Fran After a bit of ferretting around I found http://www.ply.me.uk/genealogy/places.html#J which gave an entry "1, Jackson’s Yard, Morpeth, Northumberland [P0989] England 55°09'59.04"N 1°40'55.90"W" - i put the map co-ordinates into google maps, and it indicates it is: 2 Melbourne Terrace Morpeth, Northumberland NE61 1TR if you take the Googlite [little fella] down to street view just to the north of the marker, you can have a good look round, this house is obviously over 100 years old, so I tried to locate this on old maps [I just put the postcode in] - then select the 1859 Town Plans - Morpeth at Scale 1:500 and u will find it, although unamed, just to the west of Laurel Cottage, Bennett's Walk ... and what a lovely view of the river! Try some other maps, but I am certain it is as indicated. Probably worth looking through the censuses to see if there was a JACKSON there in any of them. Regards, Fee -----Original Message----- From: knight frances Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2013 9:29 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [NMB] Morpeth Hi Folks my grandmother lived at a place called 'Jacksons Yard' in Morpeth in 1910 anyone know if it still exists? Fran .. Please remember to snip most of the earlier message before you post any reply...... Thank you! The NORTHUMBRIA FAQ page is located at http://www.bpears.org.uk/NorthumbriaFAQ/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Nivard, good to hear from you again and thanks for the link to the site. It is very different now and the thought comes to mind -- "if it ain't broke" etc. Mike Temple. -------------------------------------------------- From: "Nivard Ovington" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2013 6:29 PM To: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [NMB] L.D.S. site > Hi Mike > > It does look different but it is largely the same > > Go to :- > > https://familysearch.org/ > > Select search and or Search Historical Records > > Scroll down a little and under Browse All Record Collections, select > United Kingdom and Ireland > > Enter Durham in the search box > > Select England, Durham Diocese Bishop's Transcripts, ca. 1700-1900 > > Then Browse through 106XXX images > > Then Northumberland > > Click on the words Family Search top left of page to return to the home > page at any point > > > Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > > On 23/05/2013 17:01, Michael Temple wrote: >> It's a while since I visited this site . >> I found the records of over 100 churches in Northumberland to be of great >> use in the past, but it seems that the site has changed (recently ?), or >> maybe the email address has changed? >> Has anyone a current email link to this site >> >> Mike Temple > .. > Please remember to snip most of the earlier message before you post any > reply...... Thank you! > > The NORTHUMBRIA FAQ page is located at > http://www.bpears.org.uk/NorthumbriaFAQ/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I used to use this site a lot till it all changed, now I find it very confusing. Fran On 23 May 2013 21:05, Michael Temple <[email protected]> wrote: > Nivard, > good to hear from you again and thanks for the link to the > site. > It is very different now and the thought comes to mind -- "if it ain't > broke" etc. > Mike Temple. > > -------------------------------------------------- > From: "Nivard Ovington" <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2013 6:29 PM > To: <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [NMB] L.D.S. site > > > Hi Mike > > > > It does look different but it is largely the same > > > > Go to :- > > > > https://familysearch.org/ > > > > Select search and or Search Historical Records > > > > Scroll down a little and under Browse All Record Collections, select > > United Kingdom and Ireland > > > > Enter Durham in the search box > > > > Select England, Durham Diocese Bishop's Transcripts, ca. 1700-1900 > > > > Then Browse through 106XXX images > > > > Then Northumberland > > > > Click on the words Family Search top left of page to return to the home > > page at any point > > > > > > Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > > > > On 23/05/2013 17:01, Michael Temple wrote: > >> It's a while since I visited this site . > >> I found the records of over 100 churches in Northumberland to be of > great > >> use in the past, but it seems that the site has changed (recently ?), or > >> maybe the email address has changed? > >> Has anyone a current email link to this site > >> > >> Mike Temple > > .. > > Please remember to snip most of the earlier message before you post any > > reply...... Thank you! > > > > The NORTHUMBRIA FAQ page is located at > > http://www.bpears.org.uk/NorthumbriaFAQ/ > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > .. > Please remember to snip most of the earlier message before you post any > reply...... Thank you! > > The NORTHUMBRIA FAQ page is located at > http://www.bpears.org.uk/NorthumbriaFAQ/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Hi Folks my grandmother lived at a place called 'Jacksons Yard' in Morpeth in 1910 anyone know if it still exists? Fran

It's a while since I visited this site . I found the records of over 100 churches in Northumberland to be of great use in the past, but it seems that the site has changed (recently ?), or maybe the email address has changed? Has anyone a current email link to this site Mike Temple

Hi Mike It does look different but it is largely the same Go to :- https://familysearch.org/ Select search and or Search Historical Records Scroll down a little and under Browse All Record Collections, select United Kingdom and Ireland Enter Durham in the search box Select England, Durham Diocese Bishop's Transcripts, ca. 1700-1900 Then Browse through 106XXX images Then Northumberland Click on the words Family Search top left of page to return to the home page at any point Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) On 23/05/2013 17:01, Michael Temple wrote: > It's a while since I visited this site . > I found the records of over 100 churches in Northumberland to be of great use in the past, but it seems that the site has changed (recently ?), or maybe the email address has changed? > Has anyone a current email link to this site > > Mike Temple

On Sunday I was passing St Albans and noticed the door open. Seeing a chance of a look inside I went in and found many people and an offer of coffee and cake! Two new stained glass windows commemorating the Hartley Pit Disaster has been dedicated the previous day by the Bishop of Newcastle and the church was open for the weekend so people could view them. They are above the balcony of the church and are very modern in design. This site shows the new windows http://stalbansearsdon.org.uk/ One is a darkish window showing a pit shaft and a black hillside dotted with tiny white crosses, one for each of the dead pitmen. The other has a resurrection theme and shows a large glowing sun at the top, even on the miserable grey day, it shone out like a bright disc.. I've never been inside this church before, I only know it from the countless times I've searched the parish registers. As the registers run from 1589, I was struck by how "modern" it looked inside. The present church is the 3rd on the site apparently, built about 1838. I was also shown the 2 large stained glass windows near the front of the church, originally from Hampton Court Palace. By way of Tynemouth Priory and Seaton Delaval they had ended up in St Albans, they show the Kings Coats of Arms. I liked the tale of the lions paws ending on the other animals feet and vice versa. They had been reversed, back to their proper positions in the 1950's . Gen in NBL England

Hello List I thought it time to get back to one of my long term brick walls. My great great grandmother Margaret Crookshanks married Thomas Graham at St Johns, Newcastle in 1815. After around 15 years of family research, she remains a mystery. I still do not know who her parents were, nor her date of birth, or year of death. She had several children, three of whom survived. Her husband, Thomas died in 1826 and was buried at St Johns. He was 37, making his date of birth around 1789. I am assuming she would be of similar age or a little younger. According to the IGI, there seem to have been several families of Crookshanks living in the All Saints area of Newcastle in the late 1700s, but no record for a Margaret Crookshanks. (no luck with Cruikshanks either) Any help or advice would be GREATLY appreciated. Jeanette Heath Melbourne

Hi This website provides direct links to Bishops Transcripts images on the FamilySearch site: http://dustydocs.com/county/1/england/11/durham.html http://dustydocs.com/county/1/england/28/northumberland.html Brian -- Brian Pears (Joint List Admin - NORTHUMBRIA Mailing List)

Hi, Last year I managed to go to Woodhorn to try and find my Grandad's baptism among other things. I didn't find it, and its very unlikely that I will get to Woodhorn again. I am hoping that someone who is going there sometime in the future and will do a quick look up for me please, to see if they can find his baptism. His name is John Wallace SWINDLE, and was born on 11th December 1898. On the 1901 census, it says he was born at West Allen, Northumberland. Here is the census entry in 1901 for him and his family. SWINDLE, Joseph Head Married M 33 1868 Coal Hewer West Allen, Northumberland SWINDLE, Annie Wife Married F 33 1868 Durham SWINDLE, Sarah Daughter Single F 10 1891 West Allen, Northumberland SWINDLE, James Son Single M 7 1894 West Allen, Northumberland SWINDLE, Ada Daughter Single F 4 1897 West Allen, Northumberland SWINDLE, John W Son Single M 2 1899 West Allen, Northumberland Piece: 4825 Folio: 104 Page: 8 Registration District: Hexham Civil Parish: West Allen Address: Sunney Side, West Allen County: Northumberland If someone does look for me, could you look at the baptism records for Mohope Methodist Church please. Mohope is the only Church records I didn't look at. When I went to Woodhorn, I looked at the baptisms of Ninebanks and West Allen (Cof E)Allendale Town, Allendale Wesleyan Methodist, Hesleywell (Wesley) Allen Heads Bethal, Allendale High House and Allendale St Cuthbert. So all those Churches can be ruled out. Jan Boyes

Geoff, Thank you for posting the very informative piece on marriage bonds and allegations. Meg > > There was only a need to enter into a Marriage Bond if the wedding was to be by Licence. Most weddings were after the calling of Banns and therefore no Licence was necessary. The value of using the Marriage Bonds is therefore to see whether, knowing that the wedding was by Licence, there is anything extra to be gleaned from the Bond or from the Allegation which it was necessary to make before entering into the Bond.

That's the one. Thanks, Gen, for your quick reply. Kath On 17/05/2013 14:02, Gen ListLass wrote: > Is this what you are looking for? > http://familyrecords.dur.ac.uk/nei/data/intro.php > Gen in NBL England > >> Date: Fri, 17 May 2013 13:55:54 +0100 >> From: [email protected] >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: [NMB] Durham wills pre-1858 >> >> Please could someone remind me of the link to the online collection of >> Durham pre-1858 wills. I seem to have lost my bookmark. >> Thanks. >> Kath >> .. >> Please remember to snip most of the earlier message before you post any reply...... Thank you! >> >> The NORTHUMBRIA FAQ page is located at http://www.bpears.org.uk/NorthumbriaFAQ/ >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > .. > Please remember to snip most of the earlier message before you post any reply...... Thank you! > > The NORTHUMBRIA FAQ page is located at http://www.bpears.org.uk/NorthumbriaFAQ/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Is this what you are looking for? http://familyrecords.dur.ac.uk/nei/data/intro.php Gen in NBL England > Date: Fri, 17 May 2013 13:55:54 +0100 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: [NMB] Durham wills pre-1858 > > Please could someone remind me of the link to the online collection of > Durham pre-1858 wills. I seem to have lost my bookmark. > Thanks. > Kath > .. > Please remember to snip most of the earlier message before you post any reply...... Thank you! > > The NORTHUMBRIA FAQ page is located at http://www.bpears.org.uk/NorthumbriaFAQ/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Please could someone remind me of the link to the online collection of Durham pre-1858 wills. I seem to have lost my bookmark. Thanks. Kath

Thanks to everyone who did some John Harle research for me. It is most appreciated. I shall now proceed to the Family Search Marriage Bonds and Allegations for that time period and see what I can find. How long before the marriage did one sign the bond, and was it compulsory? Thank you again. Heather Brain Melb. V.A.

Heather: There was only a need to enter into a Marriage Bond if the wedding was to be by Licence. Most weddings were after the calling of Banns and therefore no Licence was necessary. The value of using the Marriage Bonds is therefore to see whether, knowing that the wedding was by Licence, there is anything extra to be gleaned from the Bond or from the Allegation which it was necessary to make before entering into the Bond. Just searching the Bonds "on spec" in case there was one, is therefore usually doomed to end in disappointment. Most researchers first track down the wedding and from the parish register entry (or the BTs if in the right period) they discover that it was by Licence and they then proceed to search for the Bond and Allegation. Bonds and Allegations are dated and by comparing that date with the date of the wedding it will be seen that in most cases the wedding was very soon after taking out the Licence - perhaps a couple of days. Sometimes it was even the same day: sometimes, however, it was much later. A Licence seems to have remained in force for about a year (though somewhere at the back of my mind a memory is telling me I have been told it was six months: perhaps someone will know better than I). You ask whether signing a Bond was compulsory. That depends what you mean by your question! It was not compulsory to be married by Licence. As I have said, the majority of weddings were after Banns. However, if it was desired to marry by Licence (and so avoid the publicity of having Banns read and also to avoid having to wait for three separate Sundays to pass), then, having made the Allegation, it was compulsory to enter into the Bond, and that meant signing it (or making one's mark), before the Licence could be issued. Geoff Nicholson -----Original Message----- From: Heather Brain <[email protected]> To: northumbria <[email protected]> Sent: Fri, 17 May 2013 4:03 Subject: [NMB] John Harle Thanks to everyone who did some John Harle research for me. It is most appreciated. I shall now proceed to the Family Search Marriage Bonds and Allegations for that time period and see what I can find. How long before the marriage did one sign the bond, and was it compulsory? Thank you again. Heather Brain Melb. V.A. .. Please remember to snip most of the earlier message before you post any reply...... Thank you! The NORTHUMBRIA FAQ page is located at http://www.bpears.org.uk/NorthumbriaFAQ/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Janita: Have you checked the likely period on FreeBMD to seek any marriages where the two surnames are any combination of Matthewson, Brown and/or Clark? That might get you started. Geoff Nicholson -----Original Message----- From: JANITA FREEMAN <[email protected]> To: NORTHUMBRIA <[email protected]> Sent: Wed, 15 May 2013 19:48 Subject: [NMB] Isabella Clark/Brown/Matthewson I've been going round in circles trying to find my Gt Grandmothers family. My Grandfather always used the surname Matthewson and I've only recently discovered he was actually registered in 1881 in North Shields, Northumberland as JAMES Matthewson Brown. His mother is Isabella, no father on certificate.He next appears on 1881 census of North Shields, aged 5 days, mother Isabella Matthewson aged 31, blacksmiths wife but husband not at home. There are also two other children, Joseph Matthewson Brown, 1876, no father again but Isabella surname is Brown nee Clark and then Hannah Matthewson Brown 1883. No father on this cerificate. Anyone any ideas how to proceed? Any help would be appreciated. JANITA .. Please remember to snip most of the earlier message before you post any reply...... Thank you! The NORTHUMBRIA FAQ page is located at http://www.bpears.org.uk/NorthumbriaFAQ/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hello Heather, Here is a possible family in 1851: HARLE, John Head Married M 34 1817 Coal Minor Northumberland HARLE, Dorothy Wife Married F 32 1819 Wife Durham HARLE, John Geo Son M 10 1841 Scholar Cornforth, Durham HARLE, David Todd Son M 8 1843 Scholar Wingate, Durham Piece: 2392, Folio: 229, Page: 23 Registration District: Easington Civil Parish: Municipal Borough: Address: 14, First Row County: Durham Here is 1861: HARLE, John Head Married M 44 1817 Coal Miner Overlooker Wallsend, Northumberland HARLE, Dorothy Wife Married F 42 1819 Jarrow, Durham HARLE, David Son Unmarried M 18 1833 Coal Miner Kelloe, Durham HARLE, Dorothy Niece Unmarried F 18 1843 Housemaid Washington, Durham Piece: 3750, Folio: 41, Page: 1 Registration District: Easington Civil Parish: Thornley Municipal Borough: Address: Hartlepool Street, Thornley County: Durham And 1871? Missing perhaps. Not coming up on the index. Maybe this helps. Regards Graham in NZ On 15/05/2013 7:31 p.m., Heather Brain wrote: Dear people, I have found my direct ancestor Sarah Harle,60 living in Coxhoe in the 1841 census. She is living with John Harle, 25, his wife Dorothy(nee Todd) 24,and their son John. I have found John and Dorothy's marriage in N on T in the April, May, June quarter of 1839, but have no more particulars than that. I can find no more details about John and cannot fit him into the family at all. Help?? Heather Brain Mel. V.A .. Please remember to snip most of the earlier message before you post any reply.. .... Thank you! The NORTHUMBRIA FAQ page is located at [1]http://www.bpears.org.uk/NorthumbriaF AQ/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [2][email protected] otsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and th e body of the message References 1. http://www.bpears.org.uk/NorthumbriaFAQ/ 2. mailto:[email protected]

Hi Heather The Newcastle Register Office's online index indicates that John and Dorothy married in the parish of St John. If you either order the marriage certificate from the General Register Office (google for address or follow the link on FreeBMD), or order the relevant film for St John's through the nearest LDS family history centre (see www.familysearch.org for addresses and for the film catalogue) you will obtain the name of John's father, assuming he provided the info. You could also check www.freereg.org.uk just in case they have transcribed the marriage -this volunteer project is still a work in progress. Have you looked for John in later census years for other clues, for example where he was born? Good luck Ingrid On 15/05/2013, at 7:31 PM, Heather Brain <[email protected]> > > I have found John and Dorothy's marriage in N on T in the April, May, June > quarter of 1839,

I've been going round in circles trying to find my Gt Grandmothers family. My Grandfather always used the surname Matthewson and I've only recently discovered he was actually registered in 1881 in North Shields, Northumberland as JAMES Matthewson Brown. His mother is Isabella, no father on certificate.He next appears on 1881 census of North Shields, aged 5 days, mother Isabella Matthewson aged 31, blacksmiths wife but husband not at home. There are also two other children, Joseph Matthewson Brown, 1876, no father again but Isabella surname is Brown nee Clark and then Hannah Matthewson Brown 1883. No father on this cerificate. Anyone any ideas how to proceed? Any help would be appreciated. JANITA