Alnham, Northumberland Genealogy

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

Parish History
ALNMOUTH, or Alemouth, a small sea-port, and a township, in the parish of Lesbury, union of Alnwick, S. division of Bambrough ward, N. division of Northumberland, 5¼ miles (E. S. E.) from Alnwick. The ancient parish of Alnham with St Michael and All Angels church covers Prendwick, Scrainwood,(Screnwood), Unthank.

Additional information:

Alnham church is first mentioned in a charter of 1184, in which William de Vesci granted the church and all the tithes belonging to it to Alnwick Abbey Abbey. A large and extensive parish with little habitation it included Prendwick, Scrainwood and Unthank. In the 18th and early nineteenth century the vicar resided at Ilderton parish.

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

Durham University Library Archives and Special Collections DDR/EA/PBT/2/5 1813-1878 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.

Alnham, St Michael and All Angels: Records of baptisms 1688-1992, marriages 1705-1973 and burials 1727-1993 are available at Northumberland Collections Service. The International Genealogical Index (I.G.I.) includes baptisms 1688-1812 and marriages 1705-1812, and Boyd's Marriage Index includes marriages 1705-1812 and banns 1751-1800. Transcripts of baptisms 1688-1812, marriages 1705-1812 and burials 1727-1812 are available in the Local Studies Departments of Newcastle Central Library and Gateshead Central Library. A transcript of monumental inscriptions at Alnham (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
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.

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