Dinsdale, Durham Genealogy

= Parish History =

Dinsdale is an ancient parish and the church dedicated to St. John the Baptist is along the banks of the Tees and built in 1196.

= Parish Records =

The Parish Registers for the period 1556-1987 are deposited at Durham County Record Office, County Hall, Durham, DH1 5UL (EP/Di).

Durham University Library Archives and Special Collections DDR/EA/PBT/2/78 1769-1857 Parish Register transcripts are available to search free online at Record Search.

The dates of the post-1760 transcripts have been noted in detail and sometimes only cover years. For most parishes in the collection there are gaps in the sequence of transcripts. It is advisable to consult the original parish registers for these years and events.