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

• Durham Libraries

• Durham County Local History Society

• Northumberland and Durham FHS

• Durham Look-up Exchange

Countywide Interest

• Cemetery Records Online

• The Durham Mining Project

• Weardale Museum

• Durham Mining Museum

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

• Keys to the Past

• UK North East Website and Genealogical Mailing List

• North Pennine Ancestors

• Middlesborough Council:Teesside Archives

Specific Town and Village Interest

• Bishop Auckland

• Bishopswearmouth Graves

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

• Ferryhill Cemetery burial index

• Gateshead Local Studies

• Gateshead and Jarrow Methodist Circuit Family Tree Resources

• MyMarras

• Welcome to Newcastle City Council

• 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

• Sunderland City Council

• Sunniside Local History

• Trimdon Times

• West Auckland

• West Cornforth

• Witton Park

Maps and Photographs

• Durham County Councils online historic pictures and photographs

• Maps and Prints before 1860

• Trimdon - Photographs and History

• 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

• 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.

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

• Gateshead Births, Deaths and Marriages Online Search

Record Office Lookup Requests

Please read the Terms and Conditions before requesting a lookup.

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Record Office 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

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