Hi Kerry, I am not sure if this has been pointed out to you before but there is a mention of a George Fred'k Copeland who died in South Africa in 1895 aged 19 in this index. http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/NBL/DeathNotices/ It is an index of obituaries that appeared in the Newcastle Evening Chronicle for years 1885 - 1906 but there are some gaps because pages are missing etc. If you think this is the person you are looking for you might be able to get a copy of the page from the British Library Newspapers for which there is a link on the above page. There are quite a number of Copeland entries so yo may find more of your family metioned here. Regards Jenny DeAngelis Spain. >>the Newcastle > 1911 Census. My uncle George Frederick COPELAND born in Durham in 1876 > seems to have died sometime between the 1891 Census and the 1911 Census > according to my gr-grandmother's advice that she lost a child in that > time. He was nowhere to be found in the 1901 Census but he was possibly > away at say the Boer War. I have tracked fruitlessly around the various > BDM and Boer War websites and need to possibly impose on your generosity > re checking your database in the name of George Frederick COPELAND when > looking for Janet's relative.<<