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BRIEF DETAILS OF NORTHUMBERLAND

Northumberland is a large county in Northern England stretching North from the River Tyne to the Scottish Borders.

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MAJOR TOWNS AND CITIES

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Berwick upon Tweed
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BORDERING COUNTIES

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INDUSTRIES

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ARCHIVES & LIBRARIES

We have listed details of some of the major archives and libraries in Northumberland. If you are visiting one of them and need a map simply click the link on the postcode.

Newcastle Central Library

Tyne and Wear Archive Service

E-Mail

In 1974 Local Government
re-organisation changed
many historic county boundaries.

This site consistently uses
the pre 1974 boundaries.

Amazon.co.uk has a
selection of books
on the history of Northumberland
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 Northumberland. If you are visiting one of them and need a map simply click the link on the postcode.

Newcastle upon Tyne
Civic Centre
Barras Bridge
Newcastle upon Tyne
Tyne and Wear
NE1 7RH
0191 232 8250

North Tyneside
Maritime Chambers
1 Howard Street
North Shields
Tyne and Wear
NE30 1LZ
0191 200 6164

Northumberland Central
94 Newgate Street
Morpeth
Northumberland
NE61 1BU
01670 513232

Northumberland North First
49-51 Bridge Street
Berwick on Tweed
Northumberland
TD15 1ES
01289 306479

Northumberland North Second
6 Market Place
Alnwick
Northumberland
NE66 1HP
01665 602363

Northumberland West
Abbey Gate House
Market Street
Hexham
Northumberland
NE46 3LX
01434 602355

The UK Census has been taken every 10 years since 1841 and is made public after 100 years.

Many societies publish booklets giving details of the census in towns and villages in their area. Some can be purchased from Amazon, for details click here, alternatively you can contact the society direct.

LOCAL SOCIETIES

SURNAME LISTS

Local Family History Societies provide a wide variety of publications and other material, for more details visit the sites below

Northumberland and Durham FHS

Surname lists give details of individuals research interests. Have a look you may find a long lost cousin!

Northumberland 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).

Northumberland 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

BORDER

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.

Northumberland 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.

PROFESSIONAL RESEARCHERS

USEFUL LINKS

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.

Branch Line Research
Geoff Nicholson *
Neil Richardson

Genuki Northumberland
Genealogy Links - Northumberland
Genweb - Northumberland
Gen Link UK - Northumberland

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