From: "Frank Turner" <frank@cyberscotia.com> > One of my very first posts on Yorksgen 11 years ago elicited one of > those "frosty" replies from Roy. We have had several amical discussions > since that time, I'm happy to say, but I now am in fear and trepidation. Why ? > Because in researching the marriage of an ancient TURNER one WILLIAM b. 16 > July 1789 in Hemsworth, Wakefield , I have unearthed 5 possible partners on > the IGI but as you know, the detail is thin. Could it be that one of them a > SARAH STOCKDALE married him in Wakefield 2 Mar 1807 ? The other 4 > marriages also took place in Wakefield in a similar time frame. > I have 2 questions Roy. > 1) Tell me it isnt true <grin> and we are not related. > 2) How can I sort them out to discover which one if any is the right > one ? I can always venture back to Wakefield records office to find out if > that is the simplest way.> I regret I can see no marriage on the IGI for a William Turner to Sarah Stockdale at Wakefield in 1807, Frank. A search produces only one result for the christening of a Mary Ann Turner, father William Turner, mother Sarah Stockdale, at Doncaster on 8 March 1811, born 25 January 1811. I see four marriages (maybe the other four you mention) for a William Turner at Wakefield between 1809 and 1818. Do you have a batch number for the marriage you think you saw of William Turner to Sarah Stockdale? In any event, it is unlikely I would be able to tell which William Turner it was since it's a pretty common name. Nor are all Stockdales related to one another by any means! -- Roy Stockdill Genealogical researcher, writer & lecturer Newbies' Guide to Genealogy & Family History: www.genuki.org.uk/gs/Newbie.html "There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about." OSCAR WILDE