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is anyone around from teeside/County Durham

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tinkers

tinkers Report 29 Jan 2009 17:08

hello
i want to apply for a death certificate and the death took place in horden which register office would i have to buy from it is a pretty recent death and isnt on ancestry yet

many thanks

tinkers

tinkers Report 29 Jan 2009 17:27

thanks annie i did have a nose round earlier but came up with peterlee or bishop auckland

Porkie_Pie

Porkie_Pie Report 29 Jan 2009 17:37

It would have been Durham Eastern Registration District up to 1974 but Registers now divided between County of Durham and Sunderland districts

The Register Office, Cockton House, 35 Cockton Hill Road, Bishop Auckland, DL14 6HS.
Tel: 01388 607277. Fax: 01388 664388.
E-mail: [email protected]
On-line indexes - Durham County Council

http://www.durham.gov.uk/gro/newgro.nsf/search?open&C0222293290129012009$

and Sunderland is,
The Register Office, PO Box 108, Civic Centre, Burdon Road, Sunderland, SR2 7DN.
Tel: 0191 520 5509.
No online facility


For info on registration districts

http://www.ukbmd.org.uk/genuki/reg/

Roy

tinkers

tinkers Report 29 Jan 2009 17:41

thanks roy

Porkie_Pie

Porkie_Pie Report 29 Jan 2009 17:45

Tinky, I forgot to say that i think the online death index for Duham on their official site is upto date so you may find the person you are looking for

here is the link again

http://www.durham.gov.uk/gro/newgro.nsf/search?open&C0222293290129012009$


Roy

tinkers

tinkers Report 29 Jan 2009 17:52

thanx roy ill go and have a look