On 27/03/2010 16:00, Edith Talbot wrote: > 1841 finds her a widow living in newgate street, newcastle a clothes > dealer, a possible death for Thomas has been found in Newcastle in > 1839, but as this death cert would not record his age, and subsequently > his approx date of birth, is the end of the line for my search.. I have > checked all the usual indexes and igi without any luck, I would be > pleased if someone could perhaps give me some further suggestions Edith Death certificates do record the age of the deceased - so I your next step should be to obtain his death certificate. Brian -- Brian Pears (Gateshead, UK) http://www.bpears.org.uk/ Joint List Admin NORTHUMBRIA Genealogy Mailing List GENUKI Northumberland Maintainer