What this site offers:

• transcribed extracts from many parish registers (christenings, confirmations, marriages, burials) including some Northumberland and Yorkshire parishes that border County Durham
• transcriptions of all marriages in Anglican (Church of England) churches in County Durham from the beginning of 1813 to the beginning of civil registration in July 1837
• 1841 census transcriptions of the entire county, fully indexed
• 1851 through 1891 census transcriptions for a large part of County Durham (see the list of communities covered), plus 1901 for Easington district, all fully indexed
• complete index searchable by given name, surname, birth year, parents, household head, occupation
• instantly viewable order results (with online payment)
• optional matching service connects you with other researchers looking at the same records

How it works:

• Search the indexes for free. If you find something, create a login account (free) and decide whether you want to buy site credits or use our shopping cart. (Details here.)
• Shopping Cart
  • Choose records you want to buy & add them to your shopping cart.
  • Pay online through our secure payment system and see the results onscreen, plus get a copy by email.
  • Prices start at £1.50 (US $2.25) per record, with quantity discounts for 5 or more records.
• Use Site Credits to view records
  • Buy site credits at larger quantity discounts and use them over many separate sessions. Credits never expire.
  • Click the View button next to an individual record & instantly see the results. Each time you click View, one credit is deducted from your account.
  • Prices start at £4.50 for 4 credits and the per-record cost ranges from £1.13 (US$2.13) down to 75p (US$1.50) depending on how many credits you buy
• Pay online by PayPal, Visa, Mastercard, Eurocard, Maestro/Switch, Solo, Visa Delta, Visa Electron, American Express, Discover, or JCB for immediate onscreen viewing, or mail us a cheque and we will e-mail you your records or credits.
• Purchasing one name gets you a transcription of the parish register extract or the census record for the entire household.
• View your previously purchased records again at any time at no additional cost.