We have crept over the border of County Durham to the southeast and acquired the parish records of Coatham (Christ Church), Yorkshire, transcribed by a lovely volunteer in New Zealand:

• 496 marriages 1854 - 1900 (March), including witnesses (so check for your ancestors using the witness search!)
• 1,490 burials 1855 - 1902 (February)

Baptisms for the same period will follow shortly.

Coatham, in Guisborough district, is just across the River Tees from Hartlepool, on the coast, and residences mentioned include Coatham, Bishop Auckland, Darlington, Eston, Guisborough, Hurworth, Kirkleatham, Marske, Middlesbrough, Ormesby, Redcar, Saltburn, South Bank, Stockton-on-Tees, Upleatham, Warrenby, and West Hartlepool.

There is currently no way to limit your search to Guisborough district; I will fix that shortly. For now, just choose All Districts and look for Guisborough in the District column of the search results.

571 baptisms at South Shields St Hilda’s in the year 1819

• 76 baptisms from 1809 to 1812 - these are extremely valuable because they show the mother’s maiden name and birthplace, and most also show the name and occupation of the maternal grandfather (mother’s father)
• 377 baptisms at Pittington St. Lawrence from 1876 (Oct) - 1887 (Jan)

1,600 baptisms from Jan 1891 to Oct 1910 on the Durham Primitive Methodist Circuit, which covered Durham City, Aldin Grange, Bearpark, Belmont, Brandon, Broompark, Broomside, Byron Pit, Carrville, Claypath, Coal Bank Terrace, Craghead, Crossgate, Daisy Hill, Dragon Villa, Edmondsley, Esh, Framwellgate, Gilesgate, Kimblesworth, Langley Park, Leamside, Moorsley (Low & High), Pittington (Low & High), Nevilles Cross, New Brancepeth, Pity Me, Rainton Gate, Sacriston, Sherburn, Sleetburn, Ushaw Moor, West Rainton, Whitwell Pit, and Witton Gilbert.

Due to the way Methodist baptism registers were created, this data set is not complete for this period. The next register will contain more baptisms from 1898-1904, and the next will have more baptisms from 1904-1913.

1, 572 marriages at Darlington St. Cuthbert’s from 1813 to mid-1837. Witnesses generally not transcribed.

Replaced the burial index for Stanhope St. Thomas the Apostle from 1771 to the end of 1809, so those 1,347 burials are now immediately available.

At Penshaw All Saints (Houghton-le-Spring district):

• 571 baptisms
• 422 burials
• 179 marriages

1,716 burials at Pittington St. Lawrence covering 1841-1852, 1863 - May 1871, and Sep 1895 - May 1899. We will fill the gap from 1853-1862 shortly.

 At Pittington St. Lawrence:

• 39 burials from mid-1810 to the end of 1812
• 583 burials from 1834 to the end of 1840

Our Pittington burials collection is now complete from 1593-1840 and will soon be extended into the 1860s.

767 marriages at Barnard Castle St. Mary - the cleric was kind enough to include the groom’s occupation, which was unusual for this period and certainly makes it easier for us to identify those elusive ancestors