Hi Kitty Morpeth is indeed real & is, in fact, the county town of Northumberland. Or was when I was a little girl! Who knows what reorganisation may have changed. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morpeth,_Northumberland In passing, you may be interested to know that there is also a Morpeth in the Hunter Valley in NSW. There are a lot of Northumbrian names there - most notably perhaps, Newcastle. Associations with coal mining no doubt. > NEWMAN Emma 1 Morpeth 10b 291 > She may not of had her birth registered. > It is the place name on the Family.org that has me confused. > Is the place real or another concoction of the Church of Latter Day Saints > > > Below is from familysearch.org > Emma Newman > England Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991 birth 1903 > residence 1904 Hirst > death 09 Mar 1904 > burial 12 Mar 1904 Aidani, Apud Ashington, Novocastrensi Et Haguldastensi > This reads like a Catholic register to me. A quick check gives St Aiden's as the name of the Catholic parish at Ashington. You would no doubt be able to borrow the film of the whole register at a LDS centre if you can get to one. If this seems a likely match for you, then you have a good chance of getting a good deal of family info from the registers. Hope this helps. Rosemary AckroydMelbourne