Geoff, Thank you for the assistance. The information I have is only that Ellen RILEY is listed as head of household in 1861 and am assuming Charles was gone. Is there a way to access that census? Info I have was gathered by a relative visiting UK several years ago. I did try the FreeBMD with no success so will try the GRO and then see if I can locate church registers and municipal cemeteries. I do not know Charles' occupation. Ellen immigrated with two of the children in 1868 and is shown on the passenger list as "wife" but on the 1870 Kentucky (U.S.) census has remarried a man named Patrick Curtis. The 1861 census shows Ellen and a daughter working in a Worsted Factory and that two of the children were born in Durham and the two younger ones born in Darlington. Ellen and Charles were both born in Ireland. Your help is appreciated as UK research is new to me. Nancy ----- Original Message ----- From: <GNicresearch@aol.com> To: <ENG-DURHAM-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2004 4:54 PM Subject: Re: [ENG-DUR] Death Record for Charles RILEY > In a message dated 15/01/2004 21:20:53 GMT Standard Time, > nancylong@comcast.net writes: > > > Need help in how to locate death record for Charles RILEY who appears with > > his family on the 1851 Durham, England census in Ebchester Parish, residence > > East Law (?). Wife Ellen RILEY is listed as head of household on 1861 > > census, St Johns Parish, living at 124 Park St., Darlington, with her > > children Julia, Catherine, Marie, George. > > Also in household are Catherine > MULLEN, grandmother and Margaret HAMILTON, > > lodger. I feel Charles may have died between 1851 and 1861 as he does not > > appear in later immigration records with the rest of the family. Appreciate > > suggestions > > What was Ellen's marital status in 1861? If it was "widow", then > presumably her husband had died by then. What you need to do is (a) seek the > reference to the death certificate via FreeBMD (you never know your luck!) and if > you cannot find any likely one (ages are not given in the indexes during the > 1850s) you will need to get sight of the GRO Quarterly indexes of all deaths in > England and/or Wales for the whole period between the censuses (41 indexes) > and find him in one of them. >