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|In the North East of England, the county had one of Britain's richest coalfields and was once mined extensively.
  
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The land is hilly and rugged, and arranged around its castled capital, Durham.
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'''Durham'''
 
  
County town: Durham
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Jarrow, South Shields and Sunderland to the northeast are metropolitan areas with a great shipbuilding tradition.
  
Other major towns: Sunderland, South Shields, Gateshead
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The Venerable Bede, known as the father of English, lived at Jarrow and lies in Durham Cathedral.
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'''County town:''' Durham
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'''Other major towns:''' Sunderland, South Shields, Gateshead
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'''[[Places_of_Worship:Durham | Durham Places of Worship]]'''
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'''[https://www.familytreeforum.com/forum/site-projects/regional-projects Regional Projects Forum]'''
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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.
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==Resources==
  
The Venerable Bede, known as the father of English, lived at Jarrow and lies in Durham Cathedral.
 
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'''Primary Reference'''
  
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*[http://www.durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/recordoffice/usp.nsf/pws/durham+record+office+-+durham+record+office+homepage Durham County Record Office]
  
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*[http://www.middlesbrough.gov.uk/ccm/navigation/leisure-and-culture/archives/ Teesside Archives]
  
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*[http://www.durham.gov.uk/Pages/ContentPage.aspx?DCCId=49995c67-5b7d-4cda-abf8-3a19f7b8acb1 Durham Libraries]
  
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*[http://www.clevelandfhs.org.uk/ Cleveland FHS]
  
==Register Offices==
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*[http://www.durhamweb.org.uk/dclhs/ Durham County Local History Society]
  
Over the years county boundary changes have resulted in several changes to the district coverage.
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*[http://www.ndfhs.org.uk/ Northumberland and Durham FHS]
  
To avoid confusion try the following sites, they have links to local bmd index database,
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*[http://www.redmire.net/lookup/dur.html Durham Look-up Exchange]
certificate ordering and register office contact details.
 
  
Certificate Applications are now dealt with at a new purpose built site at Bishop Auckland
 
  
*[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.]
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'''Countywide Interest'''
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*[http://www.darlington.gov.uk/Living/cemeteries/bor.htm Darlington Crematorium - Online Book of Remembrance]
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*[http://www.darlington.gov.uk/Education/Library/Centre+for+Local+Studies/localstudies.htm Darlington Local Studies Library]
  
*[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.
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*[http://www.darlington.gov.uk/Culture/headofsteam/KenHoole/KenHoole.htm Darlington Railway Museum - Ken Hoole Study Centre]
  
==Record Office Lookup Requests==
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*[http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#c=1309819;t=browsable;w=0;p=collectionDetails Diocese of Durham Bishops' Transcripts]
  
Please read the [[Record Office Lookup - Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
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*[http://www.durhamcrem.co.uk/book.html Durham Crematorium - Online Book of Remembrance]  
  
By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as linked above.
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*[http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/DUR/D_Executions.html Durham Executions 1732 - 1909]
  
'''Record Office Lookup Contacts'''
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*[http://www.durhamrecordsonline.com/ Durham Records Online]
  
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*[http://www.durham-miner.org.uk/miner/usp.nsf/pws/Durham+Miner+Project+-+Durham+Miner+Home+Page The Durham Mining Project]
  
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*[http://www.dmm.org.uk/ Durham Mining Museum]
  
==Cemetery Lookup Requests==
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*[http://www.dur.ac.uk/library/asc/about/ Durham University Library - Archives & Special Colllections]
  
Please read the [[Cemetery Lookup -Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
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*[http://www.east-durham.co.uk/ East Durham]
  
By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as linked above.
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*[http://www.keystothepast.info/k2p/usp.nsf/pws/Keys%20to%20the%20Past%20-%20Home%20Page  Keys to the Past]
  
'''Cemetery Lookup Contacts'''
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*[http://www2.newsquest.co.uk/the_north_east/history/echomemories/durham/106/150206.html North East History]
  
*Darlington [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=113 Ann L from Darlo]
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*[http://www.newmp.org.uk/category.php?categoryid=1 North East War Memorials Project]  
  
==Photo Offers==
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~uknortheast/index.html UK North East Website and Genealogical Mailing List]
  
Members that have offered to take photographs in particular areas. Please PM the member with your queries.
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*[http://www.remembranceonline.co.uk/index.php?option=com_mtree&task=viewlink&link_id=10&Itemid=43 Teesside Crematorium - Online Book of Remembrance]
  
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*[http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/ The Northern Echo, News, Sport, Business and more]
  
*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]
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*[http://www.weardalemuseum.co.uk/ Weardale Museum]  
  
==Links==
 
  
  
*[http://www.durham.gov.uk/recordoffice/usp.nsf/pws/durham+record+office+-+durham+record+office+homepage Durham County Record Office]
 
  
*[http://www.joinermarriageindex.com/pjoiner/genuki/DUR/ GENUKI Durham]
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'''Specific Town and Village Interest'''
  
