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.durham.gov.uk/durhamcc/usp.nsf/pws/8025694D002ACDA4802571C300433D52?opendocument  Register Office Locations and Contact details]
+*[http://www.ndfhs.org.uk/ Northumberland and Durham FHS]
+*[http://www.redmire.net/lookup/dur.html Durham Look-up Exchange]
-*[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.
-==Record Office Lookup Requests==
+'''Countywide Interest'''
-Please read the [[Record Office Lookup - Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
+*[http://www.darlington.gov.uk/Living/cemeteries/bor.htm Darlington Crematorium - Online Book of Remembrance]
-By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as linked above.
+*[http://www.darlington.gov.uk/Education/Library/Centre+for+Local+Studies/localstudies.htm Darlington Local Studies Library]
-'''Record Office Lookup Contacts'''
+*[http://www.darlington.gov.uk/Culture/headofsteam/KenHoole/KenHoole.htm Darlington Railway Museum - Ken Hoole Study Centre]
+*[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]
-==Cemetery Lookup Requests==
+*[http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/DUR/D_Executions.html Durham Executions 1732 - 1909]
-Please read the [[Cemetery 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]
-'''Cemetery Lookup Contacts'''
+*[http://www.dmm.org.uk/ Durham Mining Museum]
-*Darlington [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=113 Ann L from Darlo]
+*[http://www.dur.ac.uk/library/asc/about/ Durham University Library - Archives & Special Colllections]
-==Photo Offers==
+*[http://www.east-durham.co.uk/ East Durham]
-Members that have offered to take photographs in particular areas. Please PM the member with your queries.
+*[http://www.keystothepast.info/k2p/usp.nsf/pws/Keys%20to%20the%20Past%20-%20Home%20Page  Keys to the Past]
+*[http://www2.newsquest.co.uk/the_north_east/history/echomemories/durham/106/150206.html North East History]
-*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://www.newmp.org.uk/category.php?categoryid=1 North East War Memorials Project]
-==Links==
+*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~uknortheast/index.html UK North East Website and Genealogical Mailing List]
+*[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.durham.gov.uk/recordoffice/usp.nsf/pws/durham+record+office+-+durham+record+office+homepage Durham County Record Office]
+*[http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/ The Northern Echo, News, Sport, Business and more]
-*[http://www.joinermarriageindex.com/pjoiner/genuki/DUR/ GENUKI Durham]
+*[http://www.weardalemuseum.co.uk/ Weardale Museum]
-*[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.durhamweb.org.uk/dclhs/ Durham County Local History Society]
+*[http://www.annfieldplain-fhs.co.uk/index.htm Annfield Plain Family History Society]
-*[http://www.ndfhs.org.uk/ Northumberland and Durham FHS]
+*[http://www.aycliffehistory.org.uk Aycliffe Village Local History Society]
+*[http://www.bishopaucklandhistory.co.uk/ Bishop Auckland]
-'''OPC'''
+*[http://www.boldronhistory.com/index.htm Boldron History]
-*[http://www.redmire.net/lookup/dur.html Durham Look-up Exchange]
+*[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.crook-town.co.uk/history.html Crook History]
-'''Archives'''
+*[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]
-*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers/CountyDurham.htm#PageTitle IGI Durham]
+*[http://www.thelocalchannel.co.uk/easingtonvillage/page740088.aspx St Mary Easington Monumental Inscriptions]
-*[http://www.durham.gov.uk/gro/newgro.nsf/search?open&C0790814120412042006$ DURHAM BMD]
+*[http://www.escombsaxonchurch.com/ Escomb Saxon Church]
-*[http://www.darlington.gov.uk/Living/Register+Office/RegOfficeSearch.htm Darlington Online Certificate Search]
+*[http://www.communigate.co.uk/ne/escombhistory/ Escomb Village]
-*[http://www.durhamrecordsonline.com/  Durham Records Online: Search Census and Church Records]
+*[http://www.ferryhill.gov.uk/services/duncombe_cemetery.htm Ferryhill/Duncombe Cemetery Burial Index]
-*[http://www.teesvalley-indexes.co.uk/ Tees Valley Indexes - Register of Births, Deaths & Marriages]
+*[http://www.asaplive.com/Local/home.cfm Gateshead Local Studies]
-*[http://www.southtyneside.info/communitysupport/register/ South Tyneside Register Office's Searchable BMDs]
+*[http://www.communigate.co.uk/ne/hlewhistsoc/index.phtml Howden-le-Wear History]
-*[http://online.gateshead.gov.uk/bmd/default.aspx  Births, Deaths and Marriages Online Search]
+*[http://www.geocities.com/methodistfamily/?200716?200827?200828 Gateshead and Jarrow Methodist Circuit Family Tree Resources]
-*[http://www.picturespennymoor.co.uk/records.html Picture Spennymore- Some Durham Census and Trade Directory records]
+*[http://hebburn.org/ Hebburn]
-*[http://www.pjoiner.demon.co.uk/genuki/DUR/parishes.html GENUKI - Durham Towns and Parishes]
+*[http://www.paulperry1.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ Pictorial History of Jarrow]
-*[http://www.interment.net/  Cemetery Records Online]
