Thanks again Peter - I didn't realise St Michael's was the cathedral (hadn't done my homework!), so now I remember visiting the war ruins on a school trip and I can completely understand your point, that it's surprising any registers survived. It certainly makes me feel better about the information I am lucky enough to have. Good luck with your CARPENTERs. Regards, Celia in Chesterfield On 6 January 2013 14:49, Peter J Richardson <pjrich.ntl@googlemail.com> wrote: > Hello again Celia, > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Celia Renshaw" <celiarenshaw@gmail.com> > To: <warwick@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2013 2:29 PM > Subject: Re: [WAR] 1866 marriage at Coventry St Michael > > >> Thanks so much Peter - I had no idea there was bomb damage to take >> into account, I was assuming that a shadow had crept into the process >> when Ancestry was filming. > > St Michaels is the cathedral. When you hear the stories about what it was > like that night and the about the surviving part of the cathedral stonework > structure glowing red hot in the aftermath of the bombing I wonder how any > of the registers survived. > >> Btw, I'm afraid I have no idea who Lucy X CARPENTER was, though if you >> uncover anything about her, I'd be interested. I wonder if Edwin & >> Sarah went so far as to 'drag people off the street' to be witnesses! >> It certainly seems likely they were friends or acquaintances rather >> than rellies. Anyway, I have no other CARPENTERs in their family >> lines, sorry I can't be helpful. > > Thanks for the reply. I have a couple of suspects, born in 1828 and 1845 but > the X does not help with handwriting analysis so it may end up being > guesswork. I will investigate and see if I can find anything. > > Regards > Peter > > ------------------------------- > List archives are at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/WARWICK > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WARWICK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message