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Thank You Maureen.... For all the time & Effort you gave in my look-up! I hope I didn't put you to too much trouble. All the best in your future searches.. Kind Regards Susan :-)

Mo- Thank you, thank you, thank you! What a wonderful person you are! I was on the DRO site last week and looked at the map to see where they were and found out that they're almost exactly opposite Dryburn Hospital... not a big deal, but that's where I was born! Take care, Brenda

Hi Susan Douglas Well I have looked through 4 different parish records for around Seaham Harbour.. The burials for Seaham Harbour must still be held at the Church for the timeframe that you require.. I have checked Dalton le Dale St Andrew Seaham St Mary New Seaham Christ Church only to 1954 and even checked Houghton le Spring St Michael and All Angel.. Which is all the neighbouring Churches for Burials that were available I am sorry I have not been able to help you further.. Mo

Racing Girl in Michigan Brenda St Mary's Church, Denton. Richard Cummin of the parish of Haughton le Skerne and Mary Long (Leng) of this Chapelry were married in this Chapel by Banns this Fourteenth day of May in the year One Thousand Eight Hundred and Twenty Six, by me Thos Peacock, Curate. This marriage was solmenized between us Richard Cummin and Mary Leng X her mark. In the presence of Marg Marel(Manel), Thos Cummin and Nathan Parker. all sign I think that her surname is long.. Mo

Thanks for the suggestion - I'll give it a go. Kate

Many thanks Mo - I'll give them a try.. Very much appreciated..Regards.... John

Hi John The best thing would be to try and find the deaths in the St Catherine's House Index..At Local Library's On 1837 online Pay per View.. On the Ancestry Beta Index which is free to search at the moment even if your not a member.. It will be a trawl through each and every quarter until you find them.. A search over a lot of years eg 20 or more is too time consuming...to do a search in the Burials books....for Shildon Mo

Hi Maureen, I hope you don not mind my asking - but can you advise or suggest, how I could possibly find the deaths of two people in Shildon, Co. Durham. I know when they were married (1921), their names - WILLIAM THOMAS HUTCHINSON & Florence Alice IRVING, (both married for the second time). But I have no idea as to when they died. I've checked in various ways, but no luck - any ideas please. ?? Regards.. John

Hi Brenda No Bother Mo

Hello Mo- Excellent idea of yours to look at Joiners index, despite all the variations of Cummings, there is only one marriage of a Richard in the right time frame (everything else is way too early). This is the entry: Richard Cummin, 1826, db - which is Denton. I looked it up, it's North West of Darlington, South East of Bishop Aukland. If you could see if this chap is married to a Mary that would be brilliant. Thanks a lot, Brenda

Kate There are quite a few other places from up there where he might be from log onto www*durham*gov(.)co(.)uk replacing * with . In popular pages on the right have a look at the Records Office Site.. Click on Our Holdings and in the last paragraph Family History.. Then this will get you into the Church's on the left... Have a search around on the maps that are assoicated with each parish.. as it could be possible that Witton Park... Bedburn or something similar might crop Up..There's also Morley up that way.. Have a Look around Mo

Thanks a lot for looking - bit of a brick wall now!! Hope all is well with you. Kate

Mo, what can I say ?? - Except, absolutely brilliant - many, many thanks.. Best wishes... John (N)

Hi John There's these 1 James Fowler = Violetta A Malpas R112/AUCK - 83 - Durham Western (1913) Bishop Auckland Register Office James A Fowler = Alfreda Teasdale CCOCKF2 - 26 - Durham Western (1928) St Mary the Virgin's Church, Cockfield James W Fowler = Ada Iceton R148/AUCK - 236 - Durham Western (1937) >>>>Bishop Auckland Register Office<<<< 3 Alfred Fowler = Beatrice Parsley R145/AUK - 91 - Durham Western (1934) >>>>Bishop Auckland Register Office<<<< 2 The nearest I can up with for Joseph is John J Fowler = Jane Hopps R8/DW - 91 - Durham Western (1941) >>>>?Bishop Auckland Register Office<<<< If the three marriages that I have marked are yours they will have to be applied for from the Register Office Mo

Hi Maureen - if it is possible and if you have time, could you please do a 'look up' for me on the following... 1. Marriage of James FOWLER born 1900 in Hunwick, I think he was married in South Church in 1922 to - ADA ??????????. 2. Marriage of Joseph FOWLER born 1901 in Easington. I believe he was married in 1928 in South Church to... JENNY ??????. 3. Marriage of Alfred FOWLER born 1912 in Hunwick, I think he was married in Shildon in 1939 to.... BEATRIX ???????? Unfortunately that is all the info I have, so if you can't manage - no problem. I just appreciate your offer.. many thanks... John

That's a very good point Mo, she could well be. I think I'll have a trawl through the census records... Cheers, Brenda

Brenda Could the Mary Cummins be Richard's Wife ???? He was older... Mo

Hi Susan Douglas Thankyou.. Your lookup is a little more complicated so I need a little bit of time to try and find out where he would be buried... Seaham Harbour itself has no Burial records...so will have a look the next time I am up there... I managed to get a half day slot yesterday so did some of the easier ones...to try and get them out the way... Mo

Hi Mo- This is excellent news, it proves that Mary Ann Alderson was my Gt Gt Grandmother! In an earlier trip to the DRO you gave me the info that Anthony was the illegitimate son of Amelia Cummins and that she already had another illegitimate older son called Richard... and here he is signing the register as a witness, not sure who the second Mary is though! Remember I asked yuou about how to go about finding bastardy records for Durham? I found this bad news on the DRO site: 'Custody of the Records The records of quarter sessions remained in the custody of the clerk of the peace in rooms in the Exchequer building until after the Palatinate of Durham Act, 1836. In 1837 the Exchequer building became the University's library and the records were transferred to a new Exchequer building in 1855. In 1867 the deputy keeper of the public records examined the records and reported that those in the custody of the clerk of the peace looked as if they had 'been pitched into the rooms with a fork because they were too filthy to handle'. He also criticised the state of the Palatinate records and mentioned that the sheriff's records had been destroyed. The Palatinate records were transferred to the Public Record Office but records of the halmote courts, cursitor and auditor were less criticised and, as relating to bishopric property, were claimed by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners (some are now in the custody of the University of Durham). The justices appointed a committee to look at the records and in June 1868 a rough list was made. A further list was made in 1915 and many items had disappeared in the interim. These included alehouse recognizances, convictions, recognizances, bastardy orders, removal warrants, depositions, old estreat rolls, treasurer's vouchers, including coroner's vouchers and papers, insolvent debtors' books, jurors' lists, papers relating to the new gaol and poll books. In 1961 the county appointed a county archivist and in 1963 the Record Office was opened in the new County Hall.' Looks like I'm out of luck on the early bastardy records, the only ones listed on the website were from around 1900 onwards. BUT, I still have a lot more info than I previously had, and most of it is thanks to you. Hope the last couple of weeks has not been too stressful for you. Hugs to you, and thank you again. Brenda