COUNTY DURHAM RESEARCH

COUNTY DURHAM - ENGLAND (DUR)

Ancestry Search	BRIEF DETAILS OF COUNTY DURHAM County Durham is situated on the North East coast of England. The River Tees forms its southern boundary and the River Tyne the northern boundary.
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ARCHIVES & LIBRARIES
We have listed details of some of the major archives and libraries in County Durham. If you are visiting one of them and need a map simply click the link on the postcode.
Durham County Record Office County Hall, Durham DH1 5UL 0191 383 3253 E-Mail	Dean and Chapter Library The College, Durham DH1 3EH 0191 386 2489	Durham University Library Archives and Special Collections Palace Green, Durham DH1 3RN 0191 374 3001	Amazon.co.uk has a selection of books on the history of County Durham Click here for a list.
For more information on libraries and their holdings visit the FAMILIA site.
REGISTRATION OFFICES
We have listed details of some of the main registration offices in County Durham. If you are visiting one of them and need a map simply click the link on the postcode.
Darlington Central House Gladstone Street Darlington Durham DL1 6JX 01325 346600	Durham Central 40 Old Elvet Durham DH1 3HN 0191 3864077	Durham Eastern Peterlee Acre Rigg Secondary Modern School York Road Acre Rigg Peterlee Durham SR8 2DP 0191 586 6147	Durham Northern 7 Thorneyholme Terrace Stanley Durham DR9 0BJ 01207 235849
Durham South Western 8 Newgate Barnard Castle Durham DL12 8NG 01833 690365	Durham Western Cockton House Waddington Street Bishop Auckland Durham DL14 6HG 01388 607277	Gateshead Civic Centre Regent Street Gateshead Tyne and Wear NE8 1HH 0191 477 1011	Hartlepool Raby Road Hartlepool TS24 8AF 01429 236369
Jarrow Suffolk Street Jarrow Tyne and Wear NE32 5BJ 0191 4897595	South Shields 18 Barrington Street South Shields Tyne and Wear NE33 1AH 0191 455 3915	Stockton on Tees Nightingale House Balaclava Street Stockton-on-Tees TS18 2AL 01642 393939	Sunderland Town Hall and Civic Centre PO Box 108 Sunderland SR2 7DN 0191 553 1768

LOCAL SOCIETIES	SURNAME LISTS
Local Family History Societies provide a wide variety of publications and other material, for more details visit the sites below Cleveland FHS Northumberland & Durham FHS	Surname lists give details of individuals research interests. Have a look you may find a long lost cousin! Durham surnames list
MAILING LISTS	LOOK UP EXCHANGES
Rootsweb host mailing lists covering every county in the UK. Any member of the list can post a message, which will be received by all the other members in either list mode (every individual message separately) or digest mode (a number of messages in one e-mail). County Durham is covered by the following list(s). To join simply click the mode of your choice and send the message totally unaltered, disabling your signature. NORTHUMBRIA List mode Digest mode DUR-NBL List mode Digest mode If you want to know more about the lists scope or have difficulty subscribing Rootsweb will provide more details	Look up exchanges list reference works which volunteers are willing to search for specific entries. Durham Look-up Exchange Please remember that people who provide this service are not professional researchers, and cannot usually help with general enquiries. Make your requests as specific as possible.

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IMPORTANT: None of the researchers listed has any commercial relationship with the owners of this site. A listing does not imply any form of recommendation and you should take any steps you consider necessary before entering in to a commercial arrangement. If you need professional help with your research you may like to contact one of the following, links marked with an asterisk connect to the researchers web site, others are e-mail links. Neil Richardson Branch Line Research Geoff Nicholson *

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