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|In the North East of England, the county had one of Britain's richest coalfields and was once mined extensively.
  
'''Durham'''
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The land is hilly and rugged, and arranged around its castled capital, Durham.
  
County town: Durham
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Jarrow, South Shields and Sunderland to the northeast are metropolitan areas with a great shipbuilding tradition.
  
Other major towns: Sunderland, South Shields, Gateshead
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The Venerable Bede, known as the father of English, lived at Jarrow and lies in Durham Cathedral.
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'''County town:''' Durham
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'''Other major towns:''' Sunderland, South Shields, Gateshead
  
In the North East of England, the county had one of Britain's richest coalfields and was once mined extensively. The land is hilly and rugged, and arranged around its castled capital, Durham. Jarrow, South Shields and Sunderland to the northeast are metropolitan areas with a great shipbuilding tradition.
 
  
The Venerable Bede, known as the father of English, lived at Jarrow and lies in Durham Cathedral.
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'''[[Places_of_Worship:Durham | Durham Places of Worship]]'''
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'''[https://www.familytreeforum.com/forum/site-projects/regional-projects Regional Projects Forum]'''
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| [[Image: EnglandDurham.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Source: Wikipedia]]
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==Resources==
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'''Primary Reference'''
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*[http://www.durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/recordoffice/usp.nsf/pws/durham+record+office+-+durham+record+office+homepage Durham County Record Office]
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*[http://www.middlesbrough.gov.uk/ccm/navigation/leisure-and-culture/archives/ Teesside Archives]
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*[http://www.durham.gov.uk/Pages/ContentPage.aspx?DCCId=49995c67-5b7d-4cda-abf8-3a19f7b8acb1 Durham Libraries]
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*[http://www.clevelandfhs.org.uk/ Cleveland FHS]
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*[http://www.durhamweb.org.uk/dclhs/ Durham County Local History Society]
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*[http://www.ndfhs.org.uk/ Northumberland and Durham FHS]
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*[http://www.redmire.net/lookup/dur.html Durham Look-up Exchange]
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'''Countywide Interest'''
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*[http://www.darlington.gov.uk/Living/cemeteries/bor.htm Darlington Crematorium - Online Book of Remembrance]
  
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*[http://www.darlington.gov.uk/Education/Library/Centre+for+Local+Studies/localstudies.htm Darlington Local Studies Library]
  
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*[http://www.darlington.gov.uk/Culture/headofsteam/KenHoole/KenHoole.htm Darlington Railway Museum - Ken Hoole Study Centre]
  
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*[http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#c=1309819;t=browsable;w=0;p=collectionDetails Diocese of Durham Bishops' Transcripts]
  
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*[http://www.durhamcrem.co.uk/book.html Durham Crematorium - Online Book of Remembrance]
  
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*[http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/DUR/D_Executions.html Durham Executions 1732 - 1909]
  
==Register Offices==
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*[http://www.durhamrecordsonline.com/ Durham Records Online]
  
Over the years county boundary changes have resulted in several changes to the district coverage.
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*[http://www.durham-miner.org.uk/miner/usp.nsf/pws/Durham+Miner+Project+-+Durham+Miner+Home+Page The Durham Mining Project]
  
To avoid confusion try the following sites,they have links to local bmd index database,
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*[http://www.dmm.org.uk/ Durham Mining Museum]
certificate ordering and register office contact details
 
  
Certificate Applications are now dealt with at a new purpose built site at Bishop Auckland
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*[http://www.dur.ac.uk/library/asc/about/ Durham University Library - Archives & Special Colllections]
  
*[http://www.durham.gov.uk/durhamcc/usp.nsf/pws/8025694D002ACDA4802571C300433D52?opendocument  Register Office Locations and Contact details]
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*[http://www.east-durham.co.uk/ East Durham]
  
*[http://www.darlington.gov.uk/Legal+Services/Register+Office/Register+Office.htm Darlington Register Office]
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*[http://www.keystothepast.info/k2p/usp.nsf/pws/Keys%20to%20the%20Past%20-%20Home%20Page  Keys to the Past]
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*[http://www2.newsquest.co.uk/the_north_east/history/echomemories/durham/106/150206.html North East History]
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*[http://www.newmp.org.uk/category.php?categoryid=1 North East War Memorials Project]  
  
