Mary James Brown born 1819 Ostend, Belgium (wife of John Park)

[Mr.Brown.]

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.

[ShaunJ]

Jacqueline is of course the feminine form of Jacques. Jacques is the French equivalent of James, both being derived from the Latin Jacobus.

Hence a possible translation of Jacqueline as James.

[Mr.Brown.]

A possibility?
Marie Jacqueline BROWN 6 May 1818, Daughter of Pierre BROWN, sailor and Elisabeth BULTON
The declaration was filed by Pierre Jean Massart, a 47-year-old certified midwife from Ostend. The father was absent at the birth.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GGV1-982Z?i=399 (top left)

TreeSpirit please help me out, I have spent hours trying to replicate your search for this record without success, will you please walk me through the process, it would appear to have been done using Search/Records but this does not take me to your record ?
Thank you, Gordon.

[TreeSpirit]

There are various indices available:

Via the (yearly) index that is included before the 1818 births:
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GGV1-98NR?i=353

Via the ten-yearly birth index (1813-1823):
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYYM-P9J?i=574

Via the search function of the Belgium archives:
https://agatha.arch.be/search/analyses/

Via the search function of Database West Vlaanderen:
https://www.vrijwilligersrab.be/en/node/118

[Mr.Brown.]

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.