Easington, Durham, England Genealogy


Guide to Easington, Durham family history and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

Easington
Easington St Mary the Virgin Co Durham.jpg
Easington St Mary the Virgin Co Durham
Type Ancient Parish
Civil Jurisdictions
County Durham
Hundred Easington
Poor Law Union Easington
Registration District Easington
Records Begin
Parish registers 1570
Bishop's Transcripts 1769
Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions
Rural Deanery Easington
Diocese Durham
Province York
Probate Court Court of the Bishop of Durham (Episcopal Consistory)
Archive
Durham Record Office


Parish History

EASINGTON (St. Mary), a parish, and the head of a union, in the S division of Easington ward, N division of the county of Durham, 9½ miles E from Durham; comprising the townships of Easington, Haswell, Hawthorn, and Shotton. There is a place of worship for Wesleyans. [1]

Additional information:

Easington is an ancient parish and the church is dedicated to St Mary. The ancient Norman church said to have been rebuilt in the thirteenth century was restored in 1853.

Resources

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Civil Registration

Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day.

Church Records

The Church of England (Anglican) became the official state religion in 1534, with the reigning monarch as its Supreme Governor.
Non-Conformist refers to all other religious denominations that are not the official state religion.

Church of England

Due to the increasing access of online records:

  • Individual parish coverage for databases in this table are inconsistent and should be verified
  • Dates in the following table are approximate

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Easington Online Parish Records
Collections
Baptisms
Marriages
Burials
Indexes and images
Indexes only
Indexes and images
Indexes only
Indexes and images
Indexes only
FamilySearch Collections-Durham
1500s-1900s
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1500s-1900s
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1500s-1900s
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Bishop's Transcripts - FamilySearch Catalog
1700s-1800s
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1700s-1800s
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1700s-1800s
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FreeREG
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1500s-1900s
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1500s-1900s
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1500s-1900s
Findmypast-Durham ($)
1500s-1900s
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1500s-1900s
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1500s-1900s
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Ancestry-Teesside, Baptisms, Marriages and Burials ($)
1500s-1800s
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1500s-1800s
1700s-1900s
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1500s-1800s
1800s-1900s
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Ancestry-England Select Births, Marriages, Death, and Burials ($)
1500s-1900s
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1500s-1900s
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1500s-1900s
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Databases with Known Incomplete Parish Coverage
Boyd's Marriage Indexes-FMP (Free)
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1500s-1800s
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National Burial Index-FMP (Free)
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1800s-1900s

Other Websites
These databases have incomplete parish coverage.

Nonconformist Records

"Nonconformist" is a term referring to religious denominations other than an established or state church. In England, the state church is the Church of England.

Census Records

Census records from 1841 to 1921 are available online. See England Census for more resources.

Poor Law Unions

Probate Records

Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Durham Probate Records to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.

Maps and Gazetteers

Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.

Websites

Easington on GENUKI

References

  1. Lewis, Samuel A., A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 124-127. Adapted. Date accessed: 11 December 2013.