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[[England]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Durham]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Durham Parishes]] {{Infobox England Jurisdictions
[[England]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Durham]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Durham Parishes]]  
 
Guide to '''Durham Cathedral, Durham family history and genealogy:''' parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.
 
{{Infobox England Jurisdictions
| image = Durham Cathedral, County Durham.jpg
| image = Durham Cathedral, County Durham.jpg
| caption =  
| caption = Durham Cathedral, County Durham
| Type = [[Cathedral]]
| Type = [[Cathedral]]
| County = Durham
| County = Durham
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| Archive = [[Durham Record Office]]
| Archive = [[Durham Record Office]]
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}}  
=== Parish History  ===
 
=== Parish History  ===


The '''Cathedral '''was built as a place of worship, specifically to house the shrine of the North's best-loved saint, Cuthbert, in whose honour pilgrims came to Durham from all over England. It was also the home of a Benedictine monastic community.<ref>Samuel A. Lewis, [http://british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50932#s1 ''A Topographical Dictionary of England''], (1848), pp. 110-121. Adapted. Date accessed: 12 December 2013.</ref>  
The '''Cathedral '''was built as a place of worship, specifically to house the shrine of the North's best-loved saint, Cuthbert, in whose honour pilgrims came to Durham from all over England. It was also the home of a Benedictine monastic community.<ref>Samuel A. Lewis, [http://british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50932#s1 ''A Topographical Dictionary of England''], (1848), pp. 110-121. Adapted. Date accessed: 12 December 2013.</ref>  
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Several extra parochial areas surround the cathedral which had in its own right Parish Records.  
Several extra parochial areas surround the cathedral which had in its own right Parish Records.  
=== Resources  ===
=== Resources  ===


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Durham Cathedral's registers of christenings, marriages and burials, along with those of its ecclesiastical parishes of [[Durham St Giles, Durham|Durham St Giles]], [[Durham St Mary-the-Less|Durham St Mary-the-Less]] and other to which it is attached, have been mostly transcribed and are displayed online at the following web sites and ranges of years:  
Durham Cathedral's registers of christenings, marriages and burials, along with those of its ecclesiastical parishes of [[Durham St Giles, Durham|Durham St Giles]], [[Durham St Mary-the-Less|Durham St Mary-the-Less]] and other to which it is attached, have been mostly transcribed and are displayed online at the following web sites and ranges of years:  


