Learn more about your Durham ancestors with our collection of registers and records from the English county.
Learn more about your Durham ancestors with our collection of registers and records from the English county.
There are 16 titles included in this collection of registers and records from Durham. Below is a complete list of titles currently offered:
Antiquities of Sunderland and Its Vicinity, published 1904
Parish Registers of St Nicholas, 1590-1812
Parish Registers of St Margaret’s, 1558-1812
Parish Registers of St Mary in the South Bailey, 1559-1812
Parish Registers of Bishop Middleham, 1559-1812
Parish Registers of the Ancient Chapel of Esh in Lanchester, 1567-1812
Parish Registers of St Mary le Bow, 1571-1812
Parish Registers of Winston, 1572-1812
Parish Registers of Whickham, 1579-1812 – marriages and banns
Parish Registers of Whitburn, 1579-1812
Parish Registers of Ryton, 1581-1812 – marriages and banns
Parish Registers of Coniscliffe, 1590-1812
Parish Registers of Stanhope, 1613-1812
Parish Registers of Whorlton, Castle Eden & Middleton St George 1616-1812
Parish Registers of Ebchester, 1619-1812
Parish Registers of Dalton-Le-Dale, Seaham & Sherburn Hospital, 1646-1812
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