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 Lady of Leisure]]
+{| width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="5" cellpadding="5"
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+|-valign="top"
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+|In the North East of England, the county had one of Britain's richest coalfields and was once mined extensively.
-'''Durham'''
+The land is hilly and rugged, and arranged around its castled capital, Durham.
-County town: Durham
+Jarrow, South Shields and Sunderland to the northeast are metropolitan areas with a great shipbuilding tradition.
-Other major towns: Sunderland, South Shields, Gateshead
+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
-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.
+'''[[Places_of_Worship:Durham | Durham Places of Worship]]'''
-<br><br><br>
-==Register Offices==
+'''[https://www.familytreeforum.com/forum/site-projects/regional-projects Regional Projects Forum]'''
+| [[Image: EnglandDurham.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Source: Wikipedia]]
+|}
-Over the years county boundary changes have resulted in several changes to the district coverage.
+==Resources==
-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
+'''Primary Reference'''
-*[http://www.durham.gov.uk/durhamcc/usp.nsf/pws/8025694D002ACDA4802571C300433D52?opendocument  Register Office Locations and Contact details]
+*[http://www.durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/recordoffice/usp.nsf/pws/durham+record+office+-+durham+record+office+homepage Durham County Record Office]
-*[http://www.darlington.gov.uk/Legal+Services/Register+Office/Register+Office.htm Darlington Register Office]
+*[http://www.middlesbrough.gov.uk/ccm/navigation/leisure-and-culture/archives/ Teesside Archives]
-*[http://www.middlesbrough-indexes.co.uk Tees Valley Indexes - Register of Births, Deaths & Marriages.]
+*[http://www.durham.gov.uk/Pages/ContentPage.aspx?DCCId=49995c67-5b7d-4cda-abf8-3a19f7b8acb1 Durham Libraries]
-*[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.clevelandfhs.org.uk/ Cleveland FHS]
-==Record Office Lookup Requests==
+*[http://www.durhamweb.org.uk/dclhs/ Durham County Local History Society]
-Please read the [[Record Office Lookup - Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
+*[http://www.ndfhs.org.uk/ Northumberland and Durham FHS]
-By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as linked above.
+*[http://www.redmire.net/lookup/dur.html Durham Look-up Exchange]
-'''Record Office Lookup Contacts'''
-==Cemetery Lookup Requests==
-Please read the [[Cemetery Lookup -Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
+'''Countywide Interest'''
-By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as linked above.
+*[http://www.darlington.gov.uk/Living/cemeteries/bor.htm Darlington Crematorium - Online Book of Remembrance]
-'''Cemetery Lookup Contacts'''
+*[http://www.darlington.gov.uk/Education/Library/Centre+for+Local+Studies/localstudies.htm Darlington Local Studies Library]
-*Darlington:[http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=113 Ann L from Darlo]
+*[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]
+*[http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/DUR/D_Executions.html Durham Executions 1732 - 1909]
+*[http://www.durhamrecordsonline.com/ Durham Records Online]
-==Links==
+*[http://www.durham-miner.org.uk/miner/usp.nsf/pws/Durham+Miner+Project+-+Durham+Miner+Home+Page The Durham Mining Project]
+*[http://www.dmm.org.uk/ Durham Mining Museum]
-*[http://www.durham.gov.uk/recordoffice/usp.nsf/pws/durham+record+office+-durham+record+office+homepage County Record Office] ''link currently broken''
+*[http://www.dur.ac.uk/library/asc/about/ Durham University Library - Archives & Special Colllections]
-*[http://www.familia.org.uk/services/england/durham.html Library Link]
+*[http://www.east-durham.co.uk/ East Durham]
+*[http://www.keystothepast.info/k2p/usp.nsf/pws/Keys%20to%20the%20Past%20-%20Home%20Page  Keys to the Past]
-'''Local History Society'''
+*[http://www2.newsquest.co.uk/the_north_east/history/echomemories/durham/106/150206.html North East History]
+*[http://www.newmp.org.uk/category.php?categoryid=1 North East War Memorials Project]
-*[http://www.local-history.co.uk/Groups/durham.html Local History Society]
+*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~uknortheast/index.html UK North East Website and Genealogical Mailing List]
-*[http://www.ndfhs.org.uk/ Northumberland and Durham FHS]
+*[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.thenorthernecho.co.uk/ The Northern Echo, News, Sport, Business and more]
-'''OPC'''
+*[http://www.weardalemuseum.co.uk/ Weardale Museum]
-'''Archives'''
-*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers/CountyDurham.htm#PageTitle IGI Durham]
+'''Specific Town and Village Interest'''
-*[http://www.durham.gov.uk/gro/newgro.nsf/search?open&C0790814120412042006$ DURHAM BMD]
+*[http://www.annfieldplain-fhs.co.uk/index.htm Annfield Plain Family History Society]
-*[http://www.darlington.gov.uk/Living/Register+Office/RegOfficeSearch.htm Darlington Online Certificate Search]
+*[http://www.aycliffehistory.org.uk Aycliffe Village Local History Society]
-*[http://www.durhamrecordsonline.com/  Durham Records Online: Search Census and Church Records]
+*[http://www.bishopaucklandhistory.co.uk/ Bishop Auckland]
-*[http://www.teesvalley-indexes.co.uk/ Tees Valley Indexes - Register of Births, Deaths & Marriages.]