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| align="left" bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="6" | '''FMP''' = [http://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-united-kingdom-records-in-birth-marriage-death-and-parish-records?_ga=1.15400819.439752968.1397327276 FindMyPast.co.uk (£)]
| bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left" colspan="6" | '''FMP''' = [http://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-united-kingdom-records-in-birth-marriage-death-and-parish-records?_ga=1.15400819.439752968.1397327276 FindMyPast.co.uk (£)]
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| align="left" bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="6" | '''FREG''' = [http://www.freereg.org.uk/cgi/Search.pl FreeReg]
| bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left" colspan="6" | '''FREG''' = [http://www.freereg.org.uk/cgi/Search.pl FreeReg]
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| align="left" bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="6" | '''FS ''' = [http://familysearch.org FamilySearch.org]
| bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left" colspan="6" | '''FS ''' = [http://familysearch.org FamilySearch.org]
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| align="left" bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="6" | '''TGEN''' = [http://www.thegenealogist.co.uk/ TheGenealogist - (£)]<ref>[http://www.thegenealogist.co.uk/books/books_index.php?rec_type=Parish 'Parish Records - Coverage'], ''The Genealogist,'' accessed 27 September 2013.</ref>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left" colspan="6" | '''TGEN''' = [http://www.thegenealogist.co.uk/ TheGenealogist - (£)]<ref>[http://www.thegenealogist.co.uk/books/books_index.php?rec_type=Parish 'Parish Records - Coverage'], ''The Genealogist,'' accessed 27 September 2013.</ref>
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| align="center" bgcolor="#ffffcc" colspan="4" | '''DURHAM CATHEDRAL (1609) Indexes'''
| bgcolor="#ffffcc" align="center" colspan="4" | '''DURHAM CATHEDRAL (1609) Indexes'''
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| bgcolor="#ffccff" | [http://www.thegenealogist.co.uk/ '''1609-1896''']
| bgcolor="#ffccff" | [http://www.thegenealogist.co.uk/ '''1609-1896''']
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| align="center" bgcolor="#ffffcc" colspan="4" | &nbsp; '''ST CUTHBERT&nbsp;Chapelry DURHAM&nbsp;(1814) Indexes'''
| bgcolor="#ffffcc" align="center" colspan="4" | &nbsp; '''ST CUTHBERT&nbsp;Chapelry DURHAM&nbsp;(1814) Indexes'''
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| align="center" bgcolor="#ffffcc" colspan="4" | &nbsp; '''ST&nbsp;GILES PARISH DURHAM&nbsp;(1584) Indexes'''
| bgcolor="#ffffcc" align="center" colspan="4" | &nbsp; '''ST&nbsp;GILES PARISH DURHAM&nbsp;(1584) Indexes'''
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| align="center" bgcolor="#ffffcc" colspan="4" | &nbsp; '''ST MARGARET PARISH DURHAM&nbsp;(1558) Indexes'''
| bgcolor="#ffffcc" align="center" colspan="4" | &nbsp; '''ST MARGARET PARISH DURHAM&nbsp;(1558) Indexes'''
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| align="center" bgcolor="#ffffcc" colspan="4" | &nbsp; '''ST MARY le BOW PARISH DURHAM&nbsp;(1572) Indexes'''
| bgcolor="#ffffcc" align="center" colspan="4" | &nbsp; '''ST MARY le BOW PARISH DURHAM&nbsp;(1572) Indexes'''
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| align="center" bgcolor="#ffffcc" colspan="6" | '''ST&nbsp;MARY&nbsp;THE&nbsp;LESS&nbsp;DURHAM&nbsp;PARISH&nbsp;(1560)&nbsp;Indexes'''
| bgcolor="#ffffcc" align="center" colspan="6" | '''ST&nbsp;MARY&nbsp;THE&nbsp;LESS&nbsp;DURHAM&nbsp;PARISH&nbsp;(1560)&nbsp;Indexes'''
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| align="center" bgcolor="#ffffcc" colspan="4" | &nbsp; '''ST&nbsp;NICHOLAS PARISH DURHAM&nbsp;(1540) Indexes'''
| bgcolor="#ffffcc" align="center" colspan="4" | &nbsp; '''ST&nbsp;NICHOLAS PARISH DURHAM&nbsp;(1540) Indexes'''
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| align="center" bgcolor="#ffffcc" colspan="4" | '''ST OSWALD PARISH DURHAM (1538) Indexes'''
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| align="center" bgcolor="#ffffcc" colspan="4" | '''BELMONT Chapelry (1858) Indexes'''
| bgcolor="#ffffcc" align="center" colspan="4" | '''BELMONT Chapelry (1858) Indexes'''
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| align="center" bgcolor="#ffffcc" colspan="4" | '''SHINCLIFFE Chapelry (DURHAM) (1826) Indexes'''
| bgcolor="#ffffcc" align="center" colspan="4" | '''SHINCLIFFE Chapelry (DURHAM) (1826) Indexes'''
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<br> For a full list of all those chapels surrounding and comprising the whole ancient parish of Durham and its surrounding parishes and chapelries to which it was attached, be certain to see "Church Records" on the [[Durham_Cathedral,_Durham]]&nbsp;PARISH page.  
For a full list of all those chapels surrounding and comprising the whole ancient parish of Durham and its surrounding parishes and chapelries to which it was attached, be certain to see "Church Records" on the [[Durham_Cathedral,_Durham]]&nbsp;PARISH page.  


To find the names of the neighbouring parishes, use [http://maps.familysearch.org/ England Jurisdictions 1851]. In this site, search for the name of the parish, click on the location "pin", click Options and click List contiguous parishes. <br>  
To find the names of the neighbouring parishes, use [http://maps.familysearch.org/ England Jurisdictions 1851]. In this site, search for the name of the parish, click on the location "pin", click Options and click List contiguous parishes. <br>  
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{{Reflist}}  
{{Reflist}}  


<br> Contributor: add any relevant sites that aren’t mentioned above. {{Durham}}  
Add any relevant sites that aren’t mentioned above. {{Durham}}  


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