Carol, the names are German (or Germanic at least) but the forenames are Latinised so could be Roman Catholic. Ian Carolgriff@aol.com wrote: > Hi > > In our quest to find the elusive George Burdess born circa 1769 we are > looking at all parishes near to allendale where he later said he came from. > > Using Hugh Wallis we found C000543 Stanhope > > The surnames are somewhat strange, were there immigrant workers in the mines > back then? Did the parish write in a foreign language- im tempted to say > latin but it looks more like German > > Can anyone think of an explanation? > > carol >