Hi Elizabeth, Thanks for the info. I agree, the Beeston and Stratton Strawless baptisms are unlikely . I'll start a trawl of the surrounding parishes and see what turns up. Regards Jan > Hi, in the uber complex new familysearch site there is a > Francis Taylor b c 1758 son of Samuel and Eleanor in Beeston , and a further > Francis b c 1760 son of James and Martha , Stratton Strawless but neither > seem right so you may well have to trawl round and round the Raynhams in > ever increasing circles ........and yes bapts were all to be recorded from > the Reformation 1537/8 onward , but some don`t survive particularly from the > Civil War period .