Have just joined so this may be going over old ground. I am trying to figure out the parishes in Sunderland around the 1800's particularly in Bishopwearmouth. St.Thomas was formed in 1844, what was the parish before that? Where did it get to as it all appears to be St.Michael's now. Also does anyone know what the following was : "Robinson Lane-Nc And Saint Georges-Nc", it appears in the IGI as a parish but I don't know where it is. Also has anyone done any work on the Rowntree name in Bishopwearmouth, I can get back to about 1800 but it gets a bit confused then. David Rowntree Tasmania, Australia

David I was very interested to see your posting about the ROWNTREE family. I have an Ann ROWNTREE married to a Thomas MORDEY in my tree. They married in 1808 in Sunderland. children from this marriage are Ann Dorothy Mary Ann Jonathon Alice Edward Margaret Jane John Rowntree (yep - born 1826) Thomas and Stephenson. I have a couple of christenings to check at Holy Trinity to see if I can find more details for Ann ROWNTREES father, I'm hoping for that extra information we get 1798-1812 in the registers. Looking at the IGI (which I always take with a pinch of salt until I've checked the original registers), potentially Ann's parents could be Edward and Dorothy. Particularly when looking at the childrens names and considering the strong naming tradition. Would be interested in sharing information with you although if you think there may be a connection here. My Rowntree information at the moment however is very limited. looking forward to hearing back Diane R Sunderland UK David Rowntree <davtree@bigpond.com> wrote: Have just joined so this may be going over old ground. I am trying to figure out the parishes in Sunderland around the 1800's particularly in Bishopwearmouth. St.Thomas was formed in 1844, what was the parish before that? Where did it get to as it all appears to be St.Michael's now. Also does anyone know what the following was : "Robinson Lane-Nc And Saint Georges-Nc", it appears in the IGI as a parish but I don't know where it is. Also has anyone done any work on the Rowntree name in Bishopwearmouth, I can get back to about 1800 but it gets a bit confused then. David Rowntree Tasmania, Australia ==== ENG-DUR-SUNDERLAND Mailing List ==== To unsubscribe from this list send a message to ENG-DUR-SUNDERLAND-L-request@rootsweb.com that contains (in the body of the message) the command unsubscribe to unsubscribe from digest send the command unsubscribe to ENG-DUR-SUNDERLAND-D-request@rootsweb.com --------------------------------- ALL-NEW Yahoo! Messenger - sooooo many all-new ways to express yourself