Replaced the baptism index for Ryton Holy Cross 1756-1775 with full details so those 2,891 baptisms are now instantly available.

Apparently we never updated the Parish Records page when these parishes got their burials added in 2008, and that page said these burials stopped at 1770. This has now been corrected. We actually have:

• Middleton-in-Teesdale burials 1653 – 1851
• St. John’s Chapel, Weardale burials 1712 – 1851

Extending our collection of Whickham St. Mary records to include 1852-1853, from the bishop’s transcript:

• 334 baptisms
• 257 burials

In Gateshead district, this parish listed residents of Crook Gate, Dunston, Fellside, Teams (High & Low), Lobley Hill, Marley Hill, Norwood, Street Gate, Sunniside, Swalwell, and of course Whickham.

We now have a continuous run of Whickham baptisms and burials from 1576 to 1853. Everything but the last 2 years is from the parish register. (Our Parish Records page has been incorrectly showing that we had Whickham burials only up to 1770, but in fact we have had the index to the burials through the end of 1851 online for more than a year!)