+*[http://www.boldronhistory.com/index.htm Boldron History]
-*[http://www.pjoiner.demon.co.uk/genuki/DUR/parishes.html GENUKI - Durham Towns and Parishes]
+*[http://www.durham.gov.uk/Pages/Service.aspx?ServiceId=6718 Chester-le-Street Cemetery Burial Index]
-*[http://online.gateshead.gov.uk/bmd/default.aspx  Births, Deaths and Marriages Online Search]
+*[http://www.communigate.co.uk/ne/clcp/index.phtml Coundon & Leeholme]
-*[http://www.interment.net/  Cemetery Records Online]
+*[http://www.crook-town.co.uk/history.html Crook History]
+*[http://www.communigate.co.uk/ne/darlingtonhistoricalsociety/page9.phtml West Cemetery Darlington]
-'''Family and social history'''
+*[http://www.gravetext.co.uk/ Gravetext - Burial Records and Memorials in the Derwent Valley of North West Durham]
+*[http://www.thelocalchannel.co.uk/easingtonvillage/page740088.aspx St Mary Easington Monumental Inscriptions]
-*[http://www.institutions.org.uk/workhouses/england/dur/county_durham_workhouses.htm County Durham Workhouses]
+*[http://www.escombsaxonchurch.com/ Escomb Saxon Church]
+*[http://www.communigate.co.uk/ne/escombhistory/ Escomb Village]
-'''Maps & Photographs'''
+*[http://www.ferryhill.gov.uk/services/duncombe_cemetery.htm Ferryhill/Duncombe Cemetery Burial Index]
+*[http://www.asaplive.com/Local/home.cfm Gateshead Local Studies]
-*[http://www.geograph.org.uk/  Geograph British Isles - photograph every grid square! ]
+*[http://www.communigate.co.uk/ne/hlewhistsoc/index.phtml Howden-le-Wear History]
-*[http://www.trimdontimes.co.uk/html/old.html Trimdon - Photographs and History ]
+*[http://www.geocities.com/methodistfamily/?200716?200827?200828 Gateshead and Jarrow Methodist Circuit Family Tree Resources]
-*[http://www.picturespennymoor.co.uk/index.html  Picture Spennymoor History - Local History, Pictures, Records and Information]
+*[http://hebburn.org/ Hebburn]
+*[http://www.paulperry1.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ Pictorial History of Jarrow]
-'''Countywide interest'''
+*[http://www.donmouth.co.uk/ Patrick Brennan's Jarrow Pages]
+*[http://www.interment.net/data/eng/durham/lumley/index.htm  Lumley Cemetery Burial Index]
-*[http://www.dmm.org.uk/ Durham Mining Museum]
+*[http://mymarras.co.uk/pages/enter.htm My Marras]
-*[http://www.thisisthenortheast.co.uk/   The Northern Echo :: News, Sport, Business and more]
+*[http://www.newcastle.gov.uk/ Welcome to Newcastle City Council]
-*[http://www.keystothepast.info/k2p/usp.nsf/pws/Keys%20to%20the%20Past%20-%20Home%20Page  Keys To The Past]
+*[http://www.sedgefieldvillage.co.uk/history.html Sedgefield History]
-*[http://www.churchplansonline.org/  Church Plans On Line]
+*[http://www.tunsilk.co.uk/page2.html Silksworth and Tunstall in The Great War]
-*[http://www.middlesbrough.gov.uk/ccm/content/leisure-and-culture/local-history-and-heritage/teesside-archives.en 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.
+*[http://homepage.ntlworld.com/bandl.danby/ History of Skelton-in-Cleveland]
+*[http://www.shlhs.com/ South Hylton Local History Society]
-*[http://www.keystothepast.info/k2p/usp.nsf/pws/Keys+to+the+Past+-+Home+Page Village Index, Descriptions and Museums]
+*[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]
-'''Specific Town Village interest'''
+*[http://www.startforth.org.uk/ Holy Trinity Church Startforth]
+*[http://www.stocktonroots.co.uk/ Stockton Roots]
-*[http://www.sedgefieldvillage.co.uk/history.html Sedgefield History]
+*[http://www.sunderlandward.co.uk/ Sunderland Cemetery Index]
 *[http://www.sunderland.gov.uk/ Sunderland City Council]
-*[http://www.newcastle.gov.uk/ Welcome to Newcastle City Council]
+*[http://www.sunnisidelocalhistorysociety.co.uk/ Sunniside Local History Society]
-*[http://www.townswebarchiving.com/SpennymoorSearch/ Spennymoor and Tudhoe Grave Register Search]
+*[http://trimdon.com/html/genealogy.html Trimdon Times]
+*[http://www.dur.ac.uk/j.m.hutson/tudhoe/ The History of Tudhoe Village]
+*[http://www.westaucklandweb.com/ West Auckland]
 *[http://www.cornforth.org.uk/  West Cornforth]
-*[http://mymarras.co.uk/pages/enter.htm MyMarras]
+*[http://www.daledaniel.fsnet.co.uk/ Witton Park]
+'''Maps and Photographs'''
+*[http://www.dur.ac.uk/picturesinprint/ Maps and Prints before 1860]
+*[http://tynemouth.frankgillings.com/homepage.htm Pictures of Tynemouth]
+*[http://www.sine.ncl.ac.uk/ Structural Images of the North-East]
+==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.
+*[http://www.durham.gov.uk/Pages/Service.aspx?ServiceId=663 Durham BMD]
+*[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]
+*[http://online.gateshead.gov.uk/bmd/default.aspx  Gateshead Births, Deaths and Marriages Online Search]
+*[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.sunderland.gov.uk/pages/registrars/ Sunderland City Council's Births, Deaths and Marriages Online Search]
+*[http://www.teesvalley-indexes.co.uk/ Tees Valley Indexes - Register of Births, Deaths & Marriages]
+==Record Office & Archive Lookup Requests==
+Please read the [[Record Office Lookup - Terms and Conditions|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 [[Cemetery Lookup -Terms and Conditions|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.
-<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