In a message dated 06/07/2004 23:24:14 GMT Daylight Time, honey@honeyshome.com writes: Does anyone have access to a seachable surname index for the 1851 Durham census? I've had a lovely man helping me to find Elizabeth ARMSTRONG and he's suggested the best direction to take is to find her on the census. She would have been about 3 years old. It will hopefully tell me if she had any siblings too. He's searched some of the areas of Durham but not all and I don't like asking him to do them all on his own! Any help would be enormously appreciated! :D . . For a meaningful answer to any question about "Durham" it will be necessary for you to specify whether you mean County Durham in general or Durham City in particular! A good index to the 1851 census of Durham City was published in 1992 by Durham Historical Enterprises, 3 Briardene, Margery Lane, Durham DH1 4QU. The ISBN is 0 9519088 0 4. It was compiled by David Butler, a former Durham County Archivist. I'm sorry but I don't know the price. . . For the whole county, there must be almost 100 different indexes which, between them, cover some 90% to 95% of the total. Most are published by either the Northumberland and Durham Family History Society or by the Cleveland Family History Society. If your interest is in the county in general you would need to look through them all unless, of course, you know the town concerned! . . 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.

Hi Geoff :) Long time no "see"!! :D You may not remember but about 2 years ago you were a big help to me trying to find Elizabeth the first time. Obviously I still haven't found her!! lol I have absolutely no idea which part of Durham she was born in, this is where the problem lies. I have a lovely man in England trying to help me and I know he's narrowed it down, but it's a lot of work for him to personally search ALL the census records to find her. I feel terribly mean leaving it all with him, which is why I thought I'd ask the list for any help. Alison from the list has sent me the Durham Records Online link, which I'm in the process of searching now. As expected, there are still a lot of entries for Elizabeth ARMSTRONGs, it's a popular name back then ... sigh!! I'm going to narrow my search down as much as possible using this site, then hopefully I can answer your question as to which area of Durham. Until then, if anyone DOES have access to the 1851 census and "just happen" to come across Elizabeth ARMSTRONG born about 1848, parents John and Dorothy ARMSTRONG (nee WAUGH), I'd LOVE to hear about it!! :D Take care, Rob. IBSSG Stuttgart, Germany Honey's Home of Genealogy www.honeyshome.com ----- Original Message ----- From: GNicresearch@aol.com To: ENG-DURHAM-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2004 10:49 AM Subject: Re: [ENG-DUR] 1851 Durham census In a message dated 06/07/2004 23:24:14 GMT Daylight Time, honey@honeyshome.com writes: Does anyone have access to a seachable surname index for the 1851 Durham census? I've had a lovely man helping me to find Elizabeth ARMSTRONG and he's suggested the best direction to take is to find her on the census. She would have been about 3 years old. It will hopefully tell me if she had any siblings too. He's searched some of the areas of Durham but not all and I don't like asking him to do them all on his own! Any help would be enormously appreciated! :D . . For a meaningful answer to any question about "Durham" it will be necessary for you to specify whether you mean County Durham in general or Durham City in particular! A good index to the 1851 census of Durham City was published in 1992 by Durham Historical Enterprises, 3 Briardene, Margery Lane, Durham DH1 4QU. The ISBN is 0 9519088 0 4. It was compiled by David Butler, a former Durham County Archivist. I'm sorry but I don't know the price. . . For the whole county, there must be almost 100 different indexes which, between them, cover some 90% to 95% of the total. Most are published by either the Northumberland and Durham Family History Society or by the Cleveland Family History Society. If your interest is in the county in general you would need to look through them all unless, of course, you know the town concerned! . . 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. ==== 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.)