From: "joyce.riddick" <joyce.riddick@btinternet.com> > I have just joined the group. Most of my ancestors are from > Lancashire but I have now started on a new member of the family - by > marriage and I am looking for the birth certificate of Karen > Reilly-Foster. Her marriage certificate in 1942 states she was 28 > years old in 1942 and the marriage took place in York. I cannot find > her birth certificate. Has anyone any suggestions please as to where > I can look. Have tried findmypast and the Yorkshire BMD. Help > required > > joyce Stubbs > North Wales Welcome to the list but may I respectfully be permitted to offer a short lesson in how to post a query? 1) it is unnecessarily complicating things to post your query by replying to another topic altogether which has absolutely nothing to do with yours! Methodist churches in Leeds had no relevance whatsoever to your question. You should give the post an entirely new header, which is what I have done. 2) Always give as much information as possible when asking for help. For instance, is Reilly-Foster the name she married into or her maiden name? When checking double-barrelled surnames in indexes you should always check very carefully in BOTH names. There is a possibility that the first part of the name was recorded as a middle name. Did you do this? 3) Have you considered the possibility she may not have been born in 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