DRO Database

This page allows you to search the catalogues of the documents deposited in the Record Office and some of the Office's photographs that are available for viewing online. You can also search the placename and parish database via the DRO site search, or if you prefer you can search the entire Durham County Council site instead. Further instructions about searching the Durham Record Office database are available.

There are currently 41681 catalogues and images in this database.

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Please enter between one and three words / phrases. To search for part of a word, enclose it between asterisks. For example *son* would match Sonnelly, Smithsonian or Ambleson.

You can search either for documents (catalogue descriptions) or images (some of the office's photographs that are available for viewing online). Please select an option below.

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