G'day Sandra, > Does anyone know where I could obtain a pretty detailed plan > of Kirkpatrick Durham in the mid 19th Century? Go to Old Maps at: http://www.old-maps.co.uk/ And search for kirkpatrick durham and you will get the town itself and the immediate surrounds. The date of that map is 1854. If that does not have it you can expand outward from that point. If you know the name of the property or I gather it is a village in the parish of KD you could get lucky by putting that in the search. You say you visited the village so that name should work OK. BTW you can save the image (and the surrounds) to build your own map for offline use later. Good luck! Mike CALDER EMAIL: mikecalder@optusnet.com.au WEB: http://members.optusnet.com.au/mikecalder/