Northumberland Family History Resources

The Family History website has produced this section on the local family history section to help assist genealogists and family history researchers in the most northerly county of England to help trace lost ancestors and relatives in Northumberland region. We hope you find the range of Northumberland family history resources available through our website helpful in your research.

Northumberland and Durham Family History Society

This society includes the county of Durham in its research. It was formed in 1975 and provides many services for a small annual fee for membership. A Quarterly Journal is available, there are many branches across the counties you can visit to help with research. They have a wide range of publications and, in particular, parish records, for sale.

Northumberland Archives

This service formerly known as the County Record Office, provides archives covering the Northumberland, Berwick-upon-Tweed record offices and the Woodhorn Document Storage service within the county.

Here are useful specific Northumberland county search pages from the FindMyPast website:

Births, marriages and deaths

Births

Northumberland and Durham Baptisms
– Find your ancestor’s name and his/her parents name along with other information in these baptismal records.

Marriages

Northumberland and Durham Marriages
– Details of marriages centuries before civil registrations, spanning four centuries.

Burials – including memorial inscriptions

Northumberland and Durham Burials
– Details of burial records in the county.
Northumberland and Durham Memorial Inscriptions
– Records include full inscription on your ancestors burial monumental including any names and dates.

Military records

British Army, Northumberland Fusiliers 1881-1920 – An index taken from over 70 sources. Find your ancestors military history and whether they served in the “Fighting Fifth” during the Boer War or the First World War.

Northumberland Newspaper Archives

Local Newspaper Archives and Historical Newspapers provide invaluable information for Family Historians. Information can often be found that is not available in Parish Records, or Censuses. We are able to provide a direct link to Northumberland Newspaper Archives from a variety of newspapers and covering different time periods. Here is the link and information on the historic relevant Northumberland Newspapers and time periods covered:

British Newspaper Archives – historic newspaper records in the Northumberland area
– This link has records and news of the newspapers listed below: