Stan, As always thank you for your knowledge and advice re the site. Yoiu were right - he doesn't appear to have had his own business. The only Young I could find was a Thomas Young. I realise now it should be Wear St - as in Bishop and Monkwearmouth - mouth of the Wear, I suppose. Do you know where Wear St was/is? Geraldine >From: Stanmapstone@aol.com >To: ENG-DUR-SUNDERLAND-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [SUNDERLAND] Robert Young shipwright >Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2004 04:49:48 EST > >Hi Geraldine, >It should be Wear Street. You can search directories on line at Digital >Library of Historical Directories _http://www.historicaldirectories.org/_ >(http://www.historicaldirectories.org/) but Robert Young will not be >listed unless >he had his own business, ordinary householders are not listed. >Regards Stan Mapstone > > >==== ENG-DUR-SUNDERLAND Mailing List ==== >The Lambton Worm, >http://orac.sunderland.ac.uk/lambton.html > _________________________________________________________________ What's your house worth? Click here to find out: http://www.ninemsn.realestate.com.au