County Durham

The Doorknocker at Durham Cathedral submitted by Lady of Leisure

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

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Record Office Lookup Contacts

Cemetery Lookup Requests

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Cemetery Lookup Contacts

Darlington:Ann L from Darlo

Links

COUNTY RECORD OFFICE

LIBRARY LINK

Local History Society

Local History Society

Northumberland and Durham FHS

OPC

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.

GENUKI - Durham Towns and Parishes

Births, Deaths and Marriages Online Search

Cemetery Records Online

Family and social history

County Durham Workhouses

Maps & Photographs

Geograph British Isles - photograph every grid square!

Trimdon - Photographs and History

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

Countywide interest

Durham Mining Museum

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

Keys To The Past

Church Plans On Line

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. Historically, the river Tees formed the boundary between North Yorkshire and County Durham. In the 1970's the county of Cleveland was formed which straddled the river, this was then superseded by Teesside. The archives based in Middlesbrough are in effect a full scale records office with all the parish records etc. which you would normally expect to find. Redcar and Cleveland council covers a huge chunk of North Yorkshire, almost as far down as Whitby.