Hi Geoff :) I've tried to access the GRO, which I'm sure I've done in the past, but I can't find a site where the entire index is online for free searching. As for sending for a certificate, the Durham office told me I could apply for the certificate, specifying I only wanted it if Elizabeth's parents were listed as John Armstrong and Dorothy Waugh. The problem there is that it's going to cost me US$15.00 for a £7 cheque to pay for the certificate!! Unfortunately I can't afford it at the moment for various reasons, the biggest one being a military wage is barely above the poverty line in the States!! :(( So far I've been very lucky with my research, I haven't had to pay out much money! :D I've had an offer of a lovely lady offlist to do a lookup for me at the records office, so I'm hoping she can find Elizabeth for me. If not it's time to disown her and find a new ggGrandmother!! ;D Thanks again for yor help Geoff, as always you've been very helpful! :D Oh, if you know where I can search the GRO for free, could you please let me know? Thanks! :D I must sound like a miser, but I've got 4 kids so I can't afford NOT to be!! lol 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 3:49 PM Subject: Re: [ENG-DUR] 1851 Durham census In a message dated 07/07/2004 10:09:32 GMT Daylight Time, honey@honeyshome.com writes: 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 Rob: I take it you do realise that having been born in England in 1848, Elizabeth will have had a birth certificate and so should be listed in the GRO indexes. If you find her there, then you could obtain her birth certificate from the local registrar for only £7. If there are several possibilities (four Quarters plus the statutory six weeks allowed for registration usually produces five Quarters which would need to be searched) then at least you would have a list of possible registration districts and with luck that would not be every one in Co Durham!. You could also order each certificate from the FRC, conditional upon the mother's maiden surname being Waugh. . . 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.)