Search the Collection
Use our collection search to explore the people, places and events that make County Durham what it is today
Find a Family Name
Filters
Church Registers Database
Find out what baptism, marriage and burial registers we keep and their covering dates
Easington: People, Past and Present
Search images and oral histories by the people of Easington and the surrounding area
Mining Durham’s Hidden Depths
Search for County Durham miners by name
Binchester
From Roman fort to colliery village – explore archives, archaeology and local studies collections
Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902
Durham Light Infantry objects, photos, memorials and memories of this military campaign in South Africa
Stockton & Darlington railway
Track the development of early railways in County Durham since the 1820s
In pursuit of perfection
Listen to John (Pop) Porter talking in 1976 about how to grow prize leeks at Peterlee
Birth, marriage and death certificates
Start with a quick surname check for records after 1837 held by County Durham’s registration service
Richard Annand, VC
The first British Army soldier of the Second World War to be awarded the Victoria Cross, in May 1940
-
Arbitration committee minutes – A-D
Read MoreContains the records for people with surnames between A-D.
-
Minute book of Executive Committee Meetings, 25 January 1937 – 13 September 1937 – A-D
Read MoreContains the records for people with surnames between A-D.
-
Arbitration committee minutes, 1898 – 1938 – A-D
Read MoreContains the records for people with surnames between A-D.
-
Group photograph of non-commissioned officers and men …
Read MoreD/DLI 2/3/23 – Durham Light Infantry Records – 3rd, 4th and 5th Battalions
-
Jessica Paige Cawley (alcohol related) [1443] …
Read MoreCOR/CD 2/2085 – County Durham and Darlington Coroner – Inquests
-
Minute book of Committee Meetings [unsigned], August 1934 – December 1935 – A-D
Read MoreContains the records for people with surnames between A-D.
-
Sick Fund Post Office Order Book, 23 July 1919 – 1 April 1920 – A-D
Read MoreContains the records for people with surnames between A-D.
-
Arbitration committee minutes, 1928-1976 – A-D
Read MoreContains the records for people with surnames between A-D.
-
General letters received (indexed) …
Read MoreD/HH 1/4/96 – Hanby Holmes – Office Administration: In letters
-
Patrick Cawley 24 Blaydon …
Read MoreCor/C/3/120 – Chester Ward Coroner – Non-inquest files
-
Photograph of the colour party of the 2nd Battalion The Durham Light Infantry at Lechenich …
Read MoreD/DLI 2/2/385 – Durham Light Infantry Records – Battalions, Phase 2
-
Pension Fund register …
Read MoreD/Co 56/5 – Consett Iron Company – Business Archives Council grant
-
Photograph of the colour party of the 2nd Battalion The Durham Light Infantry …
Read MoreD/DLI 7/426/152(54) – Durham Light Infantry Records – Individual Servicemen (A-Z additional) Phase 2
-
General expenditure ledger, 3 July 1900 – 24 March 1904 – A-D
Read MoreContains the records for people with surnames between A-D.