Please could some body help me to read this surname   in St.Mary,s  parish of Barnsley . . My 8 times G parents  marriage  -  Stephen  Bailey   married Caroline  Fa??s.  on 3 September 1778. This is from the originals,but the IGI transcribes it as  FALUS      and the Yorkshire Archaeological Society  Yorkshire Parish Section CD Series Number 18  Barnsley Parish Registers   gives it as FALKS.   Thankyou   Barrie Haigh  from beautiful   Anna Bay 

Hi there Ancestry have a digitized copy. Very clear to read - definitely worth a look. Source Citation: West Yorkshire Archive Service, Wakefield, Yorkshire, England; Yorkshire Parish Records; Old Reference Number: D121/24; New Reference Number: WDP121/24. Source Information: Ancestry.com. West Yorkshire, England, Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1512-1812 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: Yorkshire Parish Records. Leeds, England: West Yorkshire Archive Service. Name of the parties involved are written as such. Stephen Baily and Stephen Bailey Carolina Falks Both signed with their "X" mark. Witnesses: Joseph Green and John Taylor Hope this helps. Lyn -----Original Message----- From: west-riding-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:west-riding-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of bazza yorky Sent: Monday, 25 July 2011 4:41 PM To: WEST-RIDING@rootsweb.com Subject: [WRY] Surname verification in Barnsley St. Mary,s Please could some body help me to read this surname   in St.Mary,s  parish of Barnsley . . My 8 times G parents  marriage  -  Stephen  Bailey   married Caroline  Fa??s.  on 3 September 1778. This is from the originals,but the IGI transcribes it as  FALUS      and the Yorkshire Archaeological Society  Yorkshire Parish Section CD Series Number 18  Barnsley Parish Registers   gives it as FALKS.   Thankyou   Barrie Haigh  from beautiful   Anna Bay  Some useful websites - FREECEN - http://www.freecen.org.uk/ FREEBMD - http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/ FREEREG - http://www.freereg.org.uk/ Want to know where a place in Yorkshire is - Try Genuki http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WEST-RIDING-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message