Durham Records Online additions

The latest additions to Durham Records Online:

Birtley St. Joseph Roman Catholic marriages 1846-1901
539 marriages at St. Joseph Roman Catholic church in Birtley, district of Chester-le-Street, from the start of the first marriage register in November 1846 to the end of the register in April 1901.

Lamesley baptisms & burials 1730-1765, marriages 1689-1764
At Lamesley St. Andrew in Chester-le-Street district:
2,317 baptisms from 1730 to March 1765 inclusive
1,138 marriages from 1689 to the end of 1764
1,690 burials from 1730 to March 1765 inclusive

This is an important data set because Lamesley was never indexed by FamilySearch, so much of this information may be new to many researchers.

Escomb baptisms 1546-1764, burials 1543-1764, marriages 1543-1812
At Escomb St. John in Auckland district:
851 baptisms from the beginning of the first register in 1546 to the end of 1764
578 burials from the beginning of the first register in 1543 to the end of 1764
266 marriages from the beginning of the first register in 1543 to the end of 1812

Ovingham burials 1762-1797
1,751 burials at Ovingham St. Mary the Virgin in the Hexham district of Northumberland, covering 1762-1797

Ovingham baptisms 1769-1789 and 1805-1840
3,891 baptisms at Ovingham St. Mary the Virgin in the Hexham district of Northumberland, covering 1769-1789 and 1805-1840, from the Bishop's Transcript.

Winston marriages 1574-1797
377 marriages at Winston St. Andrew in the district of Teesdale, from the beginning of the first register in June 1574 to the end of 1797. These met up with our existing collection, which previously started in 1798, so we now have marriages here from 1574 to mid-1837.

Petition to release Sunderland men who are prisoners of the Napoleonic Wars
There is a new article in the Local History section: Petition to release Sunderland men who are prisoners of the Napoleonic Wars
Around 16,000 British prisoners of war were confined in France between 1793 and 1815, some for many years. Among them were many sailors from the Sunderland area. Without their income-producing husbands, the wives (and children and even parents) of these men, left behind at home, suffered terrible poverty and deprivation. Desperate, they sent a petition to the Prince Regent, begging him to get the prisoners released, and including a list of the names of the prisoner's dependents and their relationships. For example:

Name
Relationship of prisoner
Years confined in France
Family left

Coming Soon:
Durham St. Oswald burials 1538-1749
Tynemouth burials 1841-1849
Tynemouth baptisms 1833-1849
early Whitworth records
early Hamsterley records
South Shields St. Paul Presbyterian baptisms 1809-1968

(With thanks to Durham Records Online)

Chris

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