*[http://www.middlesbrough-indexes.co.uk Tees Valley Indexes - Register of Births, Deaths & Marriages.]
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~uknortheast/index.html UK North East Website and Genealogical Mailing List]
  
*[http://www.northeastbmd.org.uk/ North East Births, Marriages & Deaths] with links to 18 register offices from the England/Scotland Border in Northumberland down to Middlesbrough, an excellent resource for the whole of North East England.
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*[http://www.remembranceonline.co.uk/index.php?option=com_mtree&task=viewlink&link_id=10&Itemid=43 Teesside Crematorium - Online Book of Remembrance]  
  
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*[http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/ The Northern Echo, News, Sport, Business and more]
  
==Record Office Lookup Requests==
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*[http://www.weardalemuseum.co.uk/ Weardale Museum]
  
Please read the [[Record Office Lookup - Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
 
  
By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as linked above.
 
  
'''Record Office Lookup Contacts'''
 
  
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'''Specific Town and Village Interest'''
  
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*[http://www.annfieldplain-fhs.co.uk/index.htm Annfield Plain Family History Society]
  
==Cemetery Lookup Requests==
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*[http://www.aycliffehistory.org.uk Aycliffe Village Local History Society]
  
Please read the [[Cemetery Lookup -Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
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*[http://www.bishopaucklandhistory.co.uk/ Bishop Auckland]
  
By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as linked above.
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*[http://www.boldronhistory.com/index.htm Boldron History]
  
'''Cemetery Lookup Contacts'''
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*[http://www.durham.gov.uk/Pages/Service.aspx?ServiceId=6718 Chester-le-Street Cemetery Burial Index]
  
*Darlington:[http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=113 Ann L from Darlo]
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*[http://www.communigate.co.uk/ne/clcp/index.phtml Coundon & Leeholme]  
  
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*[http://www.crook-town.co.uk/history.html Crook History]
  
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*[http://www.communigate.co.uk/ne/darlingtonhistoricalsociety/page9.phtml West Cemetery Darlington]
  
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*[http://www.gravetext.co.uk/ Gravetext - Burial Records and Memorials in the Derwent Valley of North West Durham]
  
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*[http://www.thelocalchannel.co.uk/easingtonvillage/page740088.aspx St Mary Easington Monumental Inscriptions]
  
==Links==
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*[http://www.escombsaxonchurch.com/ Escomb Saxon Church]
  
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*[http://www.communigate.co.uk/ne/escombhistory/ Escomb Village]
  
*[http://www.durham.gov.uk/recordoffice/usp.nsf/pws/durham+record+office+-+durham+record+office+homepage Durham CRO]
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*[http://www.ferryhill.gov.uk/services/duncombe_cemetery.htm Ferryhill/Duncombe Cemetery Burial Index]
  
*[http://www.familia.org.uk/services/england/durham.html Library Link]
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*[http://www.asaplive.com/Local/home.cfm Gateshead Local Studies]
  
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*[http://www.communigate.co.uk/ne/hlewhistsoc/index.phtml Howden-le-Wear History]
  
'''Local History Society'''
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*[http://www.geocities.com/methodistfamily/?200716?200827?200828 Gateshead and Jarrow Methodist Circuit Family Tree Resources]
  
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*[http://hebburn.org/ Hebburn]
  
*[http://www.local-history.co.uk/Groups/durham.html Local History Society]
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*[http://www.paulperry1.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ Pictorial History of Jarrow]
  
*[http://www.ndfhs.org.uk/ Northumberland and Durham FHS]
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*[http://www.donmouth.co.uk/ Patrick Brennan's Jarrow Pages]
  
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*[http://www.interment.net/data/eng/durham/lumley/index.htm  Lumley Cemetery Burial Index]
  
'''OPC'''
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*[http://mymarras.co.uk/pages/enter.htm My Marras]
  
*[http://www.redmire.net/lookup/dur.html Durham Look-up Exchange]
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*[http://www.newcastle.gov.uk/ Welcome to Newcastle City Council]  
  
