Hi, Lynne, Some results from FreeBMD. I suspoect that you can't get at the 1930's records yet. Births Jun 1901 ORR Frances Bulger Sunderland 10a 768 Births Dec 1906 Cowan Nancy Sunderland 10a 748 Marriages Sep 1904 Cowan James Sunderland 10a 1097 Nicholson Annie Sunderland 10a 1097 Good luck, Tim S. (please remove my fairly obvious spam trap if you wish to contact me directly) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lynn Elves" <elvesgandalf@hotmail.com> To: <ENG-DUR-SUNDERLAND-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2005 6:01 PM Subject: [genealogy] [SUNDERLAND] new to list and names > Hi It has been a few years since I did research, this was mainly on Chesire > adn Lancs lists. So Hi > > My Name is Lynn and I am helping my partner trace his family history. > > The surnames I am interested in: > Orr - Thomas, Francis Bulger, Margaret and siblings etc. Francis Bulder Orr > married Nancy Cowan > Nicholson- Annie - Annie married a James Cowan around 1907 in Sunderland, > Cowan, James, Nancy his daughter. > King _ charles edward King b 1931 and his fatherJohn Geroge King who married > Elizabeth Murdock. They may have been from Ireland. > > I have tried searching the Durham site and then I lost where I was, it was > free and gave good details. > I searched, free BDM, > Family search ( and found no names- maybe I did it wrong) > I tried the 1881 census, but because I dont have exact dates this is not > possible. > 1901 censu, but cant afford the costs, I had a decoder but it has a run time > error and think its way too old now. > I had the first set of British vital records, but again difficult as I > really dont have great details. > > I beleive they were all born and married in or around Sunderland. > Rough dates: > Margaret Orr b 1932 > Nancy Cowan b 1908 > Francis Bulger Orr b approx 1900-1901 > James COwan and Annie Nicholson married 1907 > Charles Edward King b 1931 > > Any assistance or ideas welcome Many thanks > > Lynn Johnson > Cheshire Cat In OZ > > > > ==== ENG-DUR-SUNDERLAND Mailing List ==== > To post to the list, messages should be sent to > ENG-DUR-SUNDERLAND-L@rootsweb.com >