Hi Rob Sorry but it's bad news and good news. I checked the Durham Records site last night and found there were four Elizabeth Armstrongs born between 1841 and 1850 registered in the Easington district. I have checked all four and none of them fit. The only one who has a father named John has a different mother. Father's occupation does not agree either. So bad luck. However, there were 11 other Elizabeth Armstrongs registered in other areas of County Durham so I decided to check them out as well and - pause for trumpets - I found her! Yabadabadoo!! Elizabeth Armstrong born 1848 and registered in the Durham Northern area. The reference code for her birth certificate from the regional office is DNLAN7-389. The certificate costs £7 and can be paid for on line with a credit card at the following address http://www.durham.gov.uk/gro/bi184150.nsf/intermediate?openform&idpass=D61487B58BDFFC2880256D0B004844F3 or you can print out the application form and send to the office at the following address Postal Applications If you apply by post please complete the form and enclose a stamped addressed envelope and the appropriate fee in sterling drawn on a British Bank Sorting Code. Certificates cost £7.00 each. All remittances should be made payable to Superintendent Registrar and cheques should be crossed "/&Co/". Durham Northern The Registrar 7 Thorneyholme Terrace, Stanley Co Durham DH9 0BJ UK Telephone: 01207 235849 (In UK), +44 1207 235849 (Outside UK) I think a credit card is probably the best way though. Hope this helps! Looking forward to receiving your firstborn! Susan ----- Original Message ----- From: Robyn Leeds To: susan BAMPTON Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2004 5:37 PM Subject: Re: [ENG-DUR] Elizabeth ARMSTRONG ... baptisms Hi Susan :) I LOVE YOU, you're an angel, thank you, thank you, thank you!!!!! :D Okay, I got carried away, but I've been searching for this woman for 4 years and so far zilch ... sigh!! Here's what I have to date ... Elizabeth ARMSTRONG died 1917 in Bendigo, Australia aged 69 years. That puts her birth at around 1848. Her marriage to William Edward BYNON lists her birthplace as "Durham, England', unfortunately no more and states she was 20 at the time she married. This also confirms her birth c1848. So far I've been unable to find her in 1848 so she may have lied about her age when she married and as a result her death age is wrong too. Funnily enough if it IS incorrect, then chances are high she was born 1844 which means she made herself younger. I thought that was strange, most people make themselves older in order to marry etc. But I digress, sorry!! Elizabeth's parents were John ARMSTRONG and Dorothy WAUGH, John listed as a miner. I don't have any birthplace for either, although I DO have Dorothy's death registration but that hasn't been confirmed. If it IS her, she died in 1891 aged 70 years, putting her birth at c1821. No place of birth unfortunately! :(( I've been searching various sites and found various entries which could possibly be Elizabeth, but so far nothing has been close enough for me to warrant purchasing anything. If you can find her birth registration I will love you forever and send you my firstborn as a slave for a year!! ;D Let me know if you need anything else and I'll do my best to find it! :D Take care, Rob. IBSSG Stuttgart, Germany Honey's Home of Genealogy www.honeyshome.com

Major blonde moment here, I didn't notice this went to the list as well, so sorry for pasting what you'd already read!! I think it's time I had a break from Elizabeth, my brain needs to regenerate some cells I think! ;D Take care, Rob. IBSSG Stuttgart, Germany Honey's Home of Genealogy www.honeyshome.com ----- Original Message ----- From: susan BAMPTON To: ENG-DURHAM-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Thursday, July 08, 2004 4:51 PM Subject: Re: [ENG-DUR] Elizabeth ARMSTRONG ... baptisms Hi Rob Sorry but it's bad news and good news. I checked the Durham Records site last night and found there were four Elizabeth Armstrongs born between 1841 and 1850 registered in the Easington district. I have checked all four and none of them fit. The only one who has a father named John has a different mother. Father's occupation does not agree either. So bad luck. However, there were 11 other Elizabeth Armstrongs registered in other areas of County Durham so I decided to check them out as well and - pause for trumpets - I found her! Yabadabadoo!! Elizabeth Armstrong born 1848 and registered in the Durham Northern area. The reference code for her birth certificate from the regional office is DNLAN7-389. The certificate costs £7 and can be paid for on line with a credit card at the following address http://www.durham.gov.uk/gro/bi184150.nsf/intermediate?openform&idpass=D61487B58BDFFC2880256D0B004844F3 or you can print out the application form and send to the office at the following address Postal Applications If you apply by post please complete the form and enclose a stamped addressed envelope and the appropriate fee in sterling drawn on a British Bank Sorting Code. Certificates cost £7.00 each. All remittances should be made payable to Superintendent Registrar and cheques should be crossed "/&Co/". Durham Northern The Registrar 7 Thorneyholme Terrace, Stanley Co Durham DH9 0BJ UK Telephone: 01207 235849 (In UK), +44 1207 235849 (Outside UK) I think a credit card is probably the best way though. Hope this helps! Looking forward to receiving your firstborn! Susan ----- Original Message ----- From: Robyn Leeds To: susan BAMPTON Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2004 5:37 PM Subject: Re: [ENG-DUR] Elizabeth ARMSTRONG ... baptisms Hi Susan :) I LOVE YOU, you're an angel, thank you, thank you, thank you!!!!! :D Okay, I got carried away, but I've been searching for this woman for 4 years and so far zilch ... sigh!! Here's what I have to date ... Elizabeth ARMSTRONG died 1917 in Bendigo, Australia aged 69 years. That puts her birth at around 1848. Her marriage to William Edward BYNON lists her birthplace as "Durham, England', unfortunately no more and states she was 20 at the time she married. This also confirms her birth c1848. So far I've been unable to find her in 1848 so she may have lied about her age when she married and as a result her death age is wrong too. Funnily enough if it IS incorrect, then chances are high she was born 1844 which means she made herself younger. I thought that was strange, most people make themselves older in order to marry etc. But I digress, sorry!! Elizabeth's parents were John ARMSTRONG and Dorothy WAUGH, John listed as a miner. I don't have any birthplace for either, although I DO have Dorothy's death registration but that hasn't been confirmed. If it IS her, she died in 1891 aged 70 years, putting her birth at c1821. No place of birth unfortunately! :(( I've been searching various sites and found various entries which could possibly be Elizabeth, but so far nothing has been close enough for me to warrant purchasing anything. If you can find her birth registration I will love you forever and send you my firstborn as a slave for a year!! ;D Let me know if you need anything else and I'll do my best to find it! :D Take care, Rob. IBSSG Stuttgart, Germany Honey's Home of Genealogy www.honeyshome.com ==== ENG-DURHAM Mailing List ==== query board for Durham gen web http://www.britishislesgenweb.org/cgi-bin/data/durham.cgi