Hi Bill It seems to me you are not receiving all the list mail and wonder if your anti virus might be set a tad to high <g> Worth checking your spam folder if you have one (you can always check the archives to be sure of whats been posted you know) They married by certificate which is the equivalent of by licence in a Church in other words in haste And their disappearance to Scotland may be a signal also Although Henry was perhaps just old enough, Esther wasn't hence the haste Bad luck with your family history loss, just a suggestion but a periodic burn to CD or DVD and giving a copy to someone may be a good safeguard also, if your house burnt down (God forbid) at least a copy off site would be available Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > Hi! Nivard, > > No I hadn't received the email with the info in attached link. > > I was replying to the last email I had received from you. > > The Hancock family moved to Scotland at some point as the family were > living > in Alloa in 1887. > > I have Parker in my tree could be a link to John Parker one of the > witnesses. > > If Esther and William were 23 in 1882 I thought they should have been born > about1859 no 1863. Maybe they weren't 23? > > I am having to put all my Family History back into my computer as I lost > it > all and had to get the HD wiped. > I have bought an external hard drive and all my Family will be stored on > that. Fingers crossed. > > Thank you for all your help. > > Regards, > > Bill