Talk:Durham St Oswald, Durham Genealogy

New Parish Table
Durham St Oswald parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:

To find the names of the neighboring parishes, use England Jurisdictions 1851 Map. In this site, search for the name of the parish, click on the location "pin", click Options and click List contiguous parishes.

Records are also available at the Durham County Record Office.

Old Parish Table
Online Transcriptions and Indexes

Durham St Oswald Parish's registers of christenings, marriages and burials, along with those of the chapelry of Shincliffe to which it is attached, have been mostly transcribed and are displayed online at the following web sites and ranges of years:

For a full list of all the parishes and chapels of Durham comprising the whole ancient boundary of Durham parish, be certain to see "Church Records" on the Durham Cathedral, Durham PARISH page.

To find the names of the neighbouring parishes, use England Jurisdictions 1851 maps. In this site, search for the name of the parish, click on the location "pin", click Options and click List contiguous parishes.

The Parish Registers for the period 1538-1973 are deposited at Durham County Record Office, County Hall, Durham, DH1 5UL (EP/Du.SO).

Durham University Library Archives and Special Collections DDR/EA/PBT/2/87 1773-1869 Parish Register transcripts are available to search free online at FamilySearch Historical Records. The Durham City parishes search experience is being improved and awaits engineering at present.

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.