County Durham

The Doorknocker at Durham Cathedral submitted by Vivienne

Durham

County town: Durham

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.

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, certificate ordering and register office contact details

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

• Register Office Locations and Contact details

• Darlington Register Office

• Tees Valley Indexes - Register of Births, Deaths & Marriages.

• 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

Please read the 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

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 linked above.

Cemetery Lookup Contacts

• Darlington:Ann L from Darlo

Photo Offers

Members that have offered to take photographs in particular areas. Please PM the member with your queries.

• Darlington and some of the surrounding area within a 30 mile radius Ann L from Darlo

Links

• Durham County Record Office

• GENUKI Durham

• Durham Libraries

Local History Society

• Durham County Local History Society

• Northumberland and Durham FHS

OPC

• Durham Look-up Exchange

Archives

• IGI Durham

• DURHAM BMD

• Darlington Online Certificate Search

• Durham Records Online: Search Census and Church Records

• Tees Valley Indexes - Register of Births, Deaths & Marriages

• South Tyneside Register Office's Searchable BMDs

• Births, Deaths and Marriages Online Search

• GENUKI - Durham Towns and Parishes

• Cemetery Records Online

Family and Social History

• County Durham Workhouses

• The Durham Mining Project

• Weardale Museum

Maps & Photographs

• Durham County Councils online historic pictures and photographs

• Maps and Prints before 1860

• Geograph British Isles - photograph every grid square!

• Trimdon - Photographs and History

• Spennymoor History - Local History, Pictures, Records and Information

• Structural Images of the North-East

Countywide Interest

• Durham Mining Museum

• The Northern Echo,News, Sport, Business and more

• Keys to the Past

• Church Plans Online

• Middlesbrough Council: Teesside Archives

• Village Index, Descriptions and Museums

Specific Town Village Interest

• Aspects of South Shields Area

• Sedgefield History

• Sunderland City Council

• Welcome to Newcastle City Council

• Spennymoor and Tudhoe Grave Register Search

• West Cornforth

• MyMarras

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