March > 1800 to Esther PAIN in presence of Thomas PAINE and someone with an > indecipherable name. I am trying to locate Robert's birthplace/baptism since this was not > Feckenham (according to parish records I searched) although at wedding both > were 'of this parish' and sons Henry (1801) and Richard (1804) were born in > Feckenham. > > At around the same time located in Feckenham (although I found no marriage > records) were: Robert and Alice WOODWARD who had offspring baptised in > Feckenham between 1776 and 1798; and John and Sarah WOODWARD who had offspring > baptised in Feckenham between 1788 and 1801. There was also a William WOODWARD > married to Rebecca STRAIN in Feckenham on 5th November 1789 with offspring > between 1790 and 1795. > > Any ideas about how I might proceed would be most welcome. > > Thanks > > Sally (in Essex) >