Hello Susan The marriage may well NOT have occured in the parish church. Why not order the certificate from the GRO (you already have the reference number). See: - http://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/ Do you know how the name DREW came into your family? My DREW forebears lived in Wiltshire but a sibling moved to South Wales. Adrian Yorkshire ----- Original Message ----- From: Susan Van Kirk Beyer To: monmouthshire@rootsweb.com Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2007 6:08 AM Subject: [MON] Finding a Bedwelty Marriage record Hello! I found my 3rd great grandmother's 2nd marriage listed on the FreeBMD website, but I need help finding the actual record. Esther (DREW) REES married John HOOK. The marriage was recorded in the September quarter of 1863 in Bedwelty district, vol 11 a page 143. I have the parish register for Bedwelty as Esther's daughter, Ellen, married there in 1871. I could not find an entry for John and Esther. I searched the register from 1858 (when Esther's first husband died) to 1866. Is there anywhere else I might find the record? Esther and John's first child was born in 1864 and Ellen's residence on her marriage license is listed as Fleur-de-Lis. Thank you! Susan Van Kirk Beyer familyseeker@everestkc.net No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.476 / Virus Database: 269.10.17/915 - Release Date: 24/07/2007 13:50