Jun 30, 2025 · Here you will find links to our resources, guides and projects that are most likely to be useful for those undertaking family history research, or wanting to study individuals and …

Welcome to our online database of pre-1858 probate records (wills and related documents), from Northumberland and County Durham. See separate pages for information on the scope of the …

The purpose of this project is to track the incidence of Durham surnames, to understand where and when in the county they first appeared, and to note the many spelling variations …

In addition to detailing the administration of the church's substantial agricultural and industrial resources, these manorial records include the property transactions of leasehold and copyhold …

May 13, 2021 · Registered copies of wills, together with some inventories within the earlier registers. See main DPR1 cataloguefor further details on these records. Accession details.

Jun 30, 2025 · Here you will find links to our resources, guides and projects that are most likely to be useful for those undertaking local history research from the archives held by Durham …

Dec 16, 2010 · The NEI project will offer a catalogue of the probate records of people who lived in the north-east of England between the 16th and 19th centuries.

Jun 30, 2025 · Was my ancestor at the university? Annual lists of those at the university and those still alive with degrees from the university were published in Calendars up until 1937. These …

They are provided for the convenience of family historians, though anybody is welcome to use them as an alternative to repeated searches within the database. For any non-surname based …

Jun 30, 2025 · Durham University Library today holds the probate records of some seventy thousand individuals from County Durham and Northumberland - the old Durham diocese - …