Ancroft, Northumberland Genealogy

= Parish History =

Ancroft parochial chapelry included Ancroft, Cheswick,Haggerston and Scremerston. The church of St Anne is reputed to have been erected in 1090 and was was restored in 1870.

= Parish Records =

Records of baptisms 1742-1959, marriages 1742-1982 and burials 1742-1959 are available at Northumberland Collections Service

Durham University Library Archives and Special Collections DDR/EA/PBT/2/11 1764-1867 Parish Register transcripts are available to search free online at FamilySearch Historical records (formerly Record Search). References prior to 1844 refer to Ancroft as in "North Durham" North Durham references in the Durham Bishop’s Transcripts collection 1700-1900 Images for Ancroft at present may be located in both North Durham and Northumberland and stray images may be found as unknown in the Record Search images due to these reasons. It is hoped to assemble these in future after re-engineering the image collection. The current images are incomplete for this parish and this isa known issue awaiting the collection take down and return.

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.