Difference between revisions of "County Durham"

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.

Durham BMD

Register Office Locations and Contact Details

Darlington Register Office

Gateshead Births, Deaths and Marriages Online Search

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.

Sunderland City Council's Births, Deaths and Marriages Online Search

Tees Valley Indexes - Register of Births, Deaths & Marriages

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.

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+[[Category:Region 2 ~ North East England]]
-[[Image:durham.jpg|250px|thumb|The Doorknocker at Durham Cathedral submitted by Vivienne]]
+{| width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="5" cellpadding="5"
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+|In the North East of England, the county had one of Britain's richest coalfields and was once mined extensively.
-[[Image:EnglandDurham.jpg|left|131px|thumb|Durham County Map (source: Wikipedia)]]
+The land is hilly and rugged, and arranged around its castled capital, Durham.
-<br><br>
-'''Durham'''
-County town: Durham
+Jarrow, South Shields and Sunderland to the northeast are metropolitan areas with a great shipbuilding tradition.
-Other major towns: Sunderland, South Shields, Gateshead
+The Venerable Bede, known as the father of English, lived at Jarrow and lies in Durham Cathedral.
+| style="width:250px" align="right"| __TOC__
+|-valign="top"
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+'''County town:''' Durham
+'''Other major towns:''' Sunderland, South Shields, Gateshead
+'''[[Places_of_Worship:Durham | Durham Places of Worship]]'''
+'''[https://www.familytreeforum.com/forum/site-projects/regional-projects Regional Projects Forum]'''
+| [[Image: EnglandDurham.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Source: Wikipedia]]
+|}
+==Resources==
+'''Primary Reference'''
-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.
+*[http://www.durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/recordoffice/usp.nsf/pws/durham+record+office+-+durham+record+office+homepage Durham County Record Office]
-The Venerable Bede, known as the father of English, lived at Jarrow and lies in Durham Cathedral.
+*[http://www.middlesbrough.gov.uk/ccm/navigation/leisure-and-culture/archives/ Teesside Archives]
-<br><br><br>
+*[http://www.durham.gov.uk/Pages/ContentPage.aspx?DCCId=49995c67-5b7d-4cda-abf8-3a19f7b8acb1 Durham Libraries]
+*[http://www.clevelandfhs.org.uk/ Cleveland FHS]
+*[http://www.durhamweb.org.uk/dclhs/ Durham County Local History Society]
+*[http://www.ndfhs.org.uk/ Northumberland and Durham FHS]
+*[http://www.redmire.net/lookup/dur.html Durham Look-up Exchange]
-==Register Offices==
-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 database,
+'''Countywide Interest'''
-certificate ordering and register office contact details.
-Certificate Applications are now dealt with at a new purpose built site at Bishop Auckland
+*[http://www.darlington.gov.uk/Living/cemeteries/bor.htm Darlington Crematorium - Online Book of Remembrance]
-*[http://www.durham.gov.uk/durhamcc/usp.nsf/pws/8025694D002ACDA4802571C300433D52?opendocument  Register Office Locations and Contact details]
+*[http://www.darlington.gov.uk/Education/Library/Centre+for+Local+Studies/localstudies.htm Darlington Local Studies Library]
-*[http://www.darlington.gov.uk/Legal+Services/Register+Office/Register+Office.htm Darlington Register Office]
+*[http://www.darlington.gov.uk/Culture/headofsteam/KenHoole/KenHoole.htm Darlington Railway Museum - Ken Hoole Study Centre]
-*[http://www.middlesbrough-indexes.co.uk Tees Valley Indexes - Register of Births, Deaths & Marriages.]
+*[http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#c=1309819;t=browsable;w=0;p=collectionDetails Diocese of Durham Bishops' Transcripts]
-*[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.durhamcrem.co.uk/book.html Durham Crematorium - Online Book of Remembrance]
-==Record Office Lookup Requests==
+*[http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/DUR/D_Executions.html Durham Executions 1732 - 1909]
-Please read the [[Record Office Lookup - Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
+*[http://www.durhamrecordsonline.com/ Durham Records Online]
-By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as linked above.
+*[http://www.durham-miner.org.uk/miner/usp.nsf/pws/Durham+Miner+Project+-+Durham+Miner+Home+Page The Durham Mining Project]
-'''Record Office Lookup Contacts'''
+*[http://www.dmm.org.uk/ Durham Mining Museum]
+*[http://www.dur.ac.uk/library/asc/about/ Durham University Library - Archives & Special Colllections]
+*[http://www.east-durham.co.uk/ East Durham]
-==Cemetery Lookup Requests==
