Hello Mary The Birmingham Archdiocesan Archives holds the Roman Catholic parish records for Warwickshire, Staffordshire, Worcestershire & Oxfordshire. They don't have a website but this link will take you to an information leaflet about the archives HTTP://WNW.Birmingham's.org.UK/assets/PD/Diocesan%20Archives.PD Their holdings are listed on the Access to Archives website HTTP://WNW.a2a.org.UK/ Select search these catalogues, then under Location of Archives choose Birmingham Archdiocesan Archives. This will bring up a list of their holdings or you can narrow your search by typing in a Keyword eg Coventry. Then, for example, click on St Osburg and Catalogue in Full on the top of the page. This will list what records they have for this church. You either have to visit the archives to do your own research or hire a researcher which could be difficult for you as you live in Australia. But to find out the name of the church where your ancestors married in Coventry in 1846 you could send an email to the archivist, Father John Sharp. In April I had a holiday in Warwickshire and visited the archives to research my Roman Catholic roots. In particular researching the LAPWORTH family from Chilvers Coton, Nuneaton. They converted to Catholicism about 1850. When my Great Great Grandmother Teresa Lapworth married in 1881 her husband to be William BEESLEY converted to Catholicism a few months before they married. I was unsure of the rules for Catholics marrying in the 1800's so I contacted the priest at the church where they married and this is an extract from his reply to me Quote "For your Gt Gt G'parents to be married at Our Lady's it would have been usual for both to be catholics - though in canon Law only one needs to be as long as there was a dispensation from the bishop." Unquote The Catholic parish registers that I looked at for Nuneaton & Tamworth contain a lot of information. The baptism records gave the date of baptism, date of birth, father's name, mother's maiden name and the name of the godparents. The burial records gave the date of death, age at date and date of burial. The only trouble was the a lot of it was in Latin, even the christian names but Father John Sharp was very helpful & patient explaining the Latin to me. Also the Diocese of Birmingham has it's own website which has a list the Catholic churches in Coventry and their addresses. http://www.birminghamdiocese.org.uk/ Hope this helps Regards Carole Mary Temple <marytemple@gmail.com> wrote: Sun, 20 May 2007 12:28:52 +0800 Hello all I have a puzzle and who amongst has not! Well more than one actually, but they are related. My great grandparents Henry Richardson and Ann Thacker were married - according to the certificate - in the Roman Catholic Church in the District of Coventry and - again according to the certificate were - married in the Roman Catholic Church according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Roman Catholic Church by me J A A Clarkson and signed also by John Weston Registrar. This was on the thirteenth Day of April 1846. At the time of his marriage Henry was living at Town Wall in the City of Coventry and Anne in Harnall Lane in the City of Coventry. Does any one know the name of the Church please? I have also been told several times that a marriage in a Roman Catholic Chuch did not happen at this time, they were all married in C of E Churches first and then may be had their own ceremony later. Well we certainly have one here that did - does any one else have such a marriage???? Certainly the registrar was present and that made it legal. Certainly at least one partner, the Richardsons or the Thackers must have been Roman Catholic, perhaps both, but it has not come down this side of the family. Their son, Joseph, my grandfather, was married in St Andrews in Leicester. This may well be why I am having trouble finding the birth of Henry's father, John c1790 - which can be either in Brailles or Coventry according to which census is consulted. There is a RC Church in Brailles I notice. Some difficulty with William Thacker's birth and death, William was of course Ann's father. Does anyone else have the same problems please - trying to locate records that may have been Roman Catholic? Best wishes to all listers Mary Western Australia --------------------------------- Do not compromise. Get unlimited storage and first rate spam protection with Yahoo! Mail.