Rothbury, Northumberland Genealogy

Guide to Rothbury, Northumberland ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

Parish History
ROTHBURY (All Saints), a market-town and parish, and the head of a union, in the W. division of Coquetdale ward, N. division of Northumberland. Independents have a place of worship.

Additional information:

Rothbury is an Ancient Parish and includes: Bankhead, Newtown near Alnwick, Paperhaugh, Pauperhaugh, Raw, Rye Hall, Rye-Hill, Sandylands, Snitter, Thropton, Warton, Whitton, Wreigh Hill, Wreighill, Bickerton, Caistron, Cartington, Cartington with Bankhead and Sandylands, Debdon, Fallowlees, Flotterton, Great Tosson and Rye Hill, Great Tosson and Ryehill, Hellinghill, Hepple, Hepple Demesne, Hesley Hurst, Hesleyhurst, High and Low Trewhitt, Holdinghill, Hollinghill, Lee Ward, Little Tosson, Mount Healey, Newton, and Newtown.

Civil Registration
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day. The civil registration article tells more about these records. There are several Internet sites with name lists or indexes. A popular site is FreeBMD.

Church Records
 parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:

Durham University Library Archives and Special Collections Reference number: DDR/EA/PBT/2/212 Date: 1760-1831 Parish Register transcripts are available to search free online at FamilySearch Historical Records.

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.

Rothbury, All Saints: Records of baptisms 1653-1916, marriages 1653-1965 and burials 1653-1970 are available at Northumberland Collections Service. The International Genealogical Index (I.G.I.) includes baptisms 1653-1812 and marriages 1653-1812 for this parish, and Boyd's Marriage Index includes marriages 1653-1812. Transcripts of baptisms 1653-1812, marriages 1658-1812 and burials 1654-1812 are available in the Local Studies Departments of Newcastle Central Library and Gateshead Central Library. A transcript of monumental inscriptions at Rothbury (microfiche TN83) is published by Northumberland and Durham Family History Society and these records are also available in book form at Newcastle Central Library, Local Studies Department.

FamilySearch Historical Records includes England, Durham Diocese, Marriage Bonds and Allegations (FamilySearch Historical Records)

Thropton, Northumberland parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:

Non Conformist Records

 * 1717 England & Wales, Roman Catholics, 1717 at FindMyPast ($), index and images (coverage may vary)
 * 1613-1920 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index (dates may vary by parish)

Poor Law Unions
Rothbury Poor Law Union, Northumberland

Probate Records
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Northumberland Probate Records to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.

Maps and Gazetteers
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 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain