Hi everyone :) I've recently come into a mountain load of information regarding my Armstrong, Waugh and Bynon lines in Australia, so I'm on a roll at the moment. Combined with all the information I received both from this list and the NBL list, I'm making great headway. A HUGE thank you to you all for your help so far!! :D I still haven't been able to find Dorothy WAUGH and John ARMSTRONG's marriage. According to Dorothy's death certificate from Australia, they were married in Durham. Their first children (Elizabeth and Thomas, twins) were born in May 1848 in Benfieldside, Durham Northern, which you probably all remember. It's my guess Dorothy and John were married somewhere close to Benfieldside, although where is a mystery. I know there are various marriage indexes transcribed by various people and/or organisations, but they all seem only to cover up to 1837. Does anyone know of any that cover up to 1850 for Co Durham please? It's also a distinct possibility they were married in the same church Elizabeth and Thomas were baptised at, is anyone able to do a lookup there for me please? I'm at my wits' end trying to figure out how to find their marriage and with limited income I don't have many options! :( Take care, Rob. IBSSG Stuttgart, Germany, Honey's Home of Genealogy www.honeyshome.com

Hi Rob I've checked the indexes on 1837 online from jan 1840 - dec 1950 but there is only one Dorothy Roper Waugh listed in Wigton 2nd qtr 1842. I cross checked for the dates but there was no matching Armstrong. I think you mentioned that Dorothy was about 27 when she had her children. Perhaps she was married previously to someone else and then married Armstrong. Her first married name would be on the marriage certificate to Armstrong but she may not have thought about mentioning it to the registrar when the children's births were registered and jnust gave her maiden name. DOROTHY ROPER WAUGH Female Parents: Father: WILLIAM Marriages: Spouse: JOHN LITTLE HARRIS Marriage: 02 APR 1842 Holme Cultram, Cumberland, England Husband Age at Marriage: 22 Wife Age at Marriage: 22 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------ Messages: Extracted marriage record for locality listed in the record. The source records are usually arranged chronologically by the marriage date. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- --------- Source Information: Batch No.: Dates: Source Call No.: Type: Printout Call No.: Type: M006182 1581 - 1862 942.8 B4CW V.34 Book 6904735 Film M006182 1581 - 1862 0090629, 0090630 Film NONE Sheet: 00 This is an extracted record so it should be reasonably accurate. Notice how the ages tally with Dorothy being 27/28 in 1848? It may give you another direction to try. Best wishes Susan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robyn Leeds" <honey@honeyshome.com> To: <ENG-DURHAM-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, August 04, 2004 5:33 PM Subject: [ENG-DUR] Marriage indexes > Hi everyone :) > > I've recently come into a mountain load of information regarding my Armstrong, Waugh and Bynon lines in Australia, so I'm on a roll at the moment. Combined with all the information I received both from this list and the NBL list, I'm making great headway. A HUGE thank you to you all for your help so far!! :D > > I still haven't been able to find Dorothy WAUGH and John ARMSTRONG's marriage. According to Dorothy's death certificate from Australia, they were married in Durham. Their first children (Elizabeth and Thomas, twins) were born in May 1848 in Benfieldside, Durham Northern, which you probably all remember. It's my guess Dorothy and John were married somewhere close to Benfieldside, although where is a mystery. > > I know there are various marriage indexes transcribed by various people and/or organisations, but they all seem only to cover up to 1837. Does anyone know of any that cover up to 1850 for Co Durham please? > > It's also a distinct possibility they were married in the same church Elizabeth and Thomas were baptised at, is anyone able to do a lookup there for me please? I'm at my wits' end trying to figure out how to find their marriage and with limited income I don't have many options! :( > > Take care, > > Rob. > IBSSG > Stuttgart, Germany, > Honey's Home of Genealogy > www.honeyshome.com > > > > ==== ENG-DURHAM Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe send the command unsubscribe to > ENG-DURHAM-L-request@rootsweb.com (if in mail mode) > or ENG-DURHAM-D-request@rootsweb.com (if in digest mode.) >