+*[http://www.donmouth.co.uk/ Patrick Brennan's Jarrow Pages]
-*[http://www.durham.gov.uk/durhamcc/usp.nsf/pws/Online+Services+-+Durham+County+Council+Information+Service+-+Online+Services Durham County Council Information Services]
+*[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]
-'''Family and Social History'''
+*[http://www.sedgefieldvillage.co.uk/history.html Sedgefield History]
+*[http://www.tunsilk.co.uk/page2.html Silksworth and Tunstall in The Great War]
-*[http://www.institutions.org.uk/workhouses/england/dur/county_durham_workhouses.htm County Durham Workhouses]
+*[http://homepage.ntlworld.com/bandl.danby/ History of Skelton-in-Cleveland]
+*[http://www.shlhs.com/ South Hylton Local History Society]
-*[http://www.durham-miner.org.uk/miner/usp.nsf/pws/Durham+Miner+Project+-+Durham+Miner+Home+Page The Durham Mining Project]
+*[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.weardalemuseum.co.uk/ Weardale Museum]
+*[http://www.startforth.org.uk/ Holy Trinity Church Startforth]
+*[http://www.stocktonroots.co.uk/ Stockton Roots]
+*[http://www.sunderlandward.co.uk/ Sunderland Cemetery Index]
-'''Maps & Photographs'''
+*[http://www.sunderland.gov.uk/ Sunderland City Council]
-*[http://www.durham.gov.uk/durhamcc/DRE.nsf/DREsearch?readform Durham County Councils online historic pictures and photographs]
+*[http://www.sunnisidelocalhistorysociety.co.uk/ Sunniside Local History Society]
-*[http://www.dur.ac.uk/picturesinprint/ Maps and Prints before 1860]
+*[http://trimdon.com/html/genealogy.html Trimdon Times]
-*[http://www.geograph.org.uk/  Geograph British Isles - photograph every grid square! ]
+*[http://www.dur.ac.uk/j.m.hutson/tudhoe/ The History of Tudhoe Village]
-*[http://www.trimdontimes.co.uk/html/old.html Trimdon - Photographs and History ]
+*[http://www.westaucklandweb.com/ West Auckland]
-*[http://www.picturespennymoor.co.uk/index.html Spennymoor History - Local History, Pictures, Records and Information]
+*[http://www.cornforth.org.uk/  West Cornforth]
-*[http://www.sine.ncl.ac.uk/ Structural Images of the North-East]
+*[http://www.daledaniel.fsnet.co.uk/ Witton Park]
-'''Countywide Interest'''
+'''Maps and Photographs'''
+*[http://www.dur.ac.uk/picturesinprint/ Maps and Prints before 1860]
-*[http://www.dmm.org.uk/ Durham Mining Museum]
+*[http://tynemouth.frankgillings.com/homepage.htm Pictures of Tynemouth]
-*[http://www.thisisthenortheast.co.uk/ The Northern Echo,News, Sport, Business and more]
+*[http://www.sine.ncl.ac.uk/ Structural Images of the North-East]
-*[http://www.keystothepast.info/k2p/usp.nsf/pws/Keys%20to%20the%20Past%20-%20Home%20Page  Keys to the Past]
+==Register Office==
-*[http://www.northpennineancestors.co.uk/Index.htm North Pennine Ancestors]
+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.churchplansonline.org/  Church Plans Online]
+Certificate Applications are now dealt with at a new purpose built site at Bishop Auckland.
-*[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=663 Durham BMD]
-*[http://www.keystothepast.info/k2p/usp.nsf/pws/Keys+to+the+Past+-+Home+Page Village Index, Descriptions and Museums]
+*[http://www.durham.gov.uk/Pages/Service.aspx?ServiceId=7085 Register Office Locations and Contact Details]
+*[http://www.darlington.gov.uk/Legal+Services/Register+Office/Register+Office.htm Darlington Register Office]
-'''Specific Town Village Interest'''
+*[http://online.gateshead.gov.uk/bmd/default.aspx  Gateshead Births, Deaths and Marriages Online Search]
-*[http://www.darlington.gov.uk/Living/Register%2BOffice/RegOfficeSearch.htm Darlington - On Line Certificate Searching]
+*[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.gravetext.co.uk/ Gravetext - Burial Records and Memorials in the Derwent Valley of North West Durham]
+*[http://www.sunderland.gov.uk/pages/registrars/ Sunderland City Council's Births, Deaths and Marriages Online Search]
-*[http://mymarras.co.uk/pages/enter.htm MyMarras]
+*[http://www.teesvalley-indexes.co.uk/ Tees Valley Indexes - Register of Births, Deaths & Marriages]
-*[http://www.newcastle.gov.uk/ Welcome to Newcastle City Council]
+==Record Office & Archive Lookup Requests==
-*[http://www.sedgefieldvillage.co.uk/history.html Sedgefield History]
+Please read the [[Record Office Lookup - Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
-*[http://www.tunsilk.co.uk/page2.html Silksworth and Tunstall in The Great War]
+By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as above.
-*[http://homepage.ntlworld.com/bandl.danby/ History of Skelton-in-Cleveland]
-*[http://website.lineone.net/~d.ord/aspsosh.htm Aspects of South Shields Area]
-*[http://www.townswebarchiving.com/SpennymoorSearch/ Spennymoor and Tudhoe Grave Register Search]
+'''Record Office & Archive Lookup Contacts'''
-*[http://www.sunderland.gov.uk/ Sunderland City Council]
-*[http://www.sunnisidelocalhistorysociety.co.uk/ Sunniside Local History]
+==Cemetery Lookup Requests==
-*[http://www.trimdontimes.co.uk/html/old.html Trimdon Times]
+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