Ulgham, Northumberland Genealogy

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

Parish History
ULGHAM, a parochial chapelry, in the union, and E. division of the ward, of Morpeth, N. division of Northumberland, 5 miles (N. E. by N.) from Morpeth; The church is a plain modern edifice of stone, dedicated to St. John the Baptist.

Additional information:

Ulgham is a chapelry of Morpeth Ancient Parish in Northumberland.Other places in the parish include: Ulgham Grange and Stobswood.

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
Durham University Library Archives and Special Collections Reference number: DDR/EA/PBT/2/256 Date: 1760-1852 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.

Ulgham, St John the Baptist: Records of baptisms 1602-1930, marriages 1602-1962 and burials 1602-1955 are available at Northumberland Collections Service. Bishops' Transcripts for the period 1760-1852 are deposited at Durham University Library Archives and Special Collections, Palace Green, Durham City. The International Genealogical Index (I.G.I.) includes baptisms (1602-1875 with gaps) and marriages 1602-1762 for this parish, but it is not included in Boyd's Marriage Index. A transcript of monumental inscriptions at Ulgham (microfiche TN71) 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)

Poor Law Unions
Morpeth 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.

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