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Tracker: Goal 4: Learn about Durham church and cemetery records.
Choices
ALearn about Durham church records.
- Get an overview of Durham church records in this article.
FS—Durham Church Records - Learn about bishop's transcripts in Durham.
Transcripts of parish registers (Bishop's Transcripts) - Explore Durham parish records on the Durham County Record Office site.
- Explore Durham non-conformist records on the Durham County Record Office site.
- Explore the
church records link on the GenUKI Durham site. - Explore parish records on the FreeReg.org site.
- Use this parish page to explore parish records in Durham.
- * Good: Using the articles and videos in this Choice, write down key learnings for church records. Then use the learnings for searches for an ancestor.
- * Proficient: Same as above, for two or more ancestors.
Record Search Practice |
John Green Chissell was married in 1859. Use information from the "FS: England, Durham Diocese, Marriage Bonds & Allegations, 1692-1900" QUIKLink below to answer these questions:
- Who did John marry, and what were the ages of the groom and bride at marriage?
- What other records are available for John?
- Did John sign the marriage document? How do we know?
- In the search screen for the QUIKLink above, enter "John Green Chissell" in the appropriate search fields.
- Use the index transcription, Similar Records, and the record image to answer the questions.
- John married Alice Cockburn when he was 39 and she was 24.
- The Similar Records section has records for the 1851 Census and for England and Wales Death Registration.
- John's signature appears in the lower right of the marriage license, across from the witness' signature.
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BExplore Durham cemetery records.
- Get an overview of Durham cemeteries.
FS—Durham Cemeteries - Search the Find a Grave site for cemetery records.
- Search the BillionGraves site for cemetery records.
- * Good: Using the articles and videos in this Choice, write down key learnings for cemetery records. Then use the learnings for searches for an ancestor.
- * Proficient: Same as above, for two or more ancestors.
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