I don't know how others feel, but I think I would recommend the Birth Certificate option initially, which, although it will cost £6.50 + any expenses, should provide the Mother's maiden name which should help you find the Marriage Certificate, if you should need it, of course? Paul Portland On Tue, 10 Apr 2001 19:40:45 +0100, you wrote: > >> we are after information on jesse gardner who was born in about 1850 in >marcham, Abingdon. any help please. > >The 1851 census for Marcham gives Jesse:- > > Full 1851 Census Index >Search made on 10 April 2001 from Index dated 02/01/2000 >A project funded by the Oxfordshire Family History Society > >Folio 102 HO 107/1688 Marcham > , , HIGGINS, John, SV, u 19, Shop Porter, BRK Marcham > 138, , GARDNER, William, HD, m 36, Ag Lab, BRK Marcham > , , , Frances, WI, m 28, Slop Work, BKM Buckingham > , , , Christopher, SO, 9, Scholar, BRK Grove > , , , Seth, SO, 7, Scholar, BRK Marcham > , , , Esther, DA, 4, , BRK Marcham > , , , Jesse, SO, 2, , BRK Marcham > >You will be able to look for his & his siblings' and parents' baptisms in >the transcribed parish registers - see www.ofhs.org.uk for details of >purchase. Alternatively you could purchase his birth certificate - I can >recommend some certificate agents if you wish. For 19th Century Newspaper Extracts see: http://members.netscapeonline.co.uk/pbtyc/News_Extracts/News_Extracts_Index.html