*[http://www.durham.gov.uk/durhamcc/usp.nsf/pws/libraries+-+libraries+in+county+durham Durham Libraries]
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*[http://www.annfieldplain-fhs.co.uk/index.htm Annfield Plain Family History Society]  
  
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*[http://www.aycliffehistory.org.uk Aycliffe Village Local History Society]
  
'''Local History Society'''
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*[http://www.bishopaucklandhistory.co.uk/ Bishop Auckland]
  
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*[http://www.boldronhistory.com/index.htm Boldron History]
  
*[http://www.durhamweb.org.uk/dclhs/ Durham County Local History Society]
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*[http://www.durham.gov.uk/Pages/Service.aspx?ServiceId=6718 Chester-le-Street Cemetery Burial Index]  
  
*[http://www.ndfhs.org.uk/ Northumberland and Durham FHS]
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*[http://www.communigate.co.uk/ne/clcp/index.phtml Coundon & Leeholme]  
  
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*[http://www.crook-town.co.uk/history.html Crook History]
  
'''OPC'''
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*[http://www.communigate.co.uk/ne/darlingtonhistoricalsociety/page9.phtml West Cemetery Darlington]
  
*[http://www.redmire.net/lookup/dur.html Durham Look-up Exchange]
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*[http://www.gravetext.co.uk/ Gravetext - Burial Records and Memorials in the Derwent Valley of North West Durham]
  
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*[http://www.thelocalchannel.co.uk/easingtonvillage/page740088.aspx St Mary Easington Monumental Inscriptions]
  
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*[http://www.escombsaxonchurch.com/ Escomb Saxon Church]
  
'''Archives'''
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*[http://www.communigate.co.uk/ne/escombhistory/ Escomb Village]
  
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*[http://www.ferryhill.gov.uk/services/duncombe_cemetery.htm Ferryhill/Duncombe Cemetery Burial Index]
  
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers/CountyDurham.htm#PageTitle IGI Durham]
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*[http://www.asaplive.com/Local/home.cfm Gateshead Local Studies]
  
*[http://www.durham.gov.uk/gro/newgro.nsf/search?open&C0790814120412042006$ DURHAM BMD]
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*[http://www.communigate.co.uk/ne/hlewhistsoc/index.phtml Howden-le-Wear History]  
  
*[http://www.darlington.gov.uk/Living/Register+Office/RegOfficeSearch.htm Darlington Online Certificate Search]
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*[http://www.geocities.com/methodistfamily/?200716?200827?200828 Gateshead and Jarrow Methodist Circuit Family Tree Resources]
  
*[http://www.durhamrecordsonline.com/ Durham Records Online: Search Census and Church Records]
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*[http://hebburn.org/ Hebburn]
  
*[http://www.teesvalley-indexes.co.uk/ Tees Valley Indexes - Register of Births, Deaths & Marriages]
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*[http://www.paulperry1.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ Pictorial History of Jarrow]
  
*[http://www.southtyneside.info/communitysupport/register/ South Tyneside Register Office's Searchable BMDs]
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*[http://www.donmouth.co.uk/ Patrick Brennan's Jarrow Pages]
  
*[http://online.gateshead.gov.uk/bmd/default.aspx Births, Deaths and Marriages Online Search]
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*[http://www.interment.net/data/eng/durham/lumley/index.htm Lumley Cemetery Burial Index]  
  
*[http://www.picturespennymoor.co.uk/records.html Picture Spennymore- Some Durham Census and Trade Directory records]
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*[http://mymarras.co.uk/pages/enter.htm My Marras]  
  
*[http://www.pjoiner.demon.co.uk/genuki/DUR/parishes.html GENUKI - Durham Towns and Parishes]
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*[http://www.newcastle.gov.uk/ Welcome to Newcastle City Council]  
  
*[http://www.interment.net/ Cemetery Records Online]
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*[http://www.sedgefieldvillage.co.uk/history.html Sedgefield History]
  
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*[http://www.tunsilk.co.uk/page2.html Silksworth and Tunstall in The Great War]
  
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*[http://homepage.ntlworld.com/bandl.danby/ History of Skelton-in-Cleveland]
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*[http://www.shlhs.com/ South Hylton Local History Society]
  
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*[http://www.picturespennymoor.co.uk/index.html Spennymoor History - Local History, Pictures, Records and Information]
  
'''Family and Social History'''
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*[http://www.townswebarchiving.com/SpennymoorSearch/ Spennymoor and Tudhoe Grave Register Search]
  
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*[http://www.startforth.org.uk/ Holy Trinity Church Startforth]
  
*[http://www.institutions.org.uk/workhouses/england/dur/county_durham_workhouses.htm County Durham Workhouses]
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*[http://www.stocktonroots.co.uk/ Stockton Roots]
  
*[http://www.durham-miner.org.uk/miner/usp.nsf/pws/Durham+Miner+Project+-+Durham+Miner+Home+Page The Durham Mining Project]
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*[http://www.sunderlandward.co.uk/ Sunderland Cemetery Index]  
  
