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