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Hi Paul,

Bedlington is missing from the Family Search site. I assume that either the Bishop's Transcripts haven't been added or that they haven't survived at all. You would need to look through the original register on film at the archives.

Lara

Still not working for me

Yes - that is why I referred you to that burial. That is Thomas sr, the grandfather of Ann and Mary Ann.
And the marriage I mentioned is for Robert Thompson, son of Thomas sr and brother of Thomas jr  - and therefore the uncle of the two ladies mentioned above.
As yet I only have these two sons, Robert and Thomas jr, as offspring of Thomas sr and his wife Ann.

Robert was also a farmer and seems to have taken on the farm which had been in his wife's family when her brother died unmarried and childless. I think that Robert's wife Mary Thompson was his first cousin i.e. their fathers, Thomas and John, were brothers. So that farm stayed in the same family...........and is still in the same family to this day!

Lara

Hi,

No index unfortunately. I used the IGI via FamilySearch to look for a possible date for Joseph's birth/baptism and then guessed at a page number. Then trawled about a bit until I got the right page.
One thing you have to watch when searching these is that most BT's run from Lady Day 25th March to the following Lady Day - I think that was when the parish officials were expected to make their returns to the Diocese. So you will find events from the beginning of the year tacked on to the end of events from the previous year.
There are also gaps (usually where there is an event that I am desperate to look at! ) and most BT's cease to include marriages after the start of civil registration in 1837. Some do continue - but using the old style forms which don't include all the information that the parish register entry does.
I have found a few that do include the whole entry....which saves a small fortune in buying marriage certificates of course!
For example - if you look at the BT's for Earsdon page 946 of 1316 you will find the marriage of Robert Thompson (brother of Thomas Thompson of Whitley Hill Heads) with full details.
Also at Earsdon - 730 of 1316 - is the burial of Robert and Thomas's father in 1826. He was also called Thomas and died at a relatively young age.

As I said.......lots of trawling through pages and pages of stuff. But it's fascinating stuff!

Lara

Sorry - keep crossing replies!!

I am using the Family Search Record Search site where they have many Northumberland parish Bishop's transcripts available to view.
So no subscription necessary - and hours of fun to be had

You can get to this site through the normal Family Search site. Go there and then using the drop down menu at the top under "Search Records" pick "Record Search Pilot". Takes a few moments to load up.
Ignore the search boxes. Click on "Browse our record collections" below those boxes. Click Europe on the map that appears.
You are then taken to a list.......the second section down is for United Kingdom and the last item in this list is Diocese of Durham Bishops Transcripts.
You should manage OK from there  - just pick county then parish and so on.
The relevant pages for the ones I have transcribed for you if you want to look at the originals are:
Northumberland>Newcastle>St John 1830-38 page 314 of 687 and...
Northumberland>Newburn 1764-1849 page 213 of 452

Enjoy yourself!!

Lara