I've checked all counties and districts but haven't been able to find a marriage for my g.grandparents David John DAVIES, born in Swansea c.1852, and Mary JEWELL, born in Clovelly in 1854, but both living unmarried in Swansea in 1881. Thankfully, there were only three possible David John DAVIESes born in Swansea between 1850 and 1859 (as six others have been eliminated through death or definite marriages to other women). Between 1872 and 1882 there were no David John DAVIES marriages in Swansea, but from 1884 to 1900 there were fifteen Swansea marriages involving that name. Although it wouldn't give me a cast-iron identification, it would be interesting and possibly useful if I could eliminate two of the three candidates I'd found on the 1861 census, and to do that I need to establish the names and occupations of the fathers of those fifteen bridegrooms. Of course, I know I won't be able to find a DAVIES/JEWELL marriage, as I've checked the parish registers for 1881-92 at the Swansea RO. (Their children were born in 1882, 1887 and 1890, and the family had moved to Milford Haven by 1892.) The LDS resource centre in Rhiwbina is the closest and most convenient place for a visit, and I'd be grateful if anyone could confirm that the centre has full transcripts of all Swansea parish marriages for 1884-1900. Of course, I understand that there may well be several marriages which were held in the Register Office, but I'll cross that bridge when I come to it. Desperate problems call for desperate measures! Barry Johnson  http://www.milfordtrawlers.org.uk/