Information Leaflets

The Record Office publishes a number of leaflets and guides to help you get the most from our holdings. PDF Format Leaflets are listed below, which you can access and download to print out.

Please note that Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) files require Adobe Acrobat Reader to view them. If you do not have the Adobe Acrobat software installed on your computer, you can download it from the Adobe website, or alternatively see our 'Text Only' alternatives to these leaflets.

General Guides

A Guide for Visitors (37Kb, 3 pages)
Copying and Publication of Documents (92Kb, 2 pages)
Durham Record Office - A General Introduction (146Kb, 4 pages)
Records held in the Durham Record Office (164Kb, 4 pages)
Useful Websites (97kb, 4 pages)
Archives in Durham City (459kb, 4 pages)
Sources for the study of Local History (106kb, 4 pages)

Research Service

Application Form (33Kb, 2 pages)
Information Leaflet (30Kb, 4 pages)

Guides to Records, Transcripts and Indexes

Census and parish register microfilms (198Kb, 2 pages)
Census Indexes (54Kb, 6 pages)
Civil Registration, A Brief Guide to (43Kb, 4 pages)
Colliery Personnel Records (100Kb, 4 pages)
Lists of Service Personnel in First and Second World Wars (99Kb, 3 pages)
Local Authority Records (207Kb, 4 pages)
Modern transcripts and indexes (Durham, Church of England) (121Kb, 11 pages)
Modern transcripts and indexes (Non-conformist and Miscellaneous) (103Kb, 5 pages)
Modern transcripts and indexes (Northumberland and North Yorkshire, Church of England) (157Kb, 2 pages)
Monumental inscriptions, cemetery and crematorium registers and will indexes (91Kb, 2 pages)
Non-conformist church registers (50Kb, 5 pages)
Parish registers (43.7Kb, 4 pages)
Parishes indexed on the I.G.I. and on Boyd's Marriage Index (224Kb, 4 pages)
Quarter Sessions records (102Kb, 4 pages)
Records of genealogical interest on microfilm (161Kb, 2 pages)
Records relating to Enclosure (96Kb, 4 pages)
Registers of Electors (282Kb, 4 pages)
Solicitors' records (144Kb, 4 pages)
Tithe Plans and Apportionments (273Kb, 4 pages)
Turnpike Road records (177Kb, 4 pages)

Publications

Publications (31Kb, 1 page)