Genealogy Chat

I thought it might be a good idea to list websites and other resources people have found useful in researching families from Co Durham. For a start there's www dot jarrowonline dot com Hope others have more to add Jan

Ok so that didn't work! Try www*jarrowonline*com and http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/NBL/DeathNotices/

www*curiousfox*com - pages for towns/villages, surnames - lots of requests for family info. Northumberland and Durham Family History Society - members' interests, unwanted certificates etc.

Just found this amazing site - it has many old photos of Jarrow as well as 'war rolls' commerating all who died in or from Jarrow in both world wars. http://www*vikingtattoostudio*co*uk/jarrow/

durhamrecordsonline is brilliant,you have to pay but I think it's good value and have found loads of information,They are very quick at emailing you if you have any queries. Wendy

I have found the following site brilliant - and you can order the certificates http://www(.)durham(.)gov(.)uk/gro/newgro(.)nsf(/)search(?)open Dont forget to remove the brackets. Happy hunting from Linda

Nuther three http://www(.)redmire(.)net/lookup/dur.html Its a volunteer service to do lookups for Durham. There is a similar one for Northumberland. If your relatives come from a coal mining background, try this one http://www(.)dmm(.)org(.)uk Its the site for Durham Mining Museum. Loads and loads of information. I find this particular site helpful http://genforum(.)genealogy(.)com(/)englandcountry(/)durham

If you are interested in the Newbottle, Shiney Row, Penshaw, Houghton area, an excellent site with some brilliant photos is http://www(.)mymarras(.)co(.)uk/ I found a school photo of my dad when he was about 5 taken in about 1918.

A Durham specific board can be found at www(.)rootsweb(.)com/~engdur Also this one about waggonways through the North East.. www(.)geocities(.)com/waggonways If anyone has an interest in Workhouses or PoorHouses, I found this site very interesting - though not Durham specific, they do cover Durham. http://users(.)ox(.)ac(.)uk/~peter/workhouse/index(.)html As mentioned, Durham Records Online is very good, and they have a lot of stuff you can read about for free. Brenda

Found this site may be of some help. http://www.annfieldplainfhs(.org).uk/ This one is excellent for Northumberland http://communities.northumberland.(gov).uk Win

Looking for burials? Try http://www(.)interment(.)net/uk/eng/durham(.)htm

I agree with Wendy about the DurhamRecords site - it has some 1851 and 1861 census information which I have found useful. A bit pricey but worth it.

http://www.tomorrows-history.com/ maps, info, documents....I could spend all day browsing!

A great place for info - has origins of place names and all sorts! You can tell I'm not interested in work at the mo! Jan

Darlington's Registry Office is now on line but Idon't know if it is complete, I have found a lot on there. http://www.darlington.gov.uk/Living/Register+Office/RegOffice.htm Has the BMD on there for Darlington,Co Durham