Talk:Bellingham, Northumberland Genealogy

New Parish Table
Bellingham 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 Northumberland Archives.

Nonconformist Records

 * Bellingham, St Oswald [Hesleyside] (Roman Catholic): Baptisms 1794-1941, marriages 1941-1993 and deaths 1881-1966. Transcripts of baptisms 1794-1837 and deaths 1775-1790 are available at Northumberland Collections Service and at Newcastle Central Library, Local Studies Dept; and the I.G.I. includes births/baptisms 1794-1837.
 * Northumberland Collections Service also has the following records for nonconformist churches located in this parish:
 * Bellingham United Free Church Circuit (Methodist) - Baptisms 1892-1921
 * Bellingham (Presbyterian) - Births/baptisms 1803-1988.

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

Durham University Library Archives and Special Collections DDR/EA/PBT/2/21 1762-1846 Parish Register transcripts are available to search free online at FamilySearch Historical Records; however images for the Parish Register Transcripts have not yet been loaded and await major engineering in future.

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.

Bellingham: Records of baptisms 1684-1960, marriages 1754-1966 and burials 1687-1960 are available at Northumberland Collections Service. The International Genealogical Index (I.G.I.) includes baptisms 1684-1875 and marriages 1754-1880 for this parish, but it is not included in Boyd's Marriage Index. An indexed transcript of baptisms 1684-1851, marriages 1754-1851 &amp; burials 1687-1851 for Bellingham (microfiche PR201) is published by Northumberland and Durham Family History Society, and this is also available in book form at Newcastle Central Library, Local Studies Dept. A transcript of monument inscriptions for is also available at Newcastle Central Library, Local Studies Dept.

FamilySearch Historical Records includes England, Durham Diocese, Marriage Bonds and Allegations (FamilySearch Historical Records)

Nonconformist Records

 * Bellingham, St Oswald [Hesleyside] (Roman Catholic): Baptisms 1794-1941, marriages 1941-1993 and deaths 1881-1966. Transcripts of baptisms 1794-1837 and deaths 1775-1790 are available at Northumberland Collections Service and at Newcastle Central Library, Local Studies Dept; and the I.G.I. includes births/baptisms 1794-1837.
 * Northumberland Collections Service also has the following records for nonconformist churches located in this parish:
 * Bellingham United Free Church Circuit (Methodist) - Baptisms 1892-1921
 * Bellingham (Presbyterian) - Births/baptisms 1803-1988.