England, Northumberland, Parish Registers - FamilySearch Historical Records

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Northumberland, England
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Record Description
Record Type	Parish Registers
Collection years	1538-1950
FamilySearch Resources
Northumberland Guided Research
England Record Finder
Northumberland Church Records
England Church Records
Northumberland Parishes
Northumberland Miscellaneous Records
England Parish Registers
Related Websites
Tyne & Wear Archives
Northumberland, England Cemetery Records
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Northumberland Archives

What is in This Collection?

This collection contains records of baptismal, marriage, and burial records from the county of Northumberland for the years 1538-1950. The original records are held at the Northumberland Archives. They may include the following: name, parents, spouse, father's occupation, residence, date of birth, date of marriage, burial date and place and much more depending on the record type.

Parish registers have been kept at the local level across England since the mid-1500s. Due to this long and relatively stable tradition, these records are central to English genealogical research as they are often one of the only sources for finding families and individuals in England before the start of civil registration in 1837.

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To Browse This Collection

You can browse through images in this collection using the waypoints on the Collection Browse Page for England, Northumberland, Parish Registers, 1538-1950.

What Can These Records Tell Me?

The following information may be found in these records:

Baptism Name of the child The date and place of christening Names of the parents Residence Occupation of the father

Marriage Names of the bride and groom The date and place of the marriage Ages Marital status Occupation of the groom Residences of the bride and groom Fathers' names Occupations of the fathers

Burial Name of the deceased The date and place of burial Residence Age

Collection Content

For additional details about these records and help using them see England Parish Registers - FamilySearch Historical Records

Coverage Table

This collection includes 29,649 records from the parish of Horton, Northamptonshire. This includes 9,584 baptims, 8,551 marriages, and 11,514 burials.

Coverage tables for this collection are available in the wiki article England, Northumberland, Parish Registers Coverage Table - FamilySearch Historical Records

How Do I Search This Collection?

Before searching this collection, it is helpful to know:

• Name of the person
• Date range for the record

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1. Fill in the search boxes in the Search Collection section with the information you know
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How Do I Analyze the Results?

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What Do I Do Next?

I Found the Person I Was Looking For, What Now?

• Add any new information to your records
• Save or print a copy of the image or record, if possible. The original may contain information that was not recorded in the index
• Use the information which you have found to estimate ages in other life events. For example, use a christening date to approximate a marriage date, or a burial record to calculate an estimated year of birth
• Once you have found a christening or a burial church record, you may want to search for birth and death in civil records (1837 and later)
• Use the information you have found to find the person and families in census records
• Continue to search the index to identify children, siblings, parents, and other relatives. Note that family members often appear on an individual's records, such as in the role of witnesses to a marriage

I Can’t Find the Person I’m Looking For, What Now?

• When looking for an individual with a common name, look at all the search results before deciding which is the correct person
• If your ancestor does not have a common name, collect entries for every person who has the same surname
• Be careful using the listed age on a marriage record to estimate a birth year. Rather than listing actual ages, clerks often wrote in 21 as the age of both the bride and groom to show that they each were of legal age
• Search the records of nearby locations
  • Cumbria to the west
  • Durham and Tyne and Wear to the south
  • Scotland to the north
  • North Sea coastline to the east
• Check for other names. An individual might have been listed under a middle name, a nickname, or an abbreviation of their given name
• Spelling was not standardized for much of the period of this collection, so names were often spelled as scribes heard them. Try searching based on how the name may have been pronounced
• Vary the search terms. For example, expand the date range or search by either the given name or surname to return a broader list of results
• The individual might not have records in the Church of England at all, but rather might have belonged to a nonconformist denomination
• When you search baptismal records, remember that it was not unusual for a child to be baptized weeks or even months after birth
• Some parish records might have been lost over time. Bishop's Transcripts can also be a good source of information
• Note that marriages often took place in the parish where the bride resided
• If you can not find your ancestor through using the index, try finding him using the browse images. There are some images that have not been indexed

Research Helps

The following articles will help you in your research for your family in Northumberland.

• Northumberland Guided Research
• England Record Finder
• England Research Tips and Strategies

Citing This Collection

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