These remained unchanged until 1907: A woman was not permitted to marry: Grandfather Grandmother's husband Husband's Grandfather Father's Brother Mother's Brother Father's Sisters Husband (guess that answers your question Colin :D ) Mother's sisters husband Husband's Father's Brother Husband's Mother's Brother Father Step-Father Husband's father Son Husband's Son Daughter's husband Brother Husband's Brother Sister's Husband Son's Son Daughter's Son Son's Daughter's Husband Daughter's daughter's Husband Husband's Son's Son Husband's Daughter's Son Brother's Son sister's Son Brother's Daughter's Husband Sister's Daughter's Husband Husband's Brother's Son Husband's Sister's Son Same for a bloke but the other way round (if you see what I mean!) Bright Blessings Dawn (extremely windy and very wet Swindon, wiltshire, UK) -----Original Message----- From: cchild@actrix.co.nz To: ENG-YKS-BRADFORD-L@rootsweb.com Sent: 07/03/03 19:17 Subject: [ BRAD] Marriage laws Hi list Can anyone admise me how I can find (or tell me) what the law was in England , 19th century, regarding the marriage of a woman to her uncle(by marriage). i.e. could a woman marry the husband of her aunt - after she had died of course. Was this legal? Thanks Colin New Zealand ==== ENG-YKS-BRADFORD Mailing List ==== Visit http://www.genuki.org.uk/ for initial information on all aspects of genealogy in the UK.........For the Bradford pages visit http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/WRY/Bradford/index.html ============================== 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