A good move might be to join the Northumberland and Durham Family History Society. http://www.ndfhs.org.uk/ You may then use the postal library to borrow transcriptions of some of the parish records. The Postal Library Catalogue is for the use of members of the NDFHS who live out of the area and are unable to visit the Library and Research Centre at Bolbec Hall. The Catalogue has lists of Parish Register Indexes and Non-conformist Registers in Northumberland and Durham together with Monumental Inscriptions and lists of 'Strays'. Also included are Miscellaneous items and Booklets. All may be borrowed for the cost of the postage. The Catalogue is priced at £1.50 *, post free and requests should be sent to the Postal Librarian at Bolbec Hall. For instance, I have borrowed some of the St Hilda's records - but not found many of 'my' family! Jan ----- Original Message ----- From: <PUTMAN914@aol.com> To: <DUR-NBL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, January 19, 2007 4:10 PM Subject: [DUR-NBL] (no subject) >I wonder if ANYONE would be so kind as to help me. I am "fairly" new to > searching for my family tree. I have got to the stage where I have gone > back in > the censuses as far as I think I can, and I now need to look at Parish / > Church Records. > > I have subscribed to Ancestry.co.uk and genesreunited, but I'm not at all > sure if I am using Ancestry properly. I have tried to look at parish > records > and don't seem to be getting anywhere. > > I wonder if ANYONE would be kind enough to give me an "idiots" guide as to > how to find people on the parish records. I have gone into this section, > but > don't seem to have much luck with anything. For instance, if a name > comes > up, how do you know if this is the correct person? > > If anyone could give me a bit of advice, or any tips, websites, etc. that > they use in their searches, I would be grateful. > > My ancestors come mostly from South Shields, County Durham. I am at a > bit > of a loss as to how to look up the parish records. > > Regards > Karen > Hertfordshire, UK > ==== DