Bruce Dodd wrote: > The question of dates came up recently. For all anyone could ever want > to know about all manner of dates, download the all-encompassing > Calendar Magic from EuroSoft@stokepoges.plus.com, or from > www.stokepoges.plus.com. Bruce Unless I'm missing something, this doesn't in fact cover the subject of the recent thread on dates - namely the significance of the Old Style/New Style date notation, ie 1748/49, which was used in the run-up to the major calendar changes of 1752. In any event, you shouldn't post links to software under any circumstances. A lot of free software carries all manner of malware - everything from viruses through to worms, trojans and bots. I don't know if it's safe to install on our machines, you don't know if its safe to install on our machines. It may seem to work, it may be useful - but what horror has it planted on our machines to wreak havoc at some future date? The word "trojan" was well chosen to describe how such things are spread - like the Trojan Horse, an apparent gift bearing deadly hidden secret. It may be safe, but we cannot be sure, and I certainly don't want the list to be used to spread harmful software. So please, no more software links on the list. Brian -- Brian Pears (Gateshead, UK) http://www.bpears.org.uk/ Joint List Admin NORTHUMBRIA Genealogy Mailing List GENUKI Northumberland Maintainer

The question of dates came up recently. For all anyone could ever want to know about all manner of dates, download the all-encompassing Calendar Magic from EuroSoft@stokepoges.plus.com, or from www.stokepoges.plus.com. Bruce Dodd Ottawa, ON

Linda, I had ancestors living in that area in the 1800's. It's Ritton Colt Park, near Wingates ,Birkhead Moor and Longhorsley, Northumberland. Mike Temple, Spain. ----- Original Message ----- From: <Lindatamarisk@aol.com> To: <NORTHUMBRIA@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 2009 8:15 PM Subject: [NMB] Richardson Family > hi everyone, > > I'm hoping someone can help me. I am trying to trace a Richardson family > from Netherwitton area of northumberland. They moved around as father > was > a shepherd but in 1851 census they appear in Newbiggin village, Morpeth > Dist 7, HO 107 2418 (pg 35). I have a possible candidate in Ann (Green) > Richardson but I can't make out the word before pauper. She is living > with son > William, a Cordwainer, born at Cold Park. Does anyone have any idea > where > this is? My Ann was born I believe around 1781 in Newcastle (although I > have no proof) & William was christened in Netherwitton in 1816 while the > family were living at Birkhead Moor. That would make them 70 & 35 > (recorded as 75 & 30) respectively. In 1861 census Ann is recorded as > being 80 > which is correct. The name Richardson seems to be a common one & I want > to be > sure I have found the right family. > > Mamy thanks > Linda > > > The NORTHUMBRIA FAQ page is located at > http://www.bpears.org.uk/NorthumbriaFAQ/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NORTHUMBRIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.409 / Virus Database: 270.14.1/2407 - Release Date: 10/01/09 06:34:00

thanks for that mike linda

I can tell you which book I read this in but I surely I would be breaking the copywrite laws and you always ask us not to do that on this site so I think we will leave this topic at that. Marg --- On Wed, 30/9/09, Brian Pears <bp@bpears.org.uk> wrote: > From: Brian Pears <bp@bpears.org.uk> > Subject: Re: [NMB] Bishops Transcripts > To: northumbria@rootsweb.com > Date: Wednesday, 30 September, 2009, 9:31 PM > KEN WHITE wrote: > > As to Bywell, I have this information from a good > source > > and I am sure that way back when there would have > been > > a sizeable village or indeed villages to supply the > > ironwork needed by the Reivers etc. > > Marg > > What is your source? What makes you think that the > ironwork > for the Reivers came from Bywell?  I've heard this > said > previously but I'm not aware of any documentary or > archaeological evidence. > > Brian > > -- > Brian Pears  (Gateshead, UK)    http://www.bpears.org.uk/ >        Joint List Admin > NORTHUMBRIA Genealogy Mailing List >             >    GENUKI Northumberland Maintainer > > > The NORTHUMBRIA FAQ page is located at http://www.bpears.org.uk/NorthumbriaFAQ/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NORTHUMBRIA-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the > subject and the body of the message >

Geoff Seems you have a better book than I, just shows you shouldnt believe everything you read, thank you for the extra information I will add that to my family tree information. Marg --- On Wed, 30/9/09, NEGenealogy@aol.com <NEGenealogy@aol.com> wrote: > From: NEGenealogy@aol.com <NEGenealogy@aol.com> > Subject: Re: [NMB] Bywell > To: northumbria@rootsweb.com > Date: Wednesday, 30 September, 2009, 4:00 PM > > > > Marg: > >         My apologies for the  > premature sending of this message before it > was ready. > >         While agreeing with much of > what  you say, it should be mentioned > that some of it seems to be just "popular  history" > (ie old guesswork, > preserved in print), which is often not real history  > at all.  To take things one > point at a time - Bywell was probably never a  > "sizeable town", but rather > always a village, albeit once a much larger one then  > is there now.  However, > Bywell Hall was built only in 1766, shortly after  the > marriage between Col > Thomas Richard Beaumont of Yorkshire and Diana  > Wentworth Blackett, which > marriage brought Bywell into the Beaumont family, it  > having previously been > a Blackett, and before that a Fenwick (of Wallington)  > property.  The houses > on the "Stocksfield side", of which there are and  > were very few until we > come to the village of Stocksfield itself are  not > part of the village of > Bywell, although included within the township of  > Newton, which lies within one > of the two Bywell parishes (probably St  > Peter's).  The ownership of > Stocksfield/Newton has always been separate  from that > of Bywell, and the name of > Newton, although no doubt referring to a  settlement > which was dleiberately > made "new" at some time, dates back well  before the > 1771 flood. > >     The two churches were "supported" by (a) > the  Diocese of Durham and (b) > their respective parishes, that of Bywell St Peters  > being much the larger > parish of the two. > >     There may be some truth in Bywell having been > a  centre of iron > working, especially as, like most of the Tyne valley, it > lay  "behind the lines" in > any Border Wars.  The weir on the Tyne, near > Bywell  Castle, has been > speculated by Capt Sterling and others as having > possibly  a Roman origin > andamrking a place at which supplies may have been taken > from  river barges to be > taken to the Wall.  In that case it would not be > beyond  the bounds of > possibility that Bywell could have been on a Roman - and > thus of  importance after > Roman times - road, although if so it has never been  > found!  Dere Street > passed within a mile or two (Riding Mill) in any  > case.  In mediaeval times, > Bywell was the property of the Baliol family,  who > eventually were installed > by Edward I as (briefly) Kings of > Scotland.   Bywell would have been a > useful staging point for them, between their base at  > Barnard Castle and the > Scottish Border/Edinburgh. > >                 >                 >                 > Geoff  Nicholson > > > > In a message dated 30/09/2009 15:00:25 GMT Daylight > Time,  > kenmar.white@btopenworld.com > writes: > > Hi  Allan > > Bywell used to be a sizeable town big enough to support the > two  churches > which can be seen today, the Lord of the mannor decided > that he did  not want > a village so near his hall and decided to have some of the > houses  pulled > down, this and the fact that there was a great flood in > 1771 when there  were > ten houses lost and the other tenants were transferred to > the Stocksfield  > side, which was also owned by Mr Beaumont resulted in the > very small village > we see today, the Market Cross still stands beside the > two  churches. > > The old village was divided into several parishes > including  Newton, and > contained  handcraftsmen whose trade was in ironwork > for the  horseman of the > county making bits, stirrups, buckles etc, so very > much  involved with the > border reivers.  My Charlton family came from > the  Bywell area and looking at > your name of Robson they would probably have been  > from those parts too, my > Charltons migrated slowly down the tyne to North  > Shields, they also worked > in Middlesbrough in the foundries in the mid  1800's. > > Hope this is of help to  you. > > Marg > > > > > > The NORTHUMBRIA FAQ page is located at http://www.bpears.org.uk/NorthumbriaFAQ/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NORTHUMBRIA-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the > subject and the body of the message >

H i michael - please excuse typing - one arm in sling! did you look at census - if so what do you think it said? I know area around netherwitton quite well & relations farmed at coatyards si I immediately thought it referred to coltpark but it was transcribed coldpark & it certainly looks like that to me! if it is colt park they could well be mine as i know the family seemed to migrate toward blyth area but mariners widow also threw me! thanks for your help linda

KEN WHITE wrote: > Bywell used to be a sizeable town big enough to support the two churches > which can be seen today, Marg The fact that there are two churches at Bywell had nothing whatsoever to do with the size of the village. The boundary between the Norman baronies of Bywell and Styford - and probably their Saxon predecessors - passed through what became the village. St Andrews served one barony (Styford) and St Peters the other. It appears that the village grew around the churches, not vice versa, and there's no evidence that I know of that it was ever any bigger than it was at the beginning of the nineteenth century. At that time, 1801, the population of Bywell Township - Bywell village plus a considerable hinterland - was only 199. That's roughly half of the population in exactly the same area in modern times - the most recent figure I have is from the 1961 census when the population was 419. Brian -- Brian Pears (Gateshead, UK) http://www.bpears.org.uk/ Joint List Admin NORTHUMBRIA Genealogy Mailing List GENUKI Northumberland Maintainer

KEN WHITE wrote: > As to Bywell, I have this information from a good source > and I am sure that way back when there would have been > a sizeable village or indeed villages to supply the > ironwork needed by the Reivers etc. Marg What is your source? What makes you think that the ironwork for the Reivers came from Bywell? I've heard this said previously but I'm not aware of any documentary or archaeological evidence. Brian -- Brian Pears (Gateshead, UK) http://www.bpears.org.uk/ Joint List Admin NORTHUMBRIA Genealogy Mailing List GENUKI Northumberland Maintainer

Linda, You say the Richardsons were living at/on Birkhead Moor when they baptised William at Netherwitton. A small community/farm called Birkheads lay within the Township, Ritton Coltpark, which lay within the Parish of Netherwitton. A small community/farm called Colt Park/Coltpark lay in that same Township, Ritton Coltpark, within Netherwitton Parish. Lists/databases of communities/farms etc within the Parish of Netherwitton show no place called Cold Park. Ditto for all of Northumberland ! Armstrong's map of 1769 shows Birk Heads very close to Colt Park- no sign of any Cold Park in vicinty.! Michael

Hi List Has anyone out there got any info on this family William Sewell born Carlisle 1867 and wife Annie Kirkbride born Maryport 1880 Children John Sewell born 1901 Maryport Cumberland Mary Ann Sewell born 1903 Maryport William Douglas Sewell born Tynemouth 1912 Edith Sewell born 1906 Wallsend audrey

Many thanks Bur what I am searching for are the Bishops Transcripts for the parish of Bedlington. The other parishes in Northumberland are there on the FamilySearch site but there is no entry for Bedlington. Mike Fairless -----Original Message----- From: northumbria-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:northumbria-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of NEGenealogy@aol.com Sent: 30 September 2009 16:10 To: northumbria@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [NMB] Bishops Transcripts In a message dated 30/09/2009 15:55:01 GMT Daylight Time, kenmar.white@btopenworld.com writes: I am sure that Bedlington comes under Houghton Church Mike. The church is situated at the top of the bank down into Bedlington. Marg Marg: The "Houghton" nearest to Bedlington is spelled "Horton", just SW of Blyth. Horton and Bedlington each had the same ecclesiastical status - that of a parish in their own right, with neither "coming under" the other. Bedlingtonshire was separated from its Northumbrian neighbours, as a detached part of Co Durham, whereas Horton was as much a part of Northumberland as any other part, another reason for not confusing them. There are several parishes with similar names and we must be careful not to confuse them. In Co Durham there are Houghton le Spring and Haughton le Skerne. There is also Haughton le Side, though that is no more than a township, not a parish. In Northumberland there are Horton and Longhoughton. I personally pronounce all those as "Horton" though I know that there can be a dispute with people from Houghton le Spring, some of whom prefer "Howton", but to me that is simply the difference between a Wearside accent (Howton) and a general Tyneside/English one (Horton). Geoff Nicholson The NORTHUMBRIA FAQ page is located at http://www.bpears.org.uk/NorthumbriaFAQ/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NORTHUMBRIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Sorry Mike, they are under Horton in Northumberland,I have confused you with the mis-spelling Marg --- On Wed, 30/9/09, Fairless, Michael <michael.fairless@eds.com> wrote: > From: Fairless, Michael <michael.fairless@eds.com> > Subject: Re: [NMB] Bishops Transcripts > To: northumbria@rootsweb.com > Date: Wednesday, 30 September, 2009, 4:33 PM > Many thanks > Bur what I am searching for are the Bishops Transcripts for > the parish > of Bedlington. The other parishes in Northumberland are > there on the > FamilySearch site but there is no entry for Bedlington. > > Mike Fairless > > > -----Original Message----- > From: northumbria-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:northumbria-bounces@rootsweb.com] > On Behalf Of > NEGenealogy@aol.com > Sent: 30 September 2009 16:10 > To: northumbria@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [NMB] Bishops Transcripts > > > > In a message dated 30/09/2009 15:55:01 GMT Daylight Time, > kenmar.white@btopenworld.com > writes: > > I am  sure that Bedlington comes under Houghton Church > Mike. The church > is situated  at the top of the bank down into  > Bedlington. > > Marg > > > > > Marg: > >         The "Houghton" nearest to  > Bedlington is spelled "Horton", just > SW of Blyth.  Horton and Bedlington  each had the > same ecclesiastical > status - that of a parish in their own right,  with > neither "coming > under" the other. > Bedlingtonshire was separated from  its Northumbrian > neighbours, as a > detached part of Co Durham, whereas Horton was  as > much a part of > Northumberland as any other part, another reason for > not  confusing > them. > >     There are several parishes with similar names > and  we must be > careful not to confuse them.  In Co Durham there are > Houghton le  Spring > and Haughton le Skerne.  There is also Haughton le > Side, though that  is > no more than a township, not a parish.  In > Northumberland there are > Horton and Longhoughton.  I personally pronounce all > those as "Horton" > though I know that there can be a dispute with people from > Houghton le > Spring,  some of whom prefer "Howton", but to me that > is simply the > difference between a  Wearside accent > (Howton) and a general Tyneside/English one (Horton). > >                 >                 >                 > Geoff  Nicholson > > > > The NORTHUMBRIA FAQ page is located at > http://www.bpears.org.uk/NorthumbriaFAQ/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NORTHUMBRIA-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > The NORTHUMBRIA FAQ page is located at http://www.bpears.org.uk/NorthumbriaFAQ/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NORTHUMBRIA-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the > subject and the body of the message >

Sorry about the mis-spelling I was about to send another e.mail to correct this when I saw your reply As to Bywell, I have this information from a good source and I am sure that way back when there would have been a sizeable village or indeed villages to supply the ironwork needed by the Reivers etc. Marg --- On Wed, 30/9/09, NEGenealogy@aol.com <NEGenealogy@aol.com> wrote: > From: NEGenealogy@aol.com <NEGenealogy@aol.com> > Subject: Re: [NMB] Bishops Transcripts > To: northumbria@rootsweb.com > Date: Wednesday, 30 September, 2009, 4:10 PM > > In a message dated 30/09/2009 15:55:01 GMT Daylight > Time,  > kenmar.white@btopenworld.com > writes: > > I am  sure that Bedlington comes under Houghton Church > Mike. The church is > situated  at the top of the bank down into  > Bedlington. > > Marg > > > > > Marg: > >         The "Houghton" nearest to  > Bedlington is spelled "Horton", just SW > of Blyth.  Horton and Bedlington  each had the > same ecclesiastical status - > that of a parish in their own right,  with neither > "coming under" the other. > Bedlingtonshire was separated from  its Northumbrian > neighbours, as a > detached part of Co Durham, whereas Horton was  as > much a part of Northumberland > as any other part, another reason for not  confusing > them. > >     There are several parishes with similar names > and  we must be careful > not to confuse them.  In Co Durham there are Houghton > le  Spring and Haughton > le Skerne.  There is also Haughton le Side, though > that  is no more than a > township, not a parish.  In Northumberland there > are  Horton and > Longhoughton.  I personally pronounce all those as > "Horton"  though I know that there > can be a dispute with people from Houghton le Spring,  > some of whom prefer > "Howton", but to me that is simply the difference between > a  Wearside accent > (Howton) and a general Tyneside/English one (Horton). > >                 >                 >                 > Geoff  Nicholson > > > > The NORTHUMBRIA FAQ page is located at http://www.bpears.org.uk/NorthumbriaFAQ/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NORTHUMBRIA-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the > subject and the body of the message >

HI Michael, I knew about Colt Park but was enquiring as to the whereabouts of Cold Park as transcribed on the census return. many thanks Linda

Thanks for your help Margaret. Regards Allan ________________________________ From: KEN WHITE <kenmar.white@btopenworld.com> To: northumbria@rootsweb.com Sent: Wednesday, 30 September, 2009 2:52:53 PM Subject: Re: [NMB] Bywell Hi Allan Bywell used to be a sizeable town big enough to support the two churches which can be seen today, the Lord of the mannor decided that he did not want a village so near his hall and decided to have some of the houses pulled down, this and the fact that there was a great flood in 1771 when there were ten houses lost and the other tenants were transferred to the Stocksfield side, which was also owned by Mr Beaumont resulted in the very small village we see today, the Market Cross still stands beside the two churches. The old village was divided into several parishes including Newton, and contained  handcraftsmen whose trade was in ironwork for the horseman of the county making bits, stirrups, buckles etc, so very much involved with the border reivers.  My Charlton family came from the Bywell area and looking at your name of Robson they would probably have been from those parts too, my Charltons migrated slowly down the tyne to North Shields, they also worked in Middlesbrough in the foundries in the mid 1800's. Hope this is of help to you. Marg re--- On Wed, 30/9/09, Allan Robson <allandrobson@btinternet.com> wrote: > From: Allan Robson <allandrobson@btinternet.com> > Subject: [NMB] Bywell > To: "Northumbria Rootsweb" <northumbria@rootsweb.com> > Date: Wednesday, 30 September, 2009, 12:50 PM > Hello All > I have traced my Family back to Bywell from the 1700's > would anybody know what people did for work in those days? > > There is ony a couple of houses and two churches there > now. > > Thanks > Allan Robson > > > The NORTHUMBRIA FAQ page is located at http://www.bpears.org.uk/NorthumbriaFAQ/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NORTHUMBRIA-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the > subject and the body of the message > The NORTHUMBRIA FAQ page is located at http://www.bpears.org.uk/NorthumbriaFAQ/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NORTHUMBRIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Allan Bywell used to be a sizeable town big enough to support the two churches which can be seen today, the Lord of the mannor decided that he did not want a village so near his hall and decided to have some of the houses pulled down, this and the fact that there was a great flood in 1771 when there were ten houses lost and the other tenants were transferred to the Stocksfield side, which was also owned by Mr Beaumont resulted in the very small village we see today, the Market Cross still stands beside the two churches. The old village was divided into several parishes including Newton, and contained handcraftsmen whose trade was in ironwork for the horseman of the county making bits, stirrups, buckles etc, so very much involved with the border reivers. My Charlton family came from the Bywell area and looking at your name of Robson they would probably have been from those parts too, my Charltons migrated slowly down the tyne to North Shields, they also worked in Middlesbrough in the foundries in the mid 1800's. Hope this is of help to you. Marg re--- On Wed, 30/9/09, Allan Robson <allandrobson@btinternet.com> wrote: > From: Allan Robson <allandrobson@btinternet.com> > Subject: [NMB] Bywell > To: "Northumbria Rootsweb" <northumbria@rootsweb.com> > Date: Wednesday, 30 September, 2009, 12:50 PM > Hello All > I have traced my Family back to Bywell from the 1700's > would anybody know what people did for work in those days? > > There is ony a couple of houses and two churches there > now. > > Thanks > Allan Robson > > > The NORTHUMBRIA FAQ page is located at http://www.bpears.org.uk/NorthumbriaFAQ/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NORTHUMBRIA-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the > subject and the body of the message >

Thanks very much for that Geoff. I thought it might be mariner's widow but that doesn't fit with my family! I had noticed Old Park farm & wondered about that possibility. Thanks for your help - I guess I have to continue looking for Ann. Linda

Thanks again, the gravesatone did state the date of death it was 2nd day of march 1747/8 so in 'todays' terms that would be 1748 Mike Fairless -----Original Message----- From: northumbria-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:northumbria-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Mark Todd Sent: 30 September 2009 10:43 To: northumbria@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [NMB] Newsham location ? > Was the stone mason > unsure of the year????? Before the official change of the beginning of the year from March to January (1752), stones were sometimes transcribed this way.  See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_calendar ... in the paragraph headed 'New Year's Day'. For an online picture of another stone engraved in this way, in Massachusetts, see: http://gravematter.smugmug.com/Massachusetts/Newburyport/Old-Hill-Burying-Ground-est/943936_cHcRJ/1/43275083_zHjpE/Medium Your message doesn't mention the day of the death on the gravestone in Earsdon, but it should be in January, February or March. The NORTHUMBRIA FAQ page is located at http://www.bpears.org.uk/NorthumbriaFAQ/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NORTHUMBRIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Geoff, Many thanks for the clarification on the date. I thought it a bit strange that the the stone mason did not know the year but that makes sense now. I had already seen the monument inscriptions for Earsdon at Woodhorn so I knew that there had been a gravestone there in the past, whether it was still there was uncertain. We found the stone, a sort of 'table' on legs and it was rather strange to read the inscriptions for our 7xgt grandparents! Even so the transcription was slightly incorrect refering to 'Red House' when the stone clearly says 'Reed Hous'. However full marks and grateful thanks to those persons who have tramped around the churchyards writing down inscriptions, after even a few of them, the eyesight tends to 'blur'. And we have a photo for the 'tree album'! Many thanks again Mike Fairless -----Original Message----- From: northumbria-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:northumbria-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of NEGenealogy@aol.com Sent: 30 September 2009 11:26 To: northumbria@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [NMB] Newsham location ? Mike: 174 7/8 in any date means 1747-48, ie although you don't mention the month and day it would have been between 1 January, when the year starts nowadays, and 25th March (Lady Day), which was the "old New Year". If you think it correct to give dates Old Style, then you will read it as 1747, which is what it still officially was, but if you find it more meaningful for a modern reader to give it New Style, then you will call it 1748, whiich makes it have the correct relationship to modern dates. Such a situation with dates lasted from when certain European countries first adopted the Gregorian calendar until 1751 but literate people in this country had mostly changed over unofficially well before then, hence the need for "bilingual dates". And we think that European interference with our units etc is a new thing! Incidentally, there is very little left to be "discovered" on old gravestones in either Northumberland or Co Durham. Thanks to the efforts of the NDFHS (and their recorders such as Alan Readdie, Don Mason and Phil Thirkell), Cleveland FHS and lots and lots of individuals and local history societies, just about every ancient churchyard has now been recorded. Standards do vary, however, but the "genealogical" information (names, relationships, dates, addresses, occupations etc, where given) are usually "in the bag" and available for purchase from the relevant publishers. The publisher with the largest range of local churchyard MIs is the NDFHS (see ndfhs.org.uk). None of this is meant to imply that there is not still a major job still to do in recording such churchyards as have slipped through the net so far, plus the majority of municipal cemeteries, most of which are huge and, possibly for that reason, have been left untouched. The NDFHS certainly used to maintain, via their MI co-ordinator, a list of all known sites, with the current situation as regards whether they have been transcribed, whether someone is currently undertaking the job or whether they are still waiting for someone (one of the subscribers ot this list, perhaps?) to volunteer. Geoff Nicholson In a message dated 30/09/2009 10:24:34 GMT Daylight Time, michael.fairless@eds.com writes: We have the following transcription from a gravestone in Earsdon Church taken yesterday (29/9/2009) Can anyone tell me anything about "Reed Hous" Newsham ? It is not a transcription error for "Red", neither a missing letter for "Hous" but I expect it may have been "Red House" but if it was where was that? Interstingly the year of the date of death of William is carved as 174 followed by a 7 above an 8 separated by two horizontal dots, something like 7 .. 8 Was the stone mason unsure of the year????? There also doesn't seem to be a month for the Death of Elianor ! Many thanks Mike Fairless The NORTHUMBRIA FAQ page is located at http://www.bpears.org.uk/NorthumbriaFAQ/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NORTHUMBRIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message