Hi, There is another way. Steve Whitwam and others have transcribed marriages from St. Peter's Huddersfield. He has a web site http://www.whitwam.co.uk/records.htm Go to Searches and I think you will find offers of free look-ups for St. Peters. The information varies, some of the ones I have give wife's maiden name and location. It gets a bit harder once you move beyond the 1837 BMD starting date. I am fortunate enough to have ancestors who stayed put and I found many baptisms registered in the Slaithwaite Parish Records which could be bought in booklet form from the Huddersfield & District Family History Society. There are also a group of people willing to help with library look ups too. I recently acquired a couple of interesting Wills for two of my ancestors and they were quite detailed and listed the married names of their daughters (that was a bonus) and discussed dividing up property and land. Jean in s.Australia. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Roy Stockdill" <roy.stockdill@btinternet.com> To: <WEST-RIDING@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, June 11, 2007 4:54 PM Subject: Re: [WRY] PINNINGTON/PENNINGTON -Joseph > From: "Ian Nicholls" <nicpen@bigpond.net.au> There is NO such > thing as a marriage certificate before 1837, since that was the year civil > registration began in England and Wales (on July 1st). This is one of the > very first things that beginners new to research in the UK should learn - > it > may help you to read my Newbies' Guide, URL below. > > What you can get is a copy of the marriage entry in the parish registers. > You may choose to call this a marriage certificate but it is not the kind > of > certificate you get post-1837. The amount of detail varied according to > the period, but in 1814 you should find the following.....