Replaced the index with full details of the register entries for Birtley (St. John the Evangelist) from its beginning in 1850 to the end of 1851:

• 133 baptisms
• 58 burials
• 7 marriages

Replaced the index to burials at Witton Gilbert from 1570 to the end of 1851 with full details of the register entries, so now those 2,351 burials are now instantly available.

498 marriages from Aug 1890 to the end of 1900. Being in a busy port town, this church saw many foreigners marrying local girls:

• 1 Oct 1891 Adolf Emmanuel Nilsson (bachelor, signed his name, timber merchant), age 36, of 12 Scarborough St., son of Brynolf Nilsson (timber merchant, deceased) married Evelyn Mary Richardson (spinster, signed her name), age 25, of Stockton Rd., daughter of John Richardson (land agent), by banns
  Witnesses: David Cooke, Edith Austen Richardson, John Richardson
• 7 Nov 1891 Nicolai Hagbart Syversen (bachelor, signed his name, mariner), age 30, of 24 Jersey St., son of Halvor Syversen (ship owner) married Sarah Hudson Wascoe (widow, signed her name), age 35, of 24 Jersey St., daughter of Joseph Mears (masterman potter), by licence
  Witnesses: David Cymryd Davies, Ellen Fulcher

3,139 marriage bonds issued by the Durham Diocese 1738-1748.

Marriage bonds often provide ages, occupations, and place of residence for the bride and groom during a period when marriage registers did not provide that information. Please read the Marriages Bonds section of the Transcription Samples page for a description of what information is found in bonds, allegations, and associated documents, and how we present that information.

The Diocese of Durham covered all of County Durham and parts of Northumberland and North Yorkshire. Marriage bonds were not issued on a per-district basis, so the District filter is ignored when the marriage bond database is searched.

These records are from Ron Nubley’s Index, which we are in the process of integrating into our collection, so when you buy one of these, you will immediately get the brief index entry, and the full entry will be transcribed and emailed to you within 3 days, at which point it becomes part of our database and you can view it again at any time.