In a message dated 29/03/2004 17:25:34 GMT Daylight Time, eric@multiline.com.au writes: Have been unable to trace this location which a line of ERRINGTON's seem to have originated from according to the IGI, Given that "Whelplatch" is not a Co Durham (nor Northumberland) parish, nor the name of any local nonconformist church, the only way in which that location would appear on the IGI is as part of one of the entries submitted, possibly many years ago, to the old CFI, by one of the Mormons' members. As such it will be one of the most dubious entries in what is never an entirely reliable "source". The possibility that the original submitter has mis-read some document is also high - very, very high, in my experience. Here I do think that has happened, and I would guess that what was intended was possibly "Whelp Letch". That is probably just the name of one individual farm: it is not a village or anywhere larger than that. It sounds vaguely familiar to me, though I cannot place it exactly! "Letch" is a local name for a stream - usually a slow-running one through low-lying, boggy, ground. Geoff Nicholson 57 Manor Park, Concord, WASHINGTON, Tyne & Wear NE37 2BU Ask for details of NBL/DUR family history research in depth by THE local expert, working for YOU.