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North Yorkshire and County Durham Baptisms

• Transcription and conventions used
• Coverage
• Checking
• Grouping
• Abbreviations and codes
• Contact details
• How to buy
• Copyright

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Transcription and conventions used

These databases consists of 54,061 baptism entries from the registers of parishes in North Yorkshire and County Durham. This is an ongoing project.

The data records include:

• Surname – in some entries the mother’s maiden name is shown in capitals enclosed in brackets. Search on variations.
• Forename(s) – as seen. Search on variations.
• Date of event – in some cases date of birth is also given
• Relationship
• Parents – in some cases their origin is shown and their occupation
• Abode – some place names have been standardised to assist the searcher
• Notes – these can include godparents, sponsors and other details
• County – for out of county parents Chapman County Code is used eg. DUR = Durham
• Place of Event – town, parish, village, hamlet.
• Square brackets [ ] indicate an alternative or addition given to assist the searcher.
• ‘…?’ indicates where writing was illegible
• ‘?’ – transcriber and checker unsure of entry eg Frances? or a possible source mistake.

For Northern Yorkshire the area of interest covers the region round Middlesbrough to Whitby on the east coast, across the North Yorks Moors to Thirsk then across county to the upper Dales in the west.

These records are the transcription work over many years of a large number of local voluntary members of the Cleveland, N. Yorks & South Durham Family History Society to whom we give our thanks.

Coverage

For Southern Durham the area of interest covers the region approximately north of Hartlepool on the North East coast across the county to Middleton in Teesdale and environs. Also the east of Stockton then following the River Tees to west of Barnard Castle.

The coverage includes the following parishes (unchecked registers are marked with *):

Checking

This data has been checked, except for three parishes marked above (where a lower charge is made).

The checking of data against the parish registers /Bishops Transcripts by a select number of local experts (other than transcribers) is an ongoing part of the project.

Grouping

These records are not grouped.

Abbreviations and Codes

The following abbreviations have been used.

• d = daughter
• s = son
• f = female
• m = male
• jnr = junior
• snr = senior
• bach = bachelor
• spr = spinster or single woman
• ill = illegitimate
• wks = weeks
• lab = labourer

Chapman County Codes have been used in some cases e.g. NRY = North Riding of Yorkshire, YKS = Yorkshire, DUR = County Durham, NBL = Northumberland.

How to buy

Many individual parish registers are available for baptisms, marriages and burials. Visit website www.clevelandfhs.org.uk for publication details, costs and order forms.

The society holds a very comprehensive database for Burials from which printouts are available and a Marriage database (pre 1837) N Yorks and S Durham is run by Paul Joiner, Greystones, The Spital, Yarm TS15 9EX

Publications enquiries only to David Taylor, Publications Officer, 106 The Avenue, Nunthorpe, Middlesbrough TS7 0AH

Contact details

Visit the website of the Cleveland, N. Yorks & South Durham Family History Society at www.clevelandfhs.org.uk

Copyright and disclaimer

© Trustees of the Cleveland, N. Yorks & South Durham Family History Society.

This index should be used as a finding aid only and the advice is to refer back to the original entries in the registers which contain more information including, in most cases, the date of birth.

The Cleveland, N. Yorks & South Durham Family History Society accepts no liability for any errors or omissions that remain (although they would welcome notification of alternative interpretations after the searcher has viewed the registers).

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