Newbrough, Northumberland Genealogy

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

Parish History
NEWBROUGH, a parochial chapelry, in the union of Hexham, N. W. division of Tindale ward, S. division of Northumberland, 5½ miles (N. W. by W.) from Hexham.

Additional information:

Newbrough St Peter is a chapelry in Warden, Northumberland Ancient Parish in Northumberland. Wharnley is a hamlet or village in the parish.

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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
The Church of England (Anglican) became the official state religion in 1534, with the reigning monarch as its Supreme Governor. Non-Conformist refers to all other religious denominations that are not the official state religion.

Church of England
Due to the increasing access of online records: Hover over the collection's title for more information Other Websites These databases have incomplete parish coverage.
 * Individual parish coverage for databases in this table are inconsistent and should be verified
 * Dates in the following table are approximate
 * Joiner Marriage Index - Northumberland ($)
 * The Genealogist Parish Registers - Northumberland ($)
 * UK Websites for Parish Records - Links to online genealogical records
 * Online Genealogical Index - Links to online genealogical records

Non-Conformists (All other Religions)

 * 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)


 * Stonecroft (Roman Catholic): Records of baptisms 1715-1721 are available at Northumberland Collections Service. The International Genealogical Index (I.G.I.) includes births/baptisms 1715-1832.
 * Stonecroft and Hexham (Roman Catholic): Records of baptisms 1722-1821, marriages 1716-1806, deaths 1715-1754.

Transcripts of baptisms 1715-1826, marriages 1716-1752 and deaths 1715-1754 for Stonecroft R.C. are available at Newcastle Central Library, Local Studies Dept.

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

Poor Law Unions
Hexham 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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