Dear Listers I saw some comments about people marrying at young ages. It may have been the case.But I must point out that many of the Registations were Baptism or Christening Registrations and were not actually Birth Registrations. While some children were baptised soon after Birth, many were not. It could be that one was say ten years old at baptism. So to take the 'Birth' Registration as such, when it may have been a Baptism or Christening Registration is to suggest a wrong age. I was once regularly looking at microfiche and sometimes a Christening Registration which was the Registration might also give a birth date in the microfiche but this was not recorded in the Registrations. These dates often varied widely. Often seeming twins were not because sometimes more than one children in a family were christened together if a family had a long walk to a Church. Thus a seeming 12 year old at marriage might actaully be older. Mayeb 16 might be closer. I just suggest that people take care in assuming too much from a Christening Registration which after all is he date recorded by the Church, the date of Christening, not the date of birth. I have been caught on this one. Brian in Australia PS The First Test starts Friday Dec 1.