From: "joyce.riddick" <joyce.riddick@btinternet.com> > She married Ronald Shea in 1956 so she would be Karen Shea. I still > haven't found that either. > > I have looked in Findmypast but not had any luck. I can only assume > that her real name wasn't Karen. The family do have a habit of > altering their names. > > Thank you for everything will let you know how I get on.> According to the GRO Marriage Indexes at findmypast. KAREN R HARRISON married RONALD M SHEA in the Dec quarter of 1956 at Heywood, vol 10c page 600. So I rather think her name WAS Karen and the R undoubtedly stood for Reilly. Do you mean you haven't found her death? If you haven't found her birth, I think the most likely explanation is that for some reason she was born outside of England and Wales. -- Roy Stockdill Editor, Journal of One-Name Studies Guild of One-Name Studies website: www.one-name.org Newbies' Guide to Genealogy & Family History: www.genuki.org.uk/gs/Newbie.html "There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about." OSCAR WILDE