http://durhamrecordsonline.com/updates What's New Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:08:42 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Replaced the index to marriages at Whickham St. Mary for 1750-1851 with full details, including witnesses (which started appearing in mid-1754), so those 2,354 marriages are now instantly available, including 1 we missed the first time around. Some samples: 6 Jun 1750 Joshua Dowsey married Ann Potts 17 Apr 1765 John Boucher ... http://durhamrecordsonline.com/updates/2010/03/15/whickham-marriage-index-1750-1851-updated/ 5,199 burials at South Shields St. Stephen's, covering 1901-1947. This includes many burials from the Ingham Infirmary, Wellesley Hospital, Dene's Hospital, the South Shields Union Workhouse, and the Harton Workhouse. Most burials give street addresses in South Shields or Harton, plus some North Shields and Newcastle-area addresses. Sample burials: 10 Feb 1901 Thomas Young ... http://durhamrecordsonline.com/updates/2010/03/13/south-shields-st-stephens-burials-1901-1947/ 4,508 burials at Sedgefield St. Edmund the Bishop in Stockton district, covering 1855-1926. This register may well solve mysteries for many researchers who were previously unable to trace the deaths and/or burials of ancestors in various parts of the county - they were actually patients at the County Lunatic Asylum ... http://durhamrecordsonline.com/updates/2010/03/12/sedgefield-burials-1855-1926/ 7,915 burials at Shildon St. John covering 1847-1905 and 2,341 burials at New Shildon All Saints covering 1868 to 18 August 1903. New Shildon  parish was created in late 1868 from parts of Shildon, Heighington, and Auckland St. Andrew. Residences mentioned include Adelaide Colliery, Auckland St. Andrew, Aycliffe, Bildershaw, Binchester, Bishop Auckland, Black ... http://durhamrecordsonline.com/updates/2010/03/12/burials-at-shildon-1847-1905-and-new-shildon-1868-1903/ 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/