Northumberland

A beautiful, historical border county, with more castles than in any other English county - Alnwick, Bamburgh, Warkworth and many, many more. With outstanding coastline from Lindisfarne and Holy Island in the North, to beaches South to Tynemouth Priory as well as Hadrian's Wall and Keilder Water, the largest man-made lake in Europe, there is plenty for visitors to see. It is the home land of many famous people St.Cuthbert and St. Aidan, Admiral Lord Collingwood, Thomas Bewick, Capability Brown and father of the railways, George Stephenson.

County town: Newcastle Upon Tyne Other major towns: Tynemouth, Wallsend Northumberland Places of Worship Regional Projects Forum

Source: Wikipedia

Resources

Primary Reference

• Berwick Record Office

• Northumberland Archives

• Family History Society

• South Tyneside Register Office's Searchable BMDs

Countywide Interest

• UK North East Website and Genealogical Mailing List

• North Pennine Ancestors

• Northumberland Collections

• Northumberland Communites

• Northumberland Farm Index 1860 PDF document

• North East War Memorial Project Searchable database by name and/or location

• Keys to the past; Northumberland and Durham

• Tyneside Family History

Specific Town and Village Interest

• A Directory and Concise History of Berwick-upon-Tweed 1806

• Cramlington & the Colliery

• Newcastle City Council

• Newcastle Evening Chronicle Death Notices 1885-1905

• Monumental Inscriptions and name database, Norham St Cuthbert's Church

• Ulgham Genealogy pages

• Woodhorn Site

Maps and Photographs

• Norham St Cuthbert's Graveyard Plan

• Pictures and maps of Gateshead

Books of local interest

Register Office

A complete listing of register offices for the Northumberland/Newcastle/Durham region, with links to the relevant offices is available at:

• North East Register Offices

Alnwick

Market Place
Alnwick
Tel 01665 602363
e-mail alnwickreg@northumberland.gov.uk

Berwick

5 Palace Street East
Berwick
Northumberland
Tel 01289 307373
e-mail berwickreg@northumberland.gov.uk

The Berwick office can supply a handwritten copy of a certificate.

Hexham

Abbey Gate House
Market St
Hexham
Tel 01434 602355
e-mail hexhamreg@northumberland.gov.uk

Morpeth

94 Newgate St
Morpeth
Tel 01670 513232
e-mail morpethreg@northumberland.gov.uk

Requests for Research and Photographs in this area

Please read the Terms and Conditions before requesting a lookup.

A list of members who have volunteered to do Research lookups or take photographs can be found in the Research Offers forum or on the following pages in the Wiki:

• Research Offers: Cemetery
• Research Offers: Photograph
• Research Offers: Probate
• Research Offers: Record Office/Archive

If any member wishes to offer to do lookups or take photographs in a particular location, please leave a message on our Volunteers Needed thread.

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