Cemetery Index
Information provided by NDFHS Journal, Spring 2022, p3. The Sunderland Ward of The Church of the JESUS CHRIST of Latter-day Saints has prepared an index for several graveyards in Northumberland […]
1921 Census
The National Archives have recently announced that the 1921 Census will be available from 6th January 2022. Initially this will only be available through FindMyPast. See the two websites for […]
Catholic Burial Records Database
Contribution received from Colin Ashworth (catholicancestor@hotmail.co.uk): During the period of over 200 years from the middle of the sixteenth century until the late eighteenth century, when the practice of the […]
Society of Genealogists magazine
Genealogists Magazine Copyright notice “Copyright Society of Genealogists. For personal use only. These digital copies of the ‘Genealogists’ Magazine’ are provided on the basis that they are made available only […]
British Tramway Company Uniforms and Insignia
A personal website dealing with the buttons and uniforms of tramways. Local companies are listed including companies for Gateshead, Newcastle, Tynemouth, and Tyneside. Web site address is: http://tramwaybadgesandbuttons.com/
The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh’s Library and Archive is delighted to announce the launch of its new website archiveandlibrary.rcsed.ac.uk, a catalogue of information that will enable visitors to […]
Manorial Documents Register for Northumberland
On 20th September 2018 The Hexham Courant published that: The Manorial Documents Register for Northumberland is an up to date record of all the county’s former manors that has been […]
Tithe Maps now available for Northumberland
TheGenealogist announced the following on 25th December 2015: TheGenealogist has now completed the launch of searchable Tithe Maps and Schedules for England and Wales with the release of more maps […]
ScotlandsPeople – indexes now free
[Thanks to Pat Storey on Northumbria list for this]. One of the improvements to the revised Scotland’s People website is that you can now search the indexes, including the Old […]
GRO – extended search fields
The General Register Office (GRO) has extended their search form for births so that you can now include the mother’s maiden name. Applies to records pre-1915. You need to register […]