Posts By: John Dixon

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 and Durham. Those indexes are free to use and they are able to provide images at a small cost. Web site address is: http://www.sunderlandward.co.uk/index.html The… Read more »

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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 Roman Catholic faith was illegal in what is now the United Kingdom, Catholics had no churches and no official burial grounds. Even well into the… Read more »

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’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 view unique manuscripts and photographic collections of the College’s history. The website will feature a new Surgeons Database, allowing users to trace ancestors who qualified… Read more »

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 compiled over the last four years. The register contains a wealth of historical information and written records that is said to have enormous academic potential. The… Read more »

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 covering 40 new counties. These maps link to the searchable schedules which contain over 14 million records. The schedules contain detailed information on land use… Read more »

[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 Parochial Registers indexes, for free. It only costs you credits if you want to look at the actual records. You need to register to use… Read more »