• Stockton St. Thomas 1798 to 1837 (1,906 marriages)
• Dinsdale St. John the Baptist 1813-37 (15 marriages)
• Elton St. John 1813-37 (20 marriages)
• Etherley St. Cuthbert 1834-37 (12 marriages)
• Hetton-le-Hole St. Nichlas 1832-1837 (167 marriages)

These marriages are not indexed by the IGI, so have not been widely available until now, and should yield some new information for researchers.

878 burials at Pittington St. Lawrence from 1853 to 1862 plus Jun-Dec 1871. This gives us a complete run of Pittington burials from 1593 - 1871.

2,104 baptisms at Coatham (YKS) near Hartlepool from Aug 1854 to the end of 1900

Replaced the burial index for Stanhope St. Thomas the Apostle from 1810 to the end of 1851, so those 2,353 burials are now immediately available.

We have crept over the border of County Durham to the southeast and acquired the parish records of Coatham (Christ Church), Yorkshire, transcribed by a lovely volunteer in New Zealand:

• 496 marriages 1854 - 1900 (March), including witnesses (so check for your ancestors using the witness search!)
• 1,490 burials 1855 - 1902 (February)

Baptisms for the same period will follow shortly.

Coatham, in Guisborough district, is just across the River Tees from Hartlepool, on the coast, and residences mentioned include Coatham, Bishop Auckland, Darlington, Eston, Guisborough, Hurworth, Kirkleatham, Marske, Middlesbrough, Ormesby, Redcar, Saltburn, South Bank, Stockton-on-Tees, Upleatham, Warrenby, and West Hartlepool.

There is currently no way to limit your search to Guisborough district; I will fix that shortly. For now, just choose All Districts and look for Guisborough in the District column of the search results.

571 baptisms at South Shields St Hilda’s in the year 1819

• 76 baptisms from 1809 to 1812 - these are extremely valuable because they show the mother’s maiden name and birthplace, and most also show the name and occupation of the maternal grandfather (mother’s father)
• 377 baptisms at Pittington St. Lawrence from 1876 (Oct) - 1887 (Jan)

1,600 baptisms from Jan 1891 to Oct 1910 on the Durham Primitive Methodist Circuit, which covered Durham City, Aldin Grange, Bearpark, Belmont, Brandon, Broompark, Broomside, Byron Pit, Carrville, Claypath, Coal Bank Terrace, Craghead, Crossgate, Daisy Hill, Dragon Villa, Edmondsley, Esh, Framwellgate, Gilesgate, Kimblesworth, Langley Park, Leamside, Moorsley (Low & High), Pittington (Low & High), Nevilles Cross, New Brancepeth, Pity Me, Rainton Gate, Sacriston, Sherburn, Sleetburn, Ushaw Moor, West Rainton, Whitwell Pit, and Witton Gilbert.

Due to the way Methodist baptism registers were created, this data set is not complete for this period. The next register will contain more baptisms from 1898-1904, and the next will have more baptisms from 1904-1913.

1, 572 marriages at Darlington St. Cuthbert’s from 1813 to mid-1837. Witnesses generally not transcribed.

Replaced the burial index for Stanhope St. Thomas the Apostle from 1771 to the end of 1809, so those 1,347 burials are now immediately available.