Mugshots of North Shields 1902-1916
These images are a selection from an album of photographs of prisoners brought before the North Shields Police Court between 1902 and 1916 in the collection of Tyne & Wear Archives (TWA ref DX1388/1). Not indexed.
Chapman codes
These are a list of three letter codes useful for specifying countries and counties (all within UK and Ireland).
The original list is at: https://www.lochinpublishing.org.uk/about
A modified list is at GENUKI: http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/Regions/Codes
A fuller list is Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chapman_code
Three Character Parish Codes
Many of the early transcriptions produced by volunteers of the Society contain three character codes instead of Parish Names. These documents will help to decode them.
Original Indexes Research Notes
The Society has now added the Research Notes originally compiled by Original Indexes.
See here.
Last updated 15th October 2026