1,372 baptisms at Christ Church, West Hartlepool, from Sep 1872 to Jan 1882. Parish primarily covered West Hartlepool (Stranton) and Middleton.

346 baptisms on the Durham Wesleyan Methodist Circuit from  3 Oct 1855 to 13 Apr 1860.

This circuit ranged over a wide area, and baptism residences include Belmont, Brecon Hill, Broomside, Carrville, Cassop, Chester-le-Street, Coxhoe, Dragon Villa, Durham City, Edmondsley, Fishburn, Framwellgate, Gilesgate, Grange, Haswell, Kelloe, Littletown, Lumley, Middle Rainton, Nettlesworth, Pelton, Pelton Fell, Pittington, Quarrington Hill, Sacriston, Sherburn, Sherburn Hill, Shincliffe, Shotton Colliery, Thornley, Thrislington, Trimdon, Trimdon Grange, West Rainton, Wingate, and Witton Gilbert.  Most include birthdates. For example:

• 25 Mar 1860 George Bramfit, of Lumley, born 4 Mar 1860, child of Thomas Bramfit & Margaret

186 baptisms from 5 Apr 1838 to the 28 Apr 1839 at Pittington St. Lawrence

A note in the register says baptisms from 28 Apr 1839 - 26 July 1840 were lost from the register.

3,673 burials from the first day of 1889 to the last day of 1890, replete with details not usually found in the church burial register. Examples:

• 31 Dec 1890 Thomas Littlefair, of 1 Derwent Street, age: 41, engineer
• 29 Dec 1890 Susanna Potts, of 31 South Durham Street, age: 60, widow of Thomas Potts (painter)
• 22 Nov 1889 Florence Lily Hunter, of 15 Mainsforth Terrace, age: 17, spinster daughter of George Wild Hunter (master mariner)
   

Replaced the baptism index for Winlaton St. Paul 1828-1851 with full details, so those 2,767 baptisms are now instantly available.

Marriages at Sunderland Holy Trinity

• 1,174 marriages from Jan 1813 to the end of 1820
• 1,128 marriages from Jan 1831 to 1 July 1837
• Witnesses not transcribed.
• We will fill the gap from 1820 to 1831 within a few weeks.
• Sample:   
  15 May 1837 Matthias Jobling (widower), of this parish married Mary James (spinster), of this parish

583 burials at Gateshead Fell St. John 1867-1872

 Penshaw All Saints (not in the IGI, not searchable anywhere else online that we know of !)

• 840 baptisms 1787-1797
• 258 marriages 1785-1796
• 642 burials 1785-1797

In Oct 1797, the Penshaw clergy members started making an attempt to comply with Bishop Barrington’s edict concerning the recording of mother’s maiden names and nativity of parents. The information is sporadic at first - sometimes it’s there, sometimes not, sometimes they recorded the current residence instead of the birthplace of the father, and sometimes you can’t tell for sure which they meant! Before this time, “son of Walton Shields of Penshaw” meant the father lived at Penshaw currently. Later, the phrase “Walton Shields native of this chapelry” would be used, making it clearer, but in this transition period, the usage is mixed. We have taken “of Penshaw” to mean the current place of residence and “native of Penshaw” to mean, obviously, the birthplace of the parent. It is possible that in some cases what appears to be the current residence may in fact be the birthplace of the father.

Filled in the missing 486 baptisms from mid-1862 to mid-1864, so we now have all the baptisms performed at this church from its opening in 1854 to Sep 1872.

2,210 baptisms at Christ Church, West Hartlepool from Mar 1864 to Sep 1872. These baptisms usually include the child’s birth date. For example:

• 4 May 1864 Louis Julius Mylius, of Sidney St., born 19 Jan 1864, child of Charles Nicholas Mylius (fitter) & Nathalie Hedevig Mylius

We realize there is a small gap in our data between early 1862 and early 1864, and we will be working to fill that soon.