I notice Sally referenced a free BMD?  What is this website address?  I have been using the http://www.yorkshirebmd.org.uk/ site which only refers to the listing of a birth by childs name and does not name the parents unless you buy a copy of the certificate and have it sent to you. Would be very interested in learning more. Gratefully, Ron --- On Tue, 12/29/09, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: From: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: WEST-RIDING Digest, Vol 4, Issue 328 To: [email protected] Date: Tuesday, December 29, 2009, 3:01 AM Today's Topics:    1.  York records ([email protected])    2. Re:  York records (sally roberts) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Mon, 28 Dec 2009 10:47:38 EST From: [email protected] Subject: [WRY] York records To: [email protected] Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Dear Listers, As it's quiet on the list, I hope you don't mind my asking about records  just outside the West Riding. I've got out of my depth! I'm tracking the life of Irving CROWTHER, born in Halifax 5 Feb 1884. I  have obtained the death certificate for an Irving CROWTHER for a death on first  of June 1967, correct age of 83 years. There really are very few candidates of  this name, so I'm reasonably confident this is my man. But frustratingly, he died as a result of being "struck by a motor cycle  whilst walking on the highway" and was taken to Poppleton Gate Hospital, in  York. There was an inquest: the certificate was received by the Registrar from  the Coroner for the City of York, and makes no mention of family members at all.  His address is given as 33 Boroughbridge Road York, but I have no addresses for  him between then and 1914 when he lived in Newcastle on Tyne, so can't use that  for continuity. If I can confirm any family members, I think I can accept this  is my man and make further checks - I'd like to know, for example, whether his  wife Ethel was still alive, and if there were any children. Can anyone please advise what newspapers would have carried the report from an inquest? or any funeral notice? I just don't know York at all, and have little to go on, so absolutely any suggestions are welcome! (I know, the first  one will be "join the York list"!!) Many thanks! Maggie ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Mon, 28 Dec 2009 23:59:16 +0000 From: sally roberts <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [WRY] York records To: <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Hi Maggie, On freebmd they have these entries for Crowther children born with a mother's maiden name of Broadbent... Births Jun 1912 Crowther  Clarice  Broadbent  Bradford  9b 160 Births Mar 1915 Crowther  Edith  Broadbent  Bradford  9b 197 Births Jun 1915 Crowther  Jack  Broadbent  Holbeck  9b 919 Births Mar 1923 Crowther  Jack B  Broadbent  Bradford  9b 146 Are you aware of any of Irving's family names that may have been given to his children? Have you tried looking for Military records? Have you ruled out this chap, for example? Name: Irving Crowther Residence: Halifax Death Date: 27 Mar 1918 Enlistment Location: Huddersfield, Yorks Rank: Private Regiment: Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) Battalion: 15/17th Battalion. Number: 41625 Type of Casualty: Killed in action Theatre of War: Aldershot Regards, Sally                           ------------------------------ To contact the WEST-RIDING list administrator, send an email to [email protected] To post a message to the WEST-RIDING mailing list, send an email to [email protected] __________________________________________________________ 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 email with no additional text. End of WEST-RIDING Digest, Vol 4, Issue 328 *******************************************