Aldershot was reasonably covered by the IGI. Alan McGowans "National Index of Parish Registers" for Hampshire & IOW confirms the established church at that time (St Michael the Archangel) has christenings 1572-1879 & Marriages 1594-1876. The other point is the danger of *assuming*, like many do, that the christening occurred in the same year as the birth and/or in the birth parish. Many baptisms took place when the child was older or even in adulthood - so we may find, for instance, that Sarah (1789)was older than 14 when she married (but even so was even at 14, able to marry anyway) and the same goes for John (1794) where what is being said is that he was *at least* 17 in 1811. Of course, the family may have been non conformist.......... Hope this helps Linda & Tony On Behalf Of Peter Booth (2) Sent: 11 April 2010 05:44 To: hampshire@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [HAM] William HIGGS & Lettice GREENWOOD When you look at you Higgs family there aren't a lot of choices. So you have to decide if it's likely to be them or if the records have been destroyed or not captured by IGI For Sarah ch 1789, the possibilities are 1803 or 1829. If 1789 is her correct birth year, then she's either 14 or 40 for the marriage dates. To me both seem improbable. For William ch 1791, there is only one possibility in 1818 at Crondall. That would make him 27.. For John ch 1794, there is only one marriage in 1811. That makes him only 17. There are no suggested marriages in Hampshire for James 1796 or George 1797. That suggests four possible alternatives. They died, they didn't marry, they married elsewhere or the records haven't been transcribed. Once more, another to try and find in 1851. I'd also be doing a check of how many William Higgs etc were born in Hampshire around 1791. But don't forget, the available records are probably incomplete. Peter