Hi Chris (and Linda who contacted me outside the list), >>The IGI has George Malinson marrying Mary Bains at Hooke on 24 July 1804 swiftly followed on 14 October 1804 by the baptism of Jane Malinson, parents George and Mary, also at Hooke. I know that the dates aren't exactly, what you're looking for, but it might be a lead.>> Well, everyone is much cleverer than I am at driving the IGI, even allowing for the fact that I didn't think of spelling variants - I think (and hope) the search engine does this for me. I can locate this particular record by typing in George Malinson and the year 1804, but not by doing a wider search. We're talking about _www.familysearch.org_ (http://www.familysearch.org) , right? And just using the dialogue box on the front page? It's doing nothing for me: I want to find John Mallinson, as that's Selina's father's name on her marriage certificate which just arrived today. She was born in Wakefield and married in Mirfield, which gives me no lead to John at all. I even have the British Isles Vital Records set of CDs, but they tell me there are No Matches for Mallinson/Malinson marriages in Yorkshire for the period around which I'm looking - around 1825 - which is clearly wrong. I think I shall have to go to Doncaster to look at the actual parish christening record. Sigh. Chris, you are a fount of knowledge about Hook, and I'm very grateful for all you've told me about it, including the history of the church names and parish identities. It stops me going down too many blind alleys!! Thank you. Maggie