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2. Principal Libraries with Family History resources
Durham Clayport Library
Reference and Local Studies Department
Millenium Place
Durham City
DH1 1WQ
Tel: 0191 3864003
Fax: 0191 3860379
Email:
Contact: Information Services & Local Studies Librarian
Opening hours:
Monday - Friday 9.30am - 7.00pm
Saturday 9.30am - 5.00pm
Other Libraries:
3. Research Service
Service available?
No
Fee-based?
-
Provided by local Record Office?
Yes. Durham County Record Office
4. Births, Deaths and Marriages
Registrar General's Indexes from 1837 (microform), or Registrar General for Scotland's Computerised Index from 1855.
Locations
Not available
5. Census returns
Historic County of Durham: 1891 (microfiche)
Durham City and the Northern part of County Durham: 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881, 1901 (microfilm)
6. Directories
6(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
6(b) City and Town Directories
1847: Walker: Durham Directory and Almanack
1937: Durham City Yearbook Business Directory and Diary
~others as per list$
6(c) Telephone Directories
7. Electoral registers and polls books
7(a) Electoral Registers
Contact Durham County Record Office
7(b) Poll Books
Very few held. Contact Durham City Library
General Election Poll 1790: Durham County
Poll for Knights of the Shire 1761: Durham
8. International Genealogical Index (IGI)
1992 edition: England, Scotland, Wales
9. Unpublished Indexes
Indexes are available for some areas for certain dates, e.g. Seaham Harbour
Contact Library
10. 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
11. 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
12. Published Transcripts of Archival Material
SURT 665 Society publications
13. Other material
Extensive local studies collection, including books, maps, local newspapers and maps
14. Guides to Collections
Free from DC Library
~copy attached$
15. Local Record Offices
Durham County Record Office
County Hall
Durham
DH1 5UL
Tel: 0191 3833253
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.
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