Thanks Ken and Archie. It's interesting to know how they morphed Agnes into Ann, and that it wasn't done just to confuse me 150 years later. There isn't even a chance the same was done for Elisabeth and Marrion but I'm hoping I'll find it was the same person who chose to use a middle name at some point. I'm trying to resist grinding it to fit even though it sometimes works with crossword puzzles. ;-) Jeanne In a message dated 8/17/2010 11:29:48 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, agillbert@tiscali.co.uk writes: Jeanne, The answer to your main point is that if the Groom and Bride lived in different parishes, then the banns would be recorded in each.