Saw this posting and am now going to show my ignorance. Please can anyone explain what Ben is referring to when he mentions 'marriage allegation records'? Am not familiar with this term. Explanations to enlighten me would be most welcome. Thanks Veronica -----Original Message----- From: B L Skeates [mailto:leonard@intune.com.au] Sent: 05 July 2003 01:30 To: HAMPSHIRE-LIFE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [HantsLife] re Bishops of Winchester's HAM Marr Allegation records Hi I have over 26,000 marriage allegation records dating from 1669 to 1837. As there are so many, I can Look up one surname letter at a time starting with A' If you need a lookup for surname begining with the letter A please put ALLEGS in the Subject box, nothing else. I will check and send direct to you (winzipped) if there are more than two or three entries otherwise I will include them to the list as text. Regards Ben ______________________________