County Durham

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.

County town: Durham Other major towns: Sunderland, South Shields, Gateshead Durham Places of Worship Regional Projects Forum

Source: Wikipedia

Resources

Primary Reference

• Durham County Record Office

• Teesside Archives

• Durham Libraries

• Cleveland FHS

• Durham County Local History Society

• Northumberland and Durham FHS

• Durham Look-up Exchange

Countywide Interest

• Cemetery Records Online

• Darlington Railway Museum - Ken Hoole Study Centre Mar 2009

• Durham Records Online

• The Durham Mining Project

• Durham Mining Museum

• East Durham

• Keys to the Past

• North East War Memorials Project Mar 2009

• UK North East Website and Genealogical Mailing List

• North Pennine Ancestors

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

• Weardale Museum

Specific Town and Village Interest

• Aycliffe Village History Feb 2009

• Bishop Auckland

• Chester-le-Street cemetery burial index Mar 2009

• Darlington Local Studies

• West Cemetery Darlington

• Gravetext - Burial Records and Memorials in the Derwent Valley of North West Durham

• St Mary Easington Monumental inscriptions Mar 2009

• Escomb Saxon Church

• Ferryhill Cemetery Burial Index

• Gateshead Local Studies

• Gateshead and Jarrow Methodist Circuit Family Tree Resources

• Hebburn

• Jarrow

• Patrick Brennan's Jarrow Pages

• Lumley cemetery burial index Mar 2009

• MyMarras

• Welcome to Newcastle City Council

• Pelton cemetery burial index Mar 2009

• Sacriston cemetery burial index Mar 2009

• Sedgefield History

• Silksworth and Tunstall in The Great War

• History of Skelton-in-Cleveland

• Aspects of South Shields Area

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

• Spennymoor and Tudhoe Grave Register Search

• Stockton Roots

• Sunderland Cemetery Index -ongoing - at present includes Bishopswearmouth and Castletown Cemeteries and Holy Trinity Parish Church.

• Sunderland City Council

• Sunniside Local History

• Trimdon Times

• The History of Tudhoe Village

• West Auckland

• West Cornforth

• West Rainton & Leamside local history group Very helpful for finding information for you.

• Witton Park

Maps and Photographs

• Durham County Councils On Line Historic Pictures and Photographs

• Maps and Prints before 1860

• Pictures of Tynemouth

• Structural Images of the North-East

Books of local interest

Register Office

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

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Record Office & Archive Lookup Contacts

Cemetery Lookup Requests

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Cemetery Lookup Contacts

• Darlington Ann L from Darlo

Photo Offers

Members that have offered to take photographs in particular areas. Please send a private message to the member with your queries.

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

• Hartlepool ElaineM
• Tyneside Wor canny Lass

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