That's a very good point to make, Gus, thank you. I will now go through my marriage certificates that I obtained from the Northampton Register Office and check the parish registers for local ones. Janet Northampton UK A Fair Comment - BUT.... The "original" at the Local Registrar's Office - from which the copy was made to send to National Office - was itself a transcript... [Unless, of course, the marriage took place *in* the Registrrar's Office, or in a place 'licenced to perform Marriages', but nevertheless not permitted to hold Registers.] Once you've got the certificate, and so *know* just where the marriage took place, then's the time to look at the Original.... Gus