*[http://www.weardalemuseum.co.uk/ Weardale Museum]  
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*[http://www.sunderland.gov.uk/ Sunderland City Council]
  
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*[http://www.sunnisidelocalhistorysociety.co.uk/ Sunniside Local History Society]
  
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*[http://trimdon.com/html/genealogy.html Trimdon Times]
  
'''Maps & Photographs'''
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*[http://www.dur.ac.uk/j.m.hutson/tudhoe/ The History of Tudhoe Village]
  
*[http://www.durham.gov.uk/durhamcc/DRE.nsf/DREsearch?readform Durham County Councils online historic pictures and photographs]  
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*[http://www.westaucklandweb.com/ West Auckland]
  
*[http://www.dur.ac.uk/picturesinprint/ Maps and Prints before 1860]
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*[http://www.cornforth.org.uk/ West Cornforth]
  
*[http://www.geograph.org.uk/ Geograph British Isles - photograph every grid square! ]
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*[http://www.daledaniel.fsnet.co.uk/ Witton Park]
  
*[http://www.trimdontimes.co.uk/html/old.html Trimdon - Photographs and History ]
 
  
*[http://www.picturespennymoor.co.uk/index.html Spennymoor History - Local History, Pictures, Records and Information]
 
  
*[http://www.sine.ncl.ac.uk/ Structural Images of the North-East]
 
  
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'''Maps and Photographs'''
  
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*[http://www.dur.ac.uk/picturesinprint/ Maps and Prints before 1860]
  
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*[http://tynemouth.frankgillings.com/homepage.htm Pictures of Tynemouth]
  
'''Countywide Interest'''
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*[http://www.sine.ncl.ac.uk/ Structural Images of the North-East]
  
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==Register Office==
  
*[http://www.dmm.org.uk/ Durham Mining Museum]
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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.thisisthenortheast.co.uk/ The Northern Echo,News, Sport, Business and more]
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Certificate Applications are now dealt with at a new purpose built site at Bishop Auckland.
  
*[http://www.keystothepast.info/k2p/usp.nsf/pws/Keys%20to%20the%20Past%20-%20Home%20Page  Keys to the Past]
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*[http://www.durham.gov.uk/Pages/Service.aspx?ServiceId=663 Durham BMD]
  
*[http://www.northpennineancestors.co.uk/Index.htm North Pennine Ancestors]
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*[http://www.durham.gov.uk/Pages/Service.aspx?ServiceId=7085 Register Office Locations and Contact Details]
  
*[http://www.churchplansonline.org/ Church Plans Online]
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*[http://www.darlington.gov.uk/Legal+Services/Register+Office/Register+Office.htm Darlington Register Office]
  
*[http://www.middlesbrough.gov.uk/ccm/content/leisure-and-culture/local-history-and-heritage/teesside-archives.en Middlesbrough Council: Teesside Archives]
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*[http://online.gateshead.gov.uk/bmd/default.aspx  Gateshead Births, Deaths and Marriages Online Search]
  
*[http://www.keystothepast.info/k2p/usp.nsf/pws/Keys+to+the+Past+-+Home+Page Village Index, Descriptions and Museums]
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*[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.
  
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*[http://www.sunderland.gov.uk/pages/registrars/ Sunderland City Council's Births, Deaths and Marriages Online Search]
  
'''Specific Town Village Interest'''
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*[http://www.teesvalley-indexes.co.uk/ Tees Valley Indexes - Register of Births, Deaths & Marriages]
  
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==Record Office & Archive Lookup Requests==
  
*[http://www.gravetext.co.uk/ Gravetext - Burial Records and Memorials in the Derwent Valley of North West Durham]
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Please read the [[Record Office Lookup - Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
  
*[http://website.lineone.net/~d.ord/aspsosh.htm Aspects of South Shields Area]
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By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as above.
  
*[http://www.sedgefieldvillage.co.uk/history.html Sedgefield History]
 
  
*[http://www.sunderland.gov.uk/ Sunderland City Council]
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'''Record Office & Archive Lookup Contacts'''
  
*[http://www.sunnisidelocalhistorysociety.co.uk/ Sunniside Local History]
 
  
*[http://www.newcastle.gov.uk/ Welcome to Newcastle City Council]
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==Cemetery Lookup Requests==
  
*[http://www.townswebarchiving.com/SpennymoorSearch/ Spennymoor and Tudhoe Grave Register Search]
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Please read the [[Cemetery Lookup -Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
  
*[http://www.cornforth.org.uk/  West Cornforth]
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By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as above.
  
*[http://mymarras.co.uk/pages/enter.htm MyMarras]
 
  
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'''Cemetery Lookup Contacts'''
  
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==Photo Offers==
  
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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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Latest revision as of 09:21, 16 May 2023

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



Countywide Interest



Specific Town and Village Interest



Maps and Photographs

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.

  • 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 & 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.


Back to England