Durham County Record Office: the official archive service for County Durham and Darlington
Updates
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Coronavirus update
Search room still closed until further notice but we are answering email enquiries
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Online talks, April to June, from County Durham Forum for History and Heritage
Free Zoom talks, from a monthly series presented by some seriously good speakers.
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Record Office online events for history fans and family historians, April to November
Also free discovery and craft sessions for children in June half-term week
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Free Ancestry access for Durham Library users
Home access during the current crisis for those with Durham Library membership
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Help with joining online events
Never joined an online session before? Here's what you need to know to get started.
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Online exhibition - Hetton Coal Company, 1820
'Adventurers and Pirates - The Hetton Coal Company, 1820' complements our recent Third Thursday Talk by John Banham
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National cataloguing grant success
'The DLI - A Whole New Story' project will reveal more of our most popular archive collection
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Celebrating Gala Day 2020
Our online contribution to Gala Day on Saturday 11 July
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Current exhibitions at the Record Office
'Running with the DLI' and 'Pasmore and Peterlee'
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Archive Service Accreditation award
Excellent news - we are now a fully accredited archive service
Modified: 05/10/2018 @ 16:03 -
How archives helped light up Durham for Lumiere
A world without records is a world without memory. Celebrating archives across the globe 18-26 November 2017
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Online Shop
An easier way to order and pay for research and publications
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New, Personalised, Resource Packs for Teachers
Local History sources selected just for you!
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Looking to the Future in Conservation
Using 3D printing to conserve archives
Modified: 31/01/2017 @ 16:20