The following announcement was written by Durham Records Online:
Durham Records Online is pleased to announce the addition of an index of 28,310 baptisms for the following parishes in Lanchester & Weardale districts in County Durham, England, from 1810 through 1851 (whenever these churches existed during that period).
Anglican churches:
- Benfieldside (1848-1851)
- Collierley (1841-1851)
- Ebchester
- Edmundbyers
- Esh
- Heathery Cleugh (1825-1851)
- Hunstanworth
- Lanchester
- Medomsley
- Muggleswick
- Satley
- St. John's Chapel, Weardale
- Stanhope
- Tanfield
- Thornley by Wolsingham (1848-1851)
- Wolsingham
Non-Anglican churches:
- Esh Laude Roman Catholic (1810-1839)
- High House, Weardale Wesleyan Methodist (1813-1851)
- Ireshopeburn, Weardale (Presbyterian) (1810-1822)
- Rowley (Baptist) near Castleside (1810-1836)
- Shotley Bridge Wesleyan Methodist (1840-1851)
- Shotley Bridge Primitive Methodist (1843-1851)
- Stanhope Primitive Methodist Circuit (1840-1851)
- Weardale & Wolsingham Methodist (1822-1828)
- Weardale Methodist Circuit (1837-1842)
- Westgate Weardale Primitive Methodist (1824-1837)
- Wolsingham Wesleyan Methodist Circuit (1840-1851)
These records are from Ron Nubley's West Durham Index, which we are in the process of integrating into our collection, so when you buy one of these, you will immediately get the index entry, and the full entry will be transcribed and emailed to you within 3 days, at which point it becomes part of our database and you can view it again at any time.
We now have baptisms for all of the above churches from whenever they started through 1851, plus many more churches & years. There are 434,988 County Durham baptisms in our collection now, covering both Anglican and dissenting churches. Searching is free, and rates to immediately view record transcriptions online are reasonable. http://www.durhamrecordsonline.com/
