I was in my local Family History society library yesterday and copied some entries from the Co Durham Marriage indexes by George Bell. Could anyone help with the abbreviations that precede the date? I can guess some like BWM, MWM and GAT but would like help with others. Is there a web page that I could refer to in the future? In the meantime, I'd be grateful to know where is meant by: WHK LAM HSP WAS and if HLH is Hetton le Hole. Thanks! Jan

My guesses would be: Whickham, Lamesley, Houghton-le-Spring, and Washington. You can get a list of Durham parishes at: http://www.joinermarriageindex.com/pjoiner/genuki/DUR/parishes.html It doesn't give the abbreviations, but you can make a good guess by looking under the first letter. Actually, Hetton-le-Hole isn't on that list, but it is on: http://www.joinermarriageindex.co.uk/durham.php That doesn't have the abbreviations either! Neil --- Jan Moore <janmoore@ntlworld.com> wrote: > I was in my local Family History society library > yesterday and copied some entries from the Co Durham > Marriage indexes by George Bell. > > Could anyone help with the abbreviations that > precede the date? I can guess some like BWM, MWM and > GAT but would like help with others. > > Is there a web page that I could refer to in the > future? > > In the meantime, I'd be grateful to know where is > meant by: > > WHK LAM HSP WAS > > and if HLH is Hetton le Hole. > > Thanks! > > Jan

Thanks Neil and Stan - I thought of Washington as soon as I'd posted! Jan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Neil MacDonald" <nmcdmail-r@yahoo.co.uk> To: "Durham/Northumberland Mailing List" <DUR-NBL@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, April 13, 2007 12:16 PM Subject: Re: [DUR-NBL] George Bell marriage indexes > My guesses would be: Whickham, Lamesley, > Houghton-le-Spring, and Washington. > > You can get a list of Durham parishes at: > http://www.joinermarriageindex.com/pjoiner/genuki/DUR/parishes.html > It doesn't give the abbreviations, but you can make a > good guess by looking under the first letter. > Actually, Hetton-le-Hole isn't on that list, but it is > on: > http://www.joinermarriageindex.co.uk/durham.php > That doesn't have the abbreviations either! > > Neil > > --- Jan Moore <janmoore@ntlworld.com> wrote: > >> I was in my local Family History society library >> yesterday and copied some entries from the Co Durham >> Marriage indexes by George Bell. >> >> Could anyone help with the abbreviations that >> precede the date? I can guess some like BWM, MWM and >> GAT but would like help with others. >> >> Is there a web page that I could refer to in the >> future? >> >> In the meantime, I'd be grateful to know where is >> meant by: >> >> WHK LAM HSP WAS >> >> and if HLH is Hetton le Hole. >> >> Thanks! >> >> Jan > > ==== DUR-NBL Mailing List ==== > To Post a message to this list send it to, > DUR-NBL-L@rootsweb.com > > ==== DUR-NBL Mailing List ==== > List Web Page > http://www.communigate.co.uk/ne/durhamgenealogy/index.phtml > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > DUR-NBL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >