Thank you Geoff and Helen for replying to my query about Gainford/Gainforth. This is what I thought myself but was very interested to hear what others had to say. I feel that this is the marriage I was looking for and was very pleased to find it. I also found yesterday a good website about Gainford while I was pondering on this. It's a super site and has MIs for the churchyard and cemetery as well as the census pages for the village from 1841-1901. You can find it here. yours John http://www.thehistoryofgainford.com/page45.htm _________________________________________________________________ Got more than one Hotmail account? Save time by linking them together http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/186394591/direct/01/