On 2011/04/15 12:36, Gerry Newnham wrote: > "Of this parish" just meant that the they had lived in the parish for the > required period before the marriage - can't remember how long it was but it > might have been for just a few weeks. It is no clue as to where they were > actually born. You will need to check all the adjoining parishes spreading > outwards in every bigger circles - tedious but unless you have any other > information that is really all you can do. If you can find them the books or > lists of contiguous parishes are very useful for this purpose. A useful program for this is PARLOC. See <http://www.parloc.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ParLocDL.html> This program can be used to 'draw' a map giving the parishes within a given radius, closest to a named parish. And it will distinguish between CofE and RC parishes. -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg