Mike
Take a look at the FreeBMD site:
[
freebmd.rootsweb.com]
It provides free Internet access to the Civil Registration index information for England and Wales.
I did a very quick search for Thomas Crone (Thomas Steele Crone yielded no results ) and there are many Crone entries.
Cheers
Carol
Co-ordinator, EnglandGenWeb: [
www.rootsweb.com]