bellingham

[Gen List Lass]

I've just phoned a friend who is also searching for early Bellingham records.

The Woodhorn archivist got out the originals to show her what had become of the Marriages 1767-1777, so nibbled away that they had been conserved onto a larger page. Only the centre of each page was left intact and mostly illegible... sad.

Don't know about baptisms and burials for that period, possibly in a seperate book.

Not as early as my memory told me.... Best to ask the archivists when you go and stress that you only have very limited time to be there.

Hope you have already registered or at least downloaded the registration form so you can fill it in beforehand and go straight upstairs to the Search Room. You will need ID too on your first visit...... or they won't let you in :-)

Gen in NBL England

[belfordian]

I am trying to link a Christopher Elliott born to William Elliott on 7 Jan 1704 at Stackhill farm to a Christopher Elliott born at Stackhill farm on 25 Jan 1743 whose father was also William.  It is this William that I cannot trace as there are several Williams in records for Bellingham and Simonburn.  I cannot trace any children born to the Christopher (dob 7/1/1704) and was thinking that maybe there are some records missing. The fact that the names follow on through the generations and they lived at the same farm suggests that they are linked
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