Graham, you wrote:: >>Their daughter, Clara Jane, was born March 26th 1865. She was baptised at the Parish Church Northwood IoW, the date entered in the church's baptisms register is April 31st.(is the IoW that Different?)<< The dates I've been getting, both through Ann and my own searching is that christenings may have taken place within a day or so of birth until the youngster is a couple of years of age. Birth dates were reported to the church/local county offices, and I too have seen discrepancies in reported birth dates. Also, to the question about Portsea church data - have you tried the following: www.knightsure.co.uk/knightroots/genealogy? I stumbled across their website looking for data sources for Portsea and Alverstoke, and their transcription of the area parish registries are INCREDIBLE!!! Plus they note that they have additional transcriptions not listed on the web site, and are willing do poke through to help. Sharon A in Kansas --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business $15K Web Design Giveaway - Enter today