I am trying to find the parents of Elizabeth WOOLIN.  She married John JOHNSON of Beckingham, Lincolnshire, at St Margaret in the Close, Lincoln in 1738 when she was described as of North Collingham.  Presumably she was born about 1715. I have not been able to find her baptism. Joseph WOOLLEN ( I suspect there are many spelling variants) married Ann SUDBURY at very nearby Besthorpe in 1698. Joseph was buried there in 1733.  I have not been able to find any children of Joseph and Ann to establish whether or not they are Elizabeth's parents. They may have been non conformists. Any help/suggestions would be very much appreciated. Clive Boyce

Clive, I just didn't want you to think that nobody reads your message. But if they were non conformist, there's probably no records to find. We're getting right back into early records. Could I suggest you check the Hugh Wallis batch site to see what records and timeframes are available for the various parishes you mention? You might also check the Family Search library catalogue for those same parishes to see if other records may be available on fiche or film and not on IGI. And if you haven't tried recently, you might try the new Family Search site to see if any new records have been added since you last looked. Peter

I think I have solved my own problem. I already had the marriage of Joseph WOOLIN from Family Search (new) and this mentioned Non- Conformist. I hadn't taken this further but it provided a link to BMDregisters.co.uk (pay to view) which covers inter alia non conformists records.   I have just explored this site and I found Elizabeth born 1715, North Collingham and she was daughter of Joseph WOOLIN as I suspected. The site is very useful and has lead me find other birth, marriages and burials of this family.  Thanks to Peter Booth for helpful suggestions. Clive Boyce ________________________________