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Hi Andras,

Most of the churches that have records on there go back to the 1800's and much further. However there are still a lot of church records to be transcribed.

The Lancashire Online Parish Clerk web site lists all churches in Liverpool, West Derby and Toxteth even if there are no records for them online yet. Search the site with all the details you have. If you don't get any hits then at least you know which churches you don't have to look at.
Any information that you have that will narrow down your search will be helpful i.e. was he Catholic or Protestant or any other denomination; do you know his father's or mother's name, or any brothers or sisters names; do you know what his job was - you might find something useful in trade directories.

Regards,
Jo.

I'd say it is almost certainly Steward. Compare it with the Stephens marriage on 20th Dec of the same year (top of next page).  If the first letter was "H" it would have a loop on the right hand vertical.

Hope this helps 

That's fab!! I'll have to make a journey to Durham at some point anyway, but I'd like to go equipped with as much info as possible. I suspect that these ancestors were from outside of the parish, as I can't find baptisms for them, so I'm hoping the allegations will tell me where they were from.

Thanks for your help,

Jo.

Thanks for your replies on this everyone. What I was hoping to find out was if British Origins are the only source of marriage licence allegations. All the information on Genuki directs me to the Vicar General website which in turn takes me to British Origins. The only problem is that they don't have any information on the licence I am after. Does this mean it's lost forever?

Jo.

Hi Harli

I also have a birth certificate without a father's name (for my great grandmother) and the registrar has added her mother's occupation in that box.

Could it say "nurse"?

Regards,

Jo.