+*[http://www.keystothepast.info/k2p/usp.nsf/pws/Keys%20to%20the%20Past%20-%20Home%20Page  Keys to the Past]
-Please read the [[Cemetery Lookup -Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
+*[http://www2.newsquest.co.uk/the_north_east/history/echomemories/durham/106/150206.html North East History]
-By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as linked above.
+*[http://www.newmp.org.uk/category.php?categoryid=1 North East War Memorials Project]
-'''Cemetery Lookup Contacts'''
+*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~uknortheast/index.html UK North East Website and Genealogical Mailing List]
-*Darlington [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=113 Ann L from Darlo]
+*[http://www.remembranceonline.co.uk/index.php?option=com_mtree&task=viewlink&link_id=10&Itemid=43 Teesside Crematorium - Online Book of Remembrance]
-==Photo Offers==
+*[http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/ The Northern Echo, News, Sport, Business and more]
-Members that have offered to take photographs in particular areas. Please PM the member with your queries.
+*[http://www.weardalemuseum.co.uk/ Weardale Museum]
-*Darlington and some of the surrounding area within a 30 mile radius [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=113 Ann L from Darlo]
-==Links==
+'''Specific Town and Village Interest'''
-*[http://www.durham.gov.uk/recordoffice/usp.nsf/pws/durham+record+office+-+durham+record+office+homepage Durham County Record Office]
+*[http://www.annfieldplain-fhs.co.uk/index.htm Annfield Plain Family History Society]
-*[http://www.joinermarriageindex.com/pjoiner/genuki/DUR/ GENUKI Durham]
+*[http://www.aycliffehistory.org.uk Aycliffe Village Local History Society]
-*[http://www.durham.gov.uk/durhamcc/usp.nsf/pws/libraries+-+libraries+in+county+durham Durham Libraries]
+*[http://www.bishopaucklandhistory.co.uk/ Bishop Auckland]
+*[http://www.boldronhistory.com/index.htm Boldron History]
-'''Local History Society'''
+*[http://www.durham.gov.uk/Pages/Service.aspx?ServiceId=6718 Chester-le-Street Cemetery Burial Index]
+*[http://www.communigate.co.uk/ne/clcp/index.phtml Coundon & Leeholme]
-*[http://www.durhamweb.org.uk/dclhs/ Durham County Local History Society]
+*[http://www.crook-town.co.uk/history.html Crook History]
-*[http://www.ndfhs.org.uk/ Northumberland and Durham FHS]
+*[http://www.communigate.co.uk/ne/darlingtonhistoricalsociety/page9.phtml West Cemetery Darlington]
+*[http://www.gravetext.co.uk/ Gravetext - Burial Records and Memorials in the Derwent Valley of North West Durham]
-'''OPC'''
+*[http://www.thelocalchannel.co.uk/easingtonvillage/page740088.aspx St Mary Easington Monumental Inscriptions]
-*[http://www.redmire.net/lookup/dur.html Durham Look-up Exchange]
+*[http://www.escombsaxonchurch.com/ Escomb Saxon Church]
+*[http://www.communigate.co.uk/ne/escombhistory/ Escomb Village]
+*[http://www.ferryhill.gov.uk/services/duncombe_cemetery.htm Ferryhill/Duncombe Cemetery Burial Index]
-'''Archives'''
+*[http://www.asaplive.com/Local/home.cfm Gateshead Local Studies]
+*[http://www.communigate.co.uk/ne/hlewhistsoc/index.phtml Howden-le-Wear History]
-*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers/CountyDurham.htm#PageTitle IGI Durham]
+*[http://www.geocities.com/methodistfamily/?200716?200827?200828 Gateshead and Jarrow Methodist Circuit Family Tree Resources]
-*[http://www.durham.gov.uk/gro/newgro.nsf/search?open&C0790814120412042006$ DURHAM BMD]
+*[http://hebburn.org/ Hebburn]
-*[http://www.darlington.gov.uk/Living/Register+Office/RegOfficeSearch.htm Darlington Online Certificate Search]
+*[http://www.paulperry1.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ Pictorial History of Jarrow]
-*[http://www.durhamrecordsonline.com/  Durham Records Online: Search Census and Church Records]
+*[http://www.donmouth.co.uk/ Patrick Brennan's Jarrow Pages]
-*[http://www.teesvalley-indexes.co.uk/ Tees Valley Indexes - Register of Births, Deaths & Marriages]
+*[http://www.interment.net/data/eng/durham/lumley/index.htm  Lumley Cemetery Burial Index]
-*[http://www.southtyneside.info/communitysupport/register/ South Tyneside Register Office's Searchable BMDs]
+*[http://mymarras.co.uk/pages/enter.htm My Marras]
-*[http://online.gateshead.gov.uk/bmd/default.aspx  Births, Deaths and Marriages Online Search]
+*[http://www.newcastle.gov.uk/ Welcome to Newcastle City Council]
-*[http://www.picturespennymoor.co.uk/records.html Picture Spennymore- Some Durham Census and Trade Directory records]
+*[http://www.sedgefieldvillage.co.uk/history.html Sedgefield History]
-*[http://www.pjoiner.demon.co.uk/genuki/DUR/parishes.html GENUKI - Durham Towns and Parishes]
+*[http://www.tunsilk.co.uk/page2.html Silksworth and Tunstall in The Great War]
-*[http://www.interment.net/  Cemetery Records Online]
