An alternate might be to keep checking census information-I've been able to work backwards when a female relative has been staying with a family on census night. Just one line of enquiry Cheers Karin -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Wendy Sent: December-03-11 9:23 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [LEI] MAYES I'm trying to find a marriage between John MAYES (sometimes spelt MAYSE) (b. 1832 Thurmaston) and Eliza.......(born 1832 Birstall). In 1871 they were living in Birstall, first child Thomas born 1852. I would love to be able to find Eliza's maiden name. any suggestions? thanks for any help Wendy ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message