Barb, presumably you have William Hall's birthdate from a reliable source. If so and you are looking for a birth registration, eg to obtain a birth certificate, then you may need to consider where the birth was registered and whether he was registered as William Hall or with another forename combination. Using Ancestry search there are 4 William Halls registered in the December quarter 1894 in Stockton, Easington or Gateshead districts in Durham. Also George William Hall in Chester le Street and Joseph William Hall in Gateshead. If there is any doubt about the year, then there is, for example, a William Hall registered December quarter 1895 in South Shields. Ian Thirlwell Barb Reid wrote: > Would anyone on this list be able to help with a birth lookup for my grandfather William HALL born October 20, 1894 in South Shields England? > > I am also looking for a marriage of Mary Elizabeth HALL to a Alexander SWAN between January 1903 and October 1903 possibly South Shields. > > Thanks > Barb > Nova Scotia Canada >