+*[http://homepage.ntlworld.com/bandl.danby/ History of Skelton-in-Cleveland]
+*[http://www.shlhs.com/ South Hylton Local History Society]
+*[http://www.picturespennymoor.co.uk/index.html Spennymoor History - Local History, Pictures, Records and Information]
+*[http://www.townswebarchiving.com/SpennymoorSearch/ Spennymoor and Tudhoe Grave Register Search]
+*[http://www.startforth.org.uk/ Holy Trinity Church Startforth]
-'''Family and Social History'''
+*[http://www.stocktonroots.co.uk/ Stockton Roots]
+*[http://www.sunderlandward.co.uk/ Sunderland Cemetery Index]
-*[http://www.institutions.org.uk/workhouses/england/dur/county_durham_workhouses.htm County Durham Workhouses]
+*[http://www.sunderland.gov.uk/ Sunderland City Council]
-*[http://www.durham-miner.org.uk/miner/usp.nsf/pws/Durham+Miner+Project+-+Durham+Miner+Home+Page The Durham Mining Project]
+*[http://www.sunnisidelocalhistorysociety.co.uk/ Sunniside Local History Society]
-*[http://www.weardalemuseum.co.uk/ Weardale Museum]
+*[http://trimdon.com/html/genealogy.html Trimdon Times]
+*[http://www.dur.ac.uk/j.m.hutson/tudhoe/ The History of Tudhoe Village]
+*[http://www.westaucklandweb.com/ West Auckland]
-'''Maps & Photographs'''
+*[http://www.cornforth.org.uk/  West Cornforth]
-*[http://www.durham.gov.uk/durhamcc/DRE.nsf/DREsearch?readform Durham County Councils online historic pictures and photographs]
+*[http://www.daledaniel.fsnet.co.uk/ Witton Park]
-*[http://www.dur.ac.uk/picturesinprint/ Maps and Prints before 1860]
-*[http://www.geograph.org.uk/  Geograph British Isles - photograph every grid square! ]
-*[http://www.trimdontimes.co.uk/html/old.html Trimdon - Photographs and History ]
-*[http://www.picturespennymoor.co.uk/index.html Spennymoor History - Local History, Pictures, Records and Information]
+'''Maps and Photographs'''
-*[http://www.sine.ncl.ac.uk/ Structural Images of the North-East]
+*[http://www.dur.ac.uk/picturesinprint/ Maps and Prints before 1860]
+*[http://tynemouth.frankgillings.com/homepage.htm Pictures of Tynemouth]
+*[http://www.sine.ncl.ac.uk/ Structural Images of the North-East]
+==Register Office==
-'''Countywide Interest'''
+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.
-*[http://www.dmm.org.uk/ Durham Mining Museum]
+*[http://www.durham.gov.uk/Pages/Service.aspx?ServiceId=663 Durham BMD]
-*[http://www.thisisthenortheast.co.uk/ The Northern Echo,News, Sport, Business and more]
+*[http://www.durham.gov.uk/Pages/Service.aspx?ServiceId=7085 Register Office Locations and Contact Details]
-*[http://www.keystothepast.info/k2p/usp.nsf/pws/Keys%20to%20the%20Past%20-%20Home%20Page  Keys to the Past]
+*[http://www.darlington.gov.uk/Legal+Services/Register+Office/Register+Office.htm Darlington Register Office]
-*[http://www.churchplansonline.org/  Church Plans Online]
+*[http://online.gateshead.gov.uk/bmd/default.aspx  Gateshead Births, Deaths and Marriages Online Search]
-*[http://www.middlesbrough.gov.uk/ccm/content/leisure-and-culture/local-history-and-heritage/teesside-archives.en Middlesbrough Council: Teesside Archives]
+*[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.keystothepast.info/k2p/usp.nsf/pws/Keys+to+the+Past+-+Home+Page Village Index, Descriptions and Museums]
+*[http://www.sunderland.gov.uk/pages/registrars/ Sunderland City Council's Births, Deaths and Marriages Online Search]
+*[http://www.teesvalley-indexes.co.uk/ Tees Valley Indexes - Register of Births, Deaths & Marriages]
-'''Specific Town Village Interest'''
+==Record Office & Archive Lookup Requests==
+Please read the [[Record Office Lookup - Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
-*[http://website.lineone.net/~d.ord/aspsosh.htm Aspects of South Shields Area]
+By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as above.
-*[http://www.sedgefieldvillage.co.uk/history.html Sedgefield History]
-*[http://www.sunderland.gov.uk/ Sunderland City Council]
+'''Record Office & Archive Lookup Contacts'''
-*[http://www.sunnisidelocalhistorysociety.co.uk/ Sunniside Local History]
-*[http://www.newcastle.gov.uk/ Welcome to Newcastle City Council]
+==Cemetery Lookup Requests==
-*[http://www.townswebarchiving.com/SpennymoorSearch/ Spennymoor and Tudhoe Grave Register Search]
+Please read the [[Cemetery Lookup -Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
-*[http://www.cornforth.org.uk/  West Cornforth]
+By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as above.
-*[http://mymarras.co.uk/pages/enter.htm MyMarras]
+'''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.
-<br><br>Back to [[England]]
+Back to [[England]]

Difference between revisions of "County Durham"

Latest revision as of 09:21, 16 May 2023

Contents

Resources

Register Office

Record Office & Archive Lookup Requests

Cemetery Lookup Requests

Photo Offers