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*[http://www.sedgefieldvillage.co.uk/history.html Sedgefield History]
  
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*[http://www.tunsilk.co.uk/page2.html Silksworth and Tunstall in The Great War]
  
'''Archives'''
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*[http://homepage.ntlworld.com/bandl.danby/ History of Skelton-in-Cleveland]
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*[http://www.shlhs.com/ South Hylton Local History Society]
  
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*[http://www.picturespennymoor.co.uk/index.html Spennymoor History - Local History, Pictures, Records and Information]
  
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers/CountyDurham.htm#PageTitle IGI Durham]
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*[http://www.townswebarchiving.com/SpennymoorSearch/ Spennymoor and Tudhoe Grave Register Search]
  
*[http://www.durham.gov.uk/gro/newgro.nsf/search?open&C0790814120412042006$ DURHAM BMD]
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*[http://www.startforth.org.uk/ Holy Trinity Church Startforth]  
  
*[http://www.darlington.gov.uk/Living/Register+Office/RegOfficeSearch.htm Darlington Online Certificate Search]
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*[http://www.stocktonroots.co.uk/ Stockton Roots]
  
*[http://www.durhamrecordsonline.com/ Durham Records Online: Search Census and Church Records]
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*[http://www.sunderlandward.co.uk/ Sunderland Cemetery Index]  
  
*[http://www.teesvalley-indexes.co.uk/ Tees Valley Indexes - Register of Births, Deaths & Marriages.]
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*[http://www.sunderland.gov.uk/ Sunderland City Council]
  
*[http://www.pjoiner.demon.co.uk/genuki/DUR/parishes.html GENUKI - Durham Towns and Parishes]
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*[http://www.sunnisidelocalhistorysociety.co.uk/ Sunniside Local History Society]
  
*[http://online.gateshead.gov.uk/bmd/default.aspx  Births, Deaths and Marriages Online Search]
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*[http://trimdon.com/html/genealogy.html Trimdon Times]
  
*[http://www.interment.net/ Cemetery Records Online]
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*[http://www.dur.ac.uk/j.m.hutson/tudhoe/ The History of Tudhoe Village]
  
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*[http://www.westaucklandweb.com/ West Auckland]
  
'''Family and Social History'''
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*[http://www.cornforth.org.uk/  West Cornforth]
  
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*[http://www.daledaniel.fsnet.co.uk/ Witton Park]
  
*[http://www.institutions.org.uk/workhouses/england/dur/county_durham_workhouses.htm County Durham Workhouses]
 
  
*[http://www.weardalemuseum.co.uk/ Weardale museum] Independent folk museum-apparently fantastic.
 
  
  
'''Maps & Photographs'''  
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'''Maps and Photographs'''  
  
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*[http://www.dur.ac.uk/picturesinprint/ Maps and Prints before 1860]
  
*[http://www.geograph.org.uk/  Geograph British Isles - photograph every grid square! ]
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*[http://tynemouth.frankgillings.com/homepage.htm Pictures of Tynemouth]
  
*[http://www.trimdontimes.co.uk/html/old.html Trimdon - Photographs and History ]
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*[http://www.sine.ncl.ac.uk/ Structural Images of the North-East]
  
*[http://www.picturespennymoor.co.uk/index.html  Picture Spennymoor History - Local History, Pictures, Records and Information]
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==Register Office==
  
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Over the years county boundary changes have resulted in several changes to the district coverage. To avoid confusion try the following sites, they have links to local BMD index databases, certificate ordering and register office contact details.
  
'''Countywide interest'''
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Certificate Applications are now dealt with at a new purpose built site at Bishop Auckland.
  
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*[http://www.durham.gov.uk/Pages/Service.aspx?ServiceId=663 Durham BMD]
  
*[http://www.dmm.org.uk/ Durham Mining Museum]
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*[http://www.durham.gov.uk/Pages/Service.aspx?ServiceId=7085 Register Office Locations and Contact Details]
  
*[http://www.thisisthenortheast.co.uk/   The Northern Echo :: News, Sport, Business and more]
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*[http://www.darlington.gov.uk/Legal+Services/Register+Office/Register+Office.htm Darlington Register Office]
  
*[http://www.keystothepast.info/k2p/usp.nsf/pws/Keys%20to%20the%20Past%20-%20Home%20Page Keys To The Past]
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*[http://online.gateshead.gov.uk/bmd/default.aspx Gateshead Births, Deaths and Marriages Online Search]
  
*[http://www.churchplansonline.org/  Church Plans On Line]
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*[http://www.northeastbmd.org.uk/ North East Births, Marriages & Deaths] with links to 18 register offices from the England/Scotland Border in Northumberland down to Middlesbrough, an excellent resource for the whole of North East England.
  
*[http://www.middlesbrough.gov.uk/ccm/content/leisure-and-culture/local-history-and-heritage/teesside-archives.en Middlesbrough Council: Teesside Archives] Teesside Archives is responsible for collecting and preserving archival material from official and private sources in the areas served by the councils of Middlesbrough, Redcar & Cleveland, Stockton and Hartlepool.
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*[http://www.sunderland.gov.uk/pages/registrars/ Sunderland City Council's Births, Deaths and Marriages Online Search]
  
*[http://www.keystothepast.info/k2p/usp.nsf/pws/Keys+to+the+Past+-+Home+Page Village Index, Descriptions and Museums]  
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*[http://www.teesvalley-indexes.co.uk/ Tees Valley Indexes - Register of Births, Deaths & Marriages]
  
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==Record Office & Archive Lookup Requests==
  
'''Specific Town Village interest'''
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Please read the [[Record Office Lookup - Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
  
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By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as above.
  
*[http://website.lineone.net/~d.ord/aspsosh.htm Aspects of South Shields] Bit of a pot pourri, based around South Shields
 
  
*[http://www.sedgefieldvillage.co.uk/history.html Sedgefield History]
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'''Record Office & Archive Lookup Contacts'''
  
*[http://www.sunderland.gov.uk/ Sunderland City Council]
 
  
*[http://www.newcastle.gov.uk/ Welcome to Newcastle City Council]
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==Cemetery Lookup Requests==
  
*[http://www.townswebarchiving.com/SpennymoorSearch/ Spennymoor and Tudhoe Grave Register Search]
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Please read the [[Cemetery Lookup -Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
  
*[http://www.cornforth.org.uk/  West Cornforth]
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By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as above.
  
*[http://mymarras.co.uk/pages/enter.htm MyMarras]
 
  
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'''Cemetery Lookup Contacts'''
  
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==Photo Offers==
  
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Members that have offered to take photographs in particular areas. Please send a private message to the member with your queries.
  
  
  
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Latest revision as of 09:21, 16 May 2023

In the North East of England, the county had one of Britain's richest coalfields and was once mined extensively.

The land is hilly and rugged, and arranged around its castled capital, Durham.

Jarrow, South Shields and Sunderland to the northeast are metropolitan areas with a great shipbuilding tradition.

The Venerable Bede, known as the father of English, lived at Jarrow and lies in Durham Cathedral.

County town: Durham


Other major towns: Sunderland, South Shields, Gateshead


Durham Places of Worship


Regional Projects Forum

Source: Wikipedia

Resources

Primary Reference



Countywide Interest



Specific Town and Village Interest



Maps and Photographs

Register Office

Over the years county boundary changes have resulted in several changes to the district coverage. To avoid confusion try the following sites, they have links to local BMD index databases, certificate ordering and register office contact details.

Certificate Applications are now dealt with at a new purpose built site at Bishop Auckland.

  • North East Births, Marriages & Deaths with links to 18 register offices from the England/Scotland Border in Northumberland down to Middlesbrough, an excellent resource for the whole of North East England.

Record Office & Archive Lookup Requests

Please read the Terms and Conditions before requesting a lookup.

By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as above.


Record Office & Archive Lookup Contacts


Cemetery Lookup Requests

Please read the Terms and Conditions before requesting a lookup.

By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as above.


Cemetery Lookup Contacts

Photo Offers

Members that have offered to take photographs in particular areas. Please send a private message to the member with your queries.


Back to England