TERRY DIPPLE wrote: > Listers - has anyone any practical knowledge of how much detail would have > been on a Worcestershire marriage cert in 1784? There were no marriage certifcates at that time. Typically, just the name of the bride and the groom with the date, whether it was by banns or licence and the names of the witnesses and that was it, no occupations, no fathers names or occupations, as per the following example: The Revd Christopher Whitehead of Bolton in the County Palatine of Lancaster and Mary Baily otp Married 28 January 1784 by Licence Wit: Frances Baily, William House <all parties signed> paid 3d The 3d was a tax that had to be paid on all baptisms, burials and marriages. It lasted for about 10 years. The very poor were exempt.