Hi Janice Google "rootsweb mailing lists" for the list including any lists for Lancashire. You can check an on-line Gazetteer for all the different options for Elswick e.g. the one at www.genuki.org.uk There was for example an Elswick in Newcastle- this extract is from www.genuki.org.uk "ST. JOHN, a parish in the W. division of Castle ward, county Northumberland, 2 miles W. of Newcastle, of which town it forms a suburb. The parish is situated on the Tyne, near the line of the Carlisle railway, and contains the townships of Benwell, Elswick, and Westgate. The living is a perpetual curacy* in the diocese of Durham, value £300, in the patronage of the Vicar of Newcastle. The church of St. John is an ancient structure formerly belonging to Tynemouth Priory. There is also a district church, dedicated to St. James, at Benwell. The several Dissenting bodies have places of worship, and there are National schools. Some of the oldest collieries in England are situated in: this parish. At Benwell, supposed to be the Roman Condercum, numerous Roman antiquities, as urns, coins, inscriptions, &c., have been found. "WESTGATE, a township in the parish of Newcastle upon Tyne St. John, W. division of Castle Ward, county Northumberland. It is the north-western suburb of the town of Newcastle. The population of the township in 1861 was 21,272." Genuki also has a number of indexes of marriages, mainly pre-1837 for Northumberland (including Newcastle) and Co. Durham - you could check these for your couple. If your couple married after the start of civil registration in July 1837, you can look for a reference on www.freebmd.org.uk - this covers the whole of England and Wales. You can order certificates either from the respective local register offices or from the General Register Office (GRO) in Southport. The local register offices do not necessarily accept credit cards so it is often easier to order & pay online through the GRO - www.gro.govt.uk The GRO certificates cost seven pounds, postage included, if you have the full reference. More info available on the site. Local indexes have started to become available. This site www.ukbmd.org.uk has useful background information and also links to those local indexes which have been put on line, including modern Co. Durham. Even if you do not wish to order locally it can be a good idea to have a look at a local on-line index if it is available. You may be able to find entries misindexed on the GRO index, or in the case of marriages the local index will hopefully tell you the name of the spouse and the church. Good luck, Ingrid, NZ On 29/03/2009, at 2:47 PM, peter stevens wrote: > > > I have found that there is a second Elswick in Lancashire ; can any > lister tell me > the correct email address to join the Lancashire list as it is > possible that William > John BELL and Mary EVANS were married there and not in Durham. > > Thank you again, Janice Stevens (nee BELL ). > > Subject: BELL / EVANS > > > Hello everyone I am a new lister. > > I am looking for a marriage ; William John BELL to Mary EVANS prior > to emigrating > to N.S.W. before 1840. > > William is believed to have lived on "Elswick" farm near Sydney > N.S.W. which was > possibly named after Elswick, Durham. > > No other relevent information I am afraid. > > I will be most greatfull for any help or suggestions. > > Janice Stevens ( nee BELL ).