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Tree Spirit - thank you, so it would appear that you did not find the record using the 'Search' facility on Family search but by going directly to one of these indices/records and then looking for the name of a Brown birth in the year in question.

I tried every way in 'search' even using the information that you have shared and it never came across the record.
So at least now I can look for other Brown using the links you provided.

yes shaunj I realise that - Im keep getting confused with who we are talking about as I still have not found the marriage for the daughter, Mary James Brown and John Park.

Ahh yes - I dont seem to have comprehended what I was reading above re the birth and marriage which do fit with one another and the location - I think I was blinded by expecting to see the mother called 'Miss' James.
Thank you very much.

Hi - interested in ideas on this person, I have Mary James Brown born  1818/1819 on census 1851-1901 and she is marked as born France or Belgium (British subject) on some but one in particular (1871) states Ostend, which I assume means in Belgium which makes me think this is where she actually born.

Wondering who her parents could be? possibly military? did the military have their families/wife with them when abroad? From her name I would assume her mother was surname  Miss James...and her father Mr Brown.

Ive tried adding potential siblings to her but nothing comes up. I can not* find her on the 1841 census but their first legitimate child George in 1844 born Ford Northumberland. I think the first born Mary Ann (1842) may have been an illegitimate of the mother born in Newcastle, where I do have a potential 1841* census for a John Park and wife Mary.
Cant find a 1841-4 marriage either for Mary James Brown and John Park in either England or Scotland as John Park was a blacksmith/spade maker from Norham on the Scottish boarder.

Back to Ostend Belgium,  there would appear to have been a Fort Napoleon where British forces were stationed at around 1819, wonder if that is relevant.

Any ideas would be appreciated, Thanks, Gordon.

yes thanks for these reply's - I do have all these records - it is just the obituary that I cant find with my subscription - I note that some of the best tree's that I come across seem to use Newspaper archives extensively - probably what I should subscribe to - I thought I had it with Ancestrys 'all access' but it turns out that any article that I am interested in has an additional subscription to pay...bit of a con on Ancestry's part if you ask me....