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