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    Default Resources for County Durham

    This post will be gradually added to as time permits.

    As always, begin with Genuki.
    https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/DUR

    FreeREG
    https://www.freereg.org.uk/
    Check for coverage

    FreeCEN
    https://www.freecen.org.uk/
    1861 census is fully transcribed
    1871 census currently 98/4% complete
    1891 census just begun with transcribed

    Family History Societies
    Always worth joining, or at least check out the publications they have produced. The answer to your brickwall could be available on a CD. The Societies often have free indexes on their websites.
    Northumberland and Durham FHS
    https://www.ndfhs.org.uk/

    Cleveland FHS
    Covers the south of County Durham and North Yorkshire.
    https://clevelandfhs.org.uk/

    Parish registers
    Some, baptisms, marriages and burials are available at Findmypast. Parish list, but note that although a list might say 1600-1900 the register for 1800-1850 might be missing. Some are just transcripts; some entries have images as well. https://www.
    findmypast.co.uk/articles/durham-parish-list
    Datasets titled Durham baptisms, Durham marriages, and Durham burials.

    FMP also have
    Northumberland and Durham Memorial Inscriptions
    Durham Home Guard 1939 - 1945
    Durham Diocese Bishop's Transcripts 1639-1919 - also includes some parishes from Northumberland, Yorkshire, and Cumberland. Not indexed, select a parish and year, and then browse the images of the BTs.
    Durham Diocese, Calendar Of Marriage Bonds & Allegations 1594-1815. Image browse, as per the BTs. If I remember correctly, marriage allegations have two pages to them, so make sure you check the next one.
    Durham Registers and Records

    FamilySearch have
    Durham Diocese, Calendar Of Marriage Bonds & Allegations 1692-1900. (with images)
    Durham Diocese Bishop's Transcripts 1639-1919 (images only, not indexed)
    Durham Diocese, Calendar Of Marriage Bonds & Allegations 1594-1815 (images only, not indexed)
    These are linked to the Probate records from Durham University (see next section)
    England, Durham Diocese, Allertonshire Peculiar Administration Bonds and Inventories, 1670-1808
    England, Durham Diocese, Allertonshire Peculiar Stray Probate Bonds, 1732-1768
    England, Durham Diocese, Original Will Strays, 1743-1900
    England, Durham Diocese, Probate Inventories, 1676-1846
    Durham Diocese, Registered Wills 1526-1858

    Probate records
    Durham and Northumberland probate records, 1527-1857
    familyrecords.dur.ac.uk/nei/
    North East Inheritance database (pre-1858 Durham Probate Records)
    https://familyrecords.dur.ac.uk/nei/data/simple.php

    Searching Ancestry for collections using 'County Durham' found the following datasets.
    The History & Antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham - 3 Vols
    The History & Antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham -2 Vols
    Pedigrees Recorded in the Visitations of the County of Durham. 1575 1615 & 1666
    History And Antiquities Of The County Palatine Of Durham. (Gateshead Section) 1909
    History And Antiquities Of The County Palatine Of Durham. (Hartlepool Section) 1910
    History And Antiquities Of The County Palatine Of Durham. (Sunderland and District Section) 1908
    St. Mary's Church Gateshead, Durham, England, Burials, 1750-1886

    Using just 'Durham' on Ancestry produced (in addition to ones previously mentioned):
    Diocese of Durham, England, Bishops' Transcripts, ca. 1639-1919
    Durham Diocese, England, Calendar of Marriage Bonds & Allegations, 1594-1815
    Durham Diocese, England, Marriage Bonds & Allegations, 1692-1900
    Local Records of Northumberland & Durham, Volumes 1- 4
    Gateshead, Durham, England, War Honours Scrapbook, 1914-1920

    It also produced other items such as The History of the Belvoir Hunt which must be included because it contains the word Durham somewhere in its text, but obviously it's not connected to County Durham as such.

    Newspapers on British Newspaper Archive and FMP though in very limited scope.
    Complete runs of newspapers are usually available in local libraries or archives, including newpapers other than those listed below.

    Chester-le-Street Chronicle and District Advertiser
    Darlington & Stockton Times, Ripon & Richmond Chronicle
    Durham Chronicle
    Durham County Advertiser
    Hartlepool Free Press and General Advertiser
    Hartlepool Northern Daily Mail
    Jarrow Express
    North & South Shields Gazette and Northumberland and Durham Advertiser
    Northern Echo
    Shields Daily Gazeette
    South Durham and Cleveland Mercury
    Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette
    Teesdale Mercury

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    Don't forget Durham Records Online, which has lots of register and other transcripts. It's growing all the time, so worth checking back later if they don't have what you're looking for. Basic search is free, but pay-per-view for full details.

    https://www.
    durhamrecordsonline.com/

    (Feel free to incorporate this in the post above if you want to.)

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    Thanks for that further link, Arthur.
    I might have found it myself when searching for further resources - and equally I might not have.
    I might add it to the first post later on. As it is I've had to add a note about newspapers usually being available at local libraries or archives. (Memo to self - add details of Durham and other archives.)

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    I've found this site invaluable - particularly for Sunderland
    https://www.durham-images.org/

    Follow the links on the left - there are zoomable maps of various cemeteries under [Cemetery Layouts]
    https://www.durham-images.org/public...emeteries.html

    and - particularly useful indexes for Sunderland on the [Parish Records] link
    https://www.durham-images.org/public/parrec.html

    They all tie in well with my other local sites

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