Information Leaflets

The Record Office publishes a number of leaflets and guides to help you get the most from our holdings. PDF Format Leaflets are listed below, which you can access and download to print out.

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General Guides

Durham County Record Office - a general guide (2 pages)
A Guide for Visitors (4 pages)
Copying and Publication of Documents (2 pages)
Copy Order Form (2 pages)
Fees and Charges (1 page)
Useful Websites (4 pages)
Archives in Durham City (4 pages)

Research Service

Application Form (2 pages)
Information Leaflet (4 pages)

Guides to Records, Transcripts and Indexes

Births, Marriages and Deaths (Civil Registration), A Brief Guide (4 pages)
Cemetery and Crematorium registers (2 pages)
Census and parish register microfilms (2 pages)
Census Indexes (6 pages)
Civil Registration, A Brief Guide (4 pages)
Colliery Personnel Records (4 pages)
Electoral Registers (4 pages)
Enclosure records (4 pages)
Genealogical sources on microfilm (2 pages)
House History sources (4 pages)
Indexes and transcripts (Durham, Church of England) (11 pages)
Indexes and transcripts (Non-conformist and Miscellaneous) (6 pages)
Indexes and transcripts (Northumberland and North Yorkshire, Church of England) (2 pages)
Local Authority Records (4 pages)
Local History sources (4 pages)
Monumental inscriptions (2 pages)
Non-conformist church registers (5 pages)
Parish registers (4 pages)
Parishes indexed on the I.G.I. and on Boyd's Marriage Index (4 pages)
Quarter Sessions records (4 pages)
Solicitors' records (4 pages)
Tithe Plans and Apportionments (4 pages)
Turnpike Road records (4 pages)
Will indexes (2 pages)
World War 1 lists of Service Personnel (3 pages)
World War 2 lists of Service Personnel (3 pages)

Our Publications

Publications (2 pages)