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Description: | A collection of family and local history resources as follows:
1. Births, Deaths and Marriages
Registrar General's Indexes from 1837 (microform), or Registrar General for Scotland's Computerised Index from 1855.
Locations Not available
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2. Census returns
Historic County of Durham: 1891 (microfiche)
Durham City and the Northern part of County Durham: 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881, 1901 (microfilm)
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3. Directories
3(a) County and Regional Directories
~list attached covering Durham, Cumbria & Northumbria
1827: Parson & White: History directory and gazetteer of Counties of Durham and Northumberland
1938: Kelly's: directory of Durham and Northumberland
~latest large directory; others as per list
3(b) City and Town Directories
1847: Walker: Durham Directory and Almanack
1937: Durham City Yearbook Business Directory and Diary
~others as per list$
3(c) Telephone Directories
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4. Electoral registers and polls books
4(a) Electoral Registers
Contact Durham County Record Office
4(b) Poll Books
Very few held. Contact Durham City Library
General Election Poll 1790: Durham County
Poll for Knights of the Shire 1761: Durham
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5. International Genealogical Index (IGI)
1992 edition: England, Scotland, Wales
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6. Unpublished Indexes
Indexes are available for some areas for certain dates, e.g. Seaham Harbour
Contact Library
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7. Parish Registers
~list attached$
All items in our collection are transcripts: microfilm copies are held by Durham County Record Office who have a more extensive collection
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8. Periodicals (excl. newspapers)
Genealogists Magazine 1983 to date
The North Eastern Express (journal of the N-E Railway Association)
~Suggest contact direct as some items called bulletins/journals but may be considered as periodicals
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9. Published Transcripts of Archival Material
SURT 665 Society publications
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10. Other material
Extensive local studies collection, including books, maps, local newspapers and maps
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11. Guides to Collections
Free from DC Library
~copy attached$
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12. Local Record Offices
Durham County Record Office
County Hall
Durham
DH1 5UL
Tel: 0191 3833253
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Other information
Booking system in operation.
Durham Record is now available at this Library. It consists of an interactive computer database holding 10,000 photographic and other images dating from the 1860s up to the present, together with electronic copies of current and historic O.S. maps (editions 1, 2 and 3) of the County and information about industrial archaeology sites.
Chapman County Codes (BS 6879): DUR | Subjects: | Registration of birth Registration of death Population censuses Registration of marriage Local history Electoral registers Genealogy Parish records Poll books | Source: | Cornucopia - Discovering UK Collections | FAX: | 0191 386 0379 | Telephone: | 0191 386 4003 | Identifier: | oai:www.cornucopia.org.uk:8580 | Go to resource |
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