Hi Dawn, The marriage is there in the marriage register of the Parish Church of Calverley: 29 Jan 1753 - James DEACON and Hannah HOLMS both of this parish by Banns. I'm afraid that the baptisms register gives no additional information: Baptised at Idle Chapel: 17 July 1763 - William, son of James DEACON 24 May 1767 - Sarah, daughter of James DEACON The LDS Church used the Calverley BTs when compiling the IGI - I have copies of the church registers. William's baptism is definitely 17 July in the church register. I don't know whether the date was changed to 20th when preparing the BTs or during transcription. The next baptism - on the 20th - was also of a William, which could account for the mistake. These two baptisms at the Parish Church of Calverley could be of interest to you: 01 Jan 1730 - Hanah HOLMS daughter of Robert of Windhill, clothier 19 Apr 1731 - James DEACON son of William of Windhill, clothier The only way to buy copies of the Calverley registers (and the registers of many other churches) is from the West Yorkshire Archive Service. Unfortunately details of this service no longer appear on their website so I suggest that you e-mail Mrs. Sue Pad at the Wakefield office for details. However, unless you have a lot of research to do in one parish (as I do) you may find the cost prohibitive - £1.20 per fiche, which reduces to 80p if you order 50 or more. Have you looked at this website devoted to records for the parish of Calverley? www.calverley.info Marilyn Maybury researching AIRTON, BATESON, CAWTHRAY, KEIGHLEY & WHITFIELD from the parishes of Calverley and Guiseley and BENTHAM from Thornton (Bradford) ----- Original Message ----- From: "dawn bradfield (SO)" <Dawn.Bradfield@bbsrc.ac.uk> To: <ENG-YKS-BRADFORD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, April 25, 2003 10:25 AM Subject: [ BRAD] DEACON/HOLMES at Idle and Calverley > Hi all > > can anyone help me with the following: > > In my RUSHWORTH family tree I have the wife of Francis RUSHWORTH being Sarah > DEACON. They were married 14th May 1786 at Calverley. Being at a dead end > with Francis' parents William RUSHWORTH and Betty FOX I thought I'd start > chipping away at the DEACON line. > > I found Sarah DEACON's christening 24th May 1767 at Idle, father being James > DEACON. According to the IGI there is also a possible brother William DEACON > to the same father christened 20th July 1763. These are all "Parish" batch > numbers (those taken from an original Parish source by the LDS) so it should > be possible to get a look at the original source records. Can anyone tell me > if the Idle and Calverley Parish records are available on fiche/booklet to > buy? > > Looking further back I found a James DEACON marrying Hannah HOLM(e)S at > Calverley 29th January 1753 but this record is one that has been recorded by > an LDS member and with the ten year gap between the marriage and the > christening of William DEACON I am wondering a) if it is the correct one b) > if there are more siblings that I haven't turned up in my search. > > Does anyone have any of these people in their trees or could you point me to > where I might be able to see some original sources. There seems to be big > gaps in dates for the records for Bradford, Idle and surrounding areas. > > Bright Blessings > Dawn > > > > > ==== ENG-YKS-BRADFORD Mailing List ==== > E-mail etiquette pays dividends! - please CAPITALISE surnames, > other text CAPITALisation usually means your shouting! > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >