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Civil Registration information for County Durham and places above it in the hierarchy

County Durham

Certificates of birth, death and marriage can be obtained from the Superintendent Registrars at local District Register Offices (where they still exist):

  • Durham Central
  • Durham Eastern
  • Durham Northern
  • Durham South-Western
  • Durham Western
  • Gateshead
  • Hartlepool
  • Jarrow
  • South Shields
  • Stockton-on-Tees
  • Sunderland

If ordering from a District Office, please note the following:

  • (a) the cost of a certificate is currently (June 2010) £9.00 -send a Sterling cheque payable to the Superintendent Registrar plus return postage or two International Reply Coupons;
  • (b) the St. Catherine's Index references are of no value;
  • (c) for marriage certificates, the precise place of marriage must be given;
  • (d) Civil Registration in England and Wales began on July 1st 1837.

Registration districts for the period 1837-1930 with their accompanying places, together with the current location of the records, is listed on Brett Langston's Civil Registration Pages.

Once you find an entry you can, of course, order a certificate.

England

UK and Ireland