This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: GRAINGER in Dudley, BROOKS in Tipton Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/EEg.2ACIB/137.1 Message Board Post: Have you tried writing to Dudley council and getting the marriage certificate? You have enough information for them to be able to find it. freebmd has two Thomas Graingers in Dudley about them, one married in 1874 and one in 1875, and neither page has a Jane Shaw, but it looks like some names haven't been added yet. The cost is GBP 7.00 Dudley DISTRICT Register Office, Priory Hall, Priory Park, Dudley, West Midlands DY1 4EU United Kingdom (DudleyRegOffice.legal@dudley.gov.uk) Just in case you haven't seen their entry in the 1881 census at 3, High Street Dudley... Thomas GRAINGER Head M Male 26 Dudley, Worcester, England Coal Miner Jane GRAINGER Wife M Female 30 Dudley, Worcester, England Emily Jane GRAINGER Daughter Female 6 Dudley, Worcester, England Hannah E. GRAINGER Daughter Female 1 Dudley, Worcester, England There was a Thomas Grainger born in Dudley in 1856, which would be about right. Son of Julias and Sarah Grainger. Julias, along with Cornelius and (I think) Noah, is a generally unusual name which appears quite common among Graingers in Dudley.