In message <000601c711bb$7b977af0$8aa3c050@joyceb8ojaau1z>, joyce <j.batt@blueyonder.co.uk> writes >Hi all, > >Just joined this list to try to find my gr.gr.grandmother Hannah BURN. >>From various census details she gives her birthplace as >>Cockerton,Durham,in 1796. > >Am I right in thinking that the nearest place she could have been >christened would have been at Darlington? >Also,could Darlington be under north yorkshire as well as Durham? > >Best wishes, >Joyce Hello Joyce, From a fiche index to Darlington St Cuthbert baptisms 1798-1812 there were several BURN families in the area. Unfortunately Hannah must have been christened before the start of the index, and there are no other indexes for Darlington , so you would need to see the parish records. St Cuthbert was the only parish church at that date. Darlington has always been in Co. Durham. Regards, -- Helen Oram