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Description: | A collection of family and local history resources as follows:
1. Births, Deaths and Marriages
Registrar General's Indexes from 1837 (microform), or Registrar General for Scotland's Computerised Index from 1855.
Locations Registrar General's Indexes from 1937 to 1950. Microform. England and Wales
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2. Census returns
1841-1901 inclusive. South Tyneside only. Local History Department, at Central Library only
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3. Directories
3(a) County and Regional Directories
White's Directory 1828 to Kelly's Directory 1938. All at Central Library
3(b) City and Town Directories
1827-1940. Tyneside District, including South Shields and Jarrow
3(c) Telephone Directories
Tyneside 1975 to date, including Yellow Pages
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4. Electoral registers and polls books
4(a) Electoral Registers
South Shields 1850 to date
Jarrow 1955 to date
4(b) Poll Books
For the County of Northumberland: 1747-8, 1774, 1826
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5. International Genealogical Index (IGI)
1992 edition. Microfiche, held at Central Library
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6. Unpublished Indexes
Duplicates of indexes from Local Family History Society - see attached leaflet
Patchy coverage of references to local personalities from c.1800 to date
All at Local History Department
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7. Parish Registers
Microform copies of Church of England Parish Registers held by Durham County Record Office - excludes St Nicholas', Boldon.
Most transcripts of church records to 1812 published by the Durham and Northumberland Parish Register Society.
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8. Periodicals (excl. newspapers)
Central Library - Journal of the Northumberland and Durham Family History Society to date
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9. Published Transcripts of Archival Material
None
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10. Other material
Miss Flagg, a local historian, produced family trees of some of the more important families connected with Westoe Village
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11. Guides to Collections
None
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12. Local Record Offices
Miss J. Gill, County Archivist
Durham County Record Office
Durham
DH1 5UL
Tel: 0191 383 3253
Fax:
Email:
Ms E. Rees, Chief Archivist
Tyne and Wear Archives
Blandford House
West Blandford Street
Newcastle-upon-Tyne
NE1 4JA
Tel: 0191 232 6789 ext. 407
Fax:
Email:Chief Archivist
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Other information
Chapman County Codes (BS 6879): TWR, DUR | Subjects: | Registration of birth Registration of death Population censuses Registration of marriage Local history Electoral registers Genealogy Parish records Poll books | Source: | Cornucopia - Discovering UK Collections | FAX: | 0191 455 8085 | Telephone: | 0191 427 1717, (0191 427 1818 after 5.00pm) | Identifier: | oai:www.cornucopia.org.uk:8521 | Go to resource |
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