Stan, Thanks for that heads-up (alert); especially as it relates to searching the www.familysearchlabs.com (LDS/FHL pilot site) for relative entries. Bette USA ___________________________________________ > All these parishes were in County Durham until 1844 > Parish of Tweedmouth > Parish of Norham (Norhamshire) > Parish of Holy Island (Islandshire) > Parish of Belford > Parish of Monks House > Parish of Farne Islands > Parish of Bedlington > > 7 & 8 Vict., chap. 61 (1844). By this Act detached parts of counties, > which > had already for parliamentary purposes been amalgamated with the county by > which they were surrounded or with which the detached part had the longest > common boundary (2 & 3 Wm. IV, chap. 64—1832), were annexed to the same > county > for all purposes; some exceptions were, however, permitted. > > Stan Mapstone