I probably haven't expressed myself correctly judging by the replies. I was hoping someone would be able to look up Elizabeth Allison McFadyen's birth or baptism in the parish records...
I can always check next time I'm in the North East if no-one is able to look up the parish record for me.
What were you hoping to find from the baptism record? With the exception of RC baptism registers (and possibly smaller denominations such as the Quakers), the baptism records of few denominations record the maiden name of the mother. Given the Church of Ireland marriage, I presume that an RC baptism is unlikely.
The parish records in this case, i.e. Church of England baptism records, will not give the mother's maiden name at this date. This is why the other Rootschatters were looking more broadly for clues which put together could lead to an answer.
You need to purchase the birth certificate to confirm the mother's maiden name, as other researchers cannot 'look up' birth certificates. You can do so via the General Register Office here:
http://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/The reference that you give for the registration of Elizabeth's birth refers to Tynemouth as a registration district. There were several parishes, and many more churches of various denominations, within the Tynemouth registration district. See
www.genuki.org.uk - the pages for NBL and DUR have much more info than those for most other counties and I am very grateful for the hard work put into creating and maintaining them.
If you did wish to trawl church registers, have a look to see where the family were in the 1881 census - look for the street address and for the given Ecclesiastical District on the image - ditto for 1891 - and this may possibly suggest some more likely places to start than others. You can use a map, or ask the local experts for suggestions.
Just a suggestion, but if you list the full census entries for the family (including the above info) and any occupations, this would potentially help narrow the options down and make it easier for you and others. It is often easier to spot a whole family group than one individual, and occupations can sometimes help us identify unlikely variants of a name. In addition, those exceptionally kind individuals who give up significant amounts of their time to do look ups may not themselves have on-line access to the censuses.
You can also check to see if there is an LDS family history centre near you (
www.familysearch.org and click on the library tab) and order films of church registers to view.
Good luck,
Matilda
