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North Yorkshire and County Durham Marriages

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

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Transcription and conventions used

The Northern Yorkshire and Southern Durham parish register data will be constantly updated for this site as transcripts are computerised.

The data include, if found in the original record, the following:

• Date of event - for banns, date of publishing is given.
• Surname - both bride and groom are given separate entries. Search on variations of spelling.
• Forename(s) - as seen, though in some cases these have been abbreviated due to space restrictions. Search on variations of spelling.
• Spouse details - eg status, occupation, place of residence.
• Abode - some place names have been standardised to assist the searcher.
• Banns or Licence - banns are included if no marriage took place or the information differed greatly from the marriage entry.
• Witnesses - sometimes divided between bride & groom entries. Recommend both entries are searched for full listing.
• Notes - extra information found with entries.
• Place of Event - town, parish, village, hamlet.
• County - Chapman County Code is used.

The following conventions are used:

• Square brackets [ ] indicate an alternative or addition given to assist the searcher.
• ‘.?’ – indicates where writing was totally illegible.
• ‘.’ – indicates a blank in the record.
• ‘?’ – transcriber and checker unsure of entry e.g. Frances? or a possible source mistake.

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 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.

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:

Checking

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.

• BT = Bishop's transcript
• d = daughter
• s = son
• jnr = junior
• snr = senior
• bachr = bachelor
• spr = spinster or single woman
• wid = widow(er)
• (B) = Banns
• (L) = Licence
• wit = witness(es)
• botp = both of this parish
• otp = of this parish
• otc = of this chapelry
• c/p = consent of parents
• esq = esquire
• 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

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.

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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