Durham, England Genealogy

Guide to Durham ancestry, family history and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, parish registers, and military records. 

County Information
In 1887, John Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles described County Durham like this:

Durham.-- co. palatine and maritime co., in N. of England; is bounded N. by the Derwent and the Tyne, beyond which is Northumberland; E. by the North Sea; S. by the Tees, beyond which is Yorkshire; and W. by Cumberland and Westmorland; greatest length, 48 miles; greatest breadth, 40 m.; length of coast line, 32 m.; area, 647,592 ac.; pop. 867,258. The western portion of the co. consists of hill-ranges, enclosing fertile valleys; the eastern portion, in which the prevailing rocks are magnesian limestone and new red sandstone, is more level; in the central districts are the coal measures. ...

Parishes
Use an interactive mapto find jurisdictions for each parish in Durham.

Civil Registration Districts
List of Durham Civil Registration Districts

Websites

 * Durham County Record Office Birth, marriage and death records, census, parish registers, place name index, non-conformist church records, wills, etc.
 * Durham Resources and help pages on RootsChat Durham Resources and help pages. (Free).
 * Durham Genuki
 * Mary's Genealogy Treasures various topics
 * 1930 - at FamilySearch — index