After receiving help from many of you listers I have hit a wall, and could use some advice on which direction I might go in my research. My problem is with the surname of my ancestor. I have traced my 2-great grandmother Elizabeth BURDIS back as far as her marriage in 1833. She was married 20 Apr 1833 at Dalton le Dale to George Pigg. The marriage record however lists her name as Elizabeth FELTON not Burdis. It was the second marriage for George who was married prior to Margaret Hay at Houghton-le-Spring in 1826. Margaret d. 1828 at Houghton. I sent for and received birth records of two of George and Elizabeth's two children, and the mother is listed as Elizabeth FELTON on both records. This family immigrated to the U.S. in 1848 and had no additional children. I have three Co. Durham records all listing Elizabeth's surname as FELTON, and four U.S. records where she lists her surname as BURDIS. She has listed her birth date as 15 Jun 1810 at Haswell, but I can find no records of her birth or her parent's names. I've come to the conclusion the Elizabeth may have had a previous marriage, although no record can be found, or that she was born out of wedlock. Do any of you have any of you have suggestions on where I might write to seek information on the second scenario? I have already checked available marriage records, but found nothing for that time period. Thanks in advance, John O'Keefe