Durham St Margaret, Durham Genealogy

= Parish History =

Durham St Margaret a former chapelry in the parish of Durham St Oswald was created as a parish in 1748.

= Parish Records =

The Parish Registers for the period 1558-1983 are deposited at Durham County Record Office, County Hall, Durham, DH1 5UL (EP/Du.SM).

Durham University Library Archives and Special Collections DDR/EA/PBT/2/83 1765-1919 Parish Register transcripts are available to search free online at Record Search. The University Library collection is not in chronological order and individual pages are often difficult to locate.

This collection reference also includes Nevilles Cross St John transcripts 1913-1919. These entries are integrated in the St Margaret transcripts and run from DDR/EA/PBT/2/83/1875 -1876 The St Margarets entries then resume until the end of the year 1919.

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.