Hello! Since the list is slow, I'm following someone's suggesting and posting my query. I'm trying to track my gggrandmother, Esther CLARK. She married George BEECH on 17 Nov 1860 in Manchester. 1861 and 1871 census records show her born on the Isle of Wight. She died in 1872. I can't find her or her family in any censuses prior to her marriage. Her marriage cert. lists her father as a sergeant in the 92nd Highlanders; the historical museum of that regiment has confirmed that members of the regiment could have been on the island at the relevant time, so her family may not have originated there - although it's not clear if he would have taken his wife with him. The family was Catholic - at least she married in a Catholic church, and subsequent generations were Catholic. However, other research has suggested that Catholics couldn't serve in the military, so it's not clear when the conversion (if there was one) occurred. I emailed the IOW records office to ask if they could check their index for a baptism, but got no response. Any advice or suggestions gratefully received. Nancy Windsor, Ontario, Canada