Durham, England Genealogy

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Guide to Durham ancestry, family history and genealogy parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

Durham, or County Durham, is a maritime county in the northeast of England.

''This article is about a county in England. For other uses, see Durham (disambiguation) page. ''

County Information
In 1887, John Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles described County Durham like this:

Durham.-- co. palatine and maritime co., in N. of England; is bounded N. by the Derwent and the Tyne, beyond which is Northumberland; E. by the North Sea; S. by the Tees, beyond which is Yorkshire; and W. by Cumberland and Westmorland; greatest length, 48 miles; greatest breadth, 40 m.; length of coast line, 32 m.; area, 647,592 ac.; pop. 867,258. The western portion of the co. consists of hill-ranges, enclosing fertile valleys; the eastern portion, in which the prevailing rocks are magnesian limestone and new red sandstone, is more level; in the central districts are the coal measures. ...

Parishes
Use an interactive mapto find jurisdictions for each parish in Durham.

Civil Registration Districts
List of Durham Civil Registration Districts

Web Sites

 * Durham records online: Although you have to pay for records the amount is nominal and you can still do searches.
 * Durham Resources and help pages on RootsChat Durham Resources and help pages. (Free).
 * Durham Bishops Transcripts: Collection Description: Images of parish register transcripts recording the events of baptism, marriage, or death in the Diocese of Durham, Church of England parishes. Includes parishes in the counties of Durham, Northumberland, and parts of York and Cumberland.
 * FreeBMD Free Civil Registration Indexes
 * Freecensus UK   Free Census records
 * FreeREG Free Parish Registers
 * Durham Genuki

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