http://durhamrecordsonline.com/updates What's New Mon, 08 Mar 2010 23:07:38 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 1,090 baptisms  at Durham St. Margaret of Antioch, a chapelry in the parish of St. Oswald. The baptisms for 1765 - Mar 1768 and Apr 1769 - Mar 1770 are from the Bishop's Transcript; the rest are from the parish register. Occupations were not recorded in this period here, except when ... http://durhamrecordsonline.com/updates/2010/03/08/durham-st-margarets-baptisms-1765-1787/ 1,135 burials at Durham St. Margaret of Antioch, a chapelry in the parish of St. Oswald. This register was in very bad condition; parts of 1773-74 were so faded they were unreadable and there are lots of blank spaces and partial entries.  A few entries had only the date entered, with ... http://durhamrecordsonline.com/updates/2010/03/08/durham-st-margaret-burials-1765-1787/ Replaced the index to marriages at Whickham St. Mary for 1579-1749 with full details so those 3,199 marriages are now instantly available, including 12 we missed the first time around. Some samples: 15 Nov 1579 Anthony Grundy married Flanders Dalkin 23 Nov 1650 John Close married Barbary Taylor 6 Nov 1701 John Robinson ... http://durhamrecordsonline.com/updates/2010/03/08/whickham-marriage-index-1579-1749-updated/ Replaced the index to baptisms at Whickham St. Mary for 1820-1851 with full details, so those 4,859 baptisms are now instantly available, including 4 we had missed the first time around. While the clerk unfortunately stopped recording the mother's father and parents' birthplaces starting in 1820, he did continue to ... http://durhamrecordsonline.com/updates/2010/03/02/whickham-baptisms-1820-1851-updated/ 1,944 baptisms and 1,205 burials at Lamesley St. Andrew in Chester-le-Street district, spanning 1813-1834, from the Bishop's Transcript except for 1825 which is from the parish register. Residences mentioned include Allerdean Engine, Bainesley Lane, Birkhead or Birch Heads, Birtley, Black Row, Blea-berry House, Boggle Hole, Bunker Hill, Chowdean, Coal Flat, Cow Close, ... http://durhamrecordsonline.com/updates/2010/02/25/lamesley-baptisms-marriage-witnesses-added-1813-1837/ 3,196 baptisms at Stranton (West Hartlepool) All Saints from July 1892 to July 1901. All but one baptism include the child's birth date. Residences are primarily street addresses in Stranton, but also include Brierton, Middleton, and South Parade. Some samples: 28 Jul 1892 Wilson Fleetham Benson, of 34 Havelot St., born 12 ... http://durhamrecordsonline.com/updates/2010/02/24/stranton-west-hartlepool-all-saints-baptisms-1892-1901/ 1,942 baptisms and 2,460 burials at Merrington St. John the Evangelist, known in earlier times as Kirk Merrington or Church Merrington, in Auckland district. Residences mentioned include Binchester, Bishop Auckland, Bishop's Close Cottages, Butcher Race, Byers Green, Chilton, Colliery Row (Tudhoe), Cornforth, Coundon, Coxhoe, Durham city, Escomb, Ferryhill, Garmondsway Moor, Green ... http://durhamrecordsonline.com/updates/2010/02/23/merrington-baptisms-burials-1833-1884/ 674 baptisms at South Shields St. Hilda's for the year 1833. Some have birth dates. Some samples: 3 Dec 1833 George Mennell Midgley, of South Shields, born 1827, son of Francis Midgley (gardener) & Mary 25 Dec 1833 Hannah Bywater, of South Shields, daughter of Samuel Bywater (clothier) & Mary 23 Jan 1833 ... http://durhamrecordsonline.com/updates/2010/02/17/south-shields-baptisms-1833/ 567 baptisms at Heworth St. Mary spanning 1850-1857, filling a gap we had and giving us continuous Heworth baptism coverage for 1813-1883 now. Residences mentioned include Bill Quay, Felling, Felling Shore, Friar’s Goose, Heworth (also Heworth Colliery, Grange, High Lane, Lane, and Shore), High Felling, High Heworth, High Lane, Holly ... http://durhamrecordsonline.com/updates/2010/02/17/heworth-baptisms-1850-1857/ Added 132 witnesses to our existing 47 marriages at Middleton St. George (St. George) from 1 Jan 1813 to mid-1837. Sample: 26 Mar 1818 John Martindale, of Chester-le-Street married Mary Ann Cocks, of this parish, by license with consent of parents Witnesses: John Barras, H. Cocks, Mary Martindale, Elizabeth Martindale, Elizabeth Wetherel [Note: ... http://durhamrecordsonline.com/updates/2010/02/17/middleton-st-george-marriage-witnesses-added-1813-37/