My grand parents Joseph Temperley And Margaret Ann nee Smith married 1906 had two children in England, one female who died in England, my father Thomas born 1909 Co Durham. They lived near Brandon and Joseph was a coal miner. Help is required to find the females name, birth date and date of death to complete this family tree. I am spoilt in NSW most births give the parents names. This is not the case in England ! Thanking you in advance Ralph

----- Original Message ----- From: "Ralph Temperley" <jtemperl@bigpond.net.au> To: "dur-nbi-request" <DUR-NBL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2007 10:03 AM Subject: [genealogy] [DUR-NBL] parents of children > My grand parents Joseph Temperley And Margaret Ann nee Smith married 1906 > had two children in England, one female who died in England, my father > Thomas born 1909 Co Durham. > They lived near Brandon and Joseph was a coal miner. > Help is required to find the females name, birth date and date of death to > complete this family tree. > I am spoilt in NSW most births give the parents names. > This is not the case in England ! > Thanking you in advance Ralph Ralph, I wonder if you have tried searching at FreeBMD http://freebmd.org.uk/ . That lists nine female TEMPERLEY births registered in Durham district between Apr-Jun 1906 (the District and Quarter in which your grandparents' marriage was registered) and 1915 (my own guess at a reasonable cut-off date). In date order of the quarters in which the births were registered, these were Jun 1907 - Doris (2 Doris births in the same quarter) Sep 1907 - Maud Mary L Dec 1907 - Elizabeth Thwaites Jun 1908 - Florence Ada Dec 1908 - Elizabeth - Florence Margaret Sep 1909 - Isabel (unlikely to have been a twin sister to your father - he was recorded in the same quarter, but on a different page) June 1911 - Annie I If there is no name in my list that rings a bell, then you may need to start purchasing some birth certificates (which do, of course, name the parents!) at £7 each (online) to find the parents names. But.... Only two of the children listed above died before 1925, so that may offer a more economical way to progress. The relevant death records are : Deaths Sep 1908 - Doris TEMPERLEY aged 1 - Durham 10a page 221 Deaths Dec 1913 - Annie I TEMPERLEY aged 2 - Durham 10a page 442 By purchasing those two death certificates, you could well be on your way to completing (?) your tree. Unless, of course, your anonymous aunt was born in another district within Co. Durham, died in Durham district after 1925, or elsewhere, or has not yet been added to FreeBMD's database, or whatever.... The only other place you should consider searching is the Durham Registrars - they have a searchable index of births, marriages and deaths, but it is far from complete. http://www.durham.gov.uk/gro/newgro.nsf/search If you look there, you will find reference to an Ann Hindmarch TEMPERLEY, born 1906 in Durham Western. (she is recorded in FreeBMD, born in Weardale in March 1906) but they have no mention of either Doris Temperley born in Jun 1907. Unfortunately, you cannot yet search the Durham database for the death records, since they have not yet been indexed. Perhaps I should end on a more encouraging note. If you have not previously bought Registration certificates from England and Wales, it is a fairly simple procedure via http://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content . Under no circumstances should you be persuaded to buy through any of the commercial sites, who will simply overcharge and give you no better service. Good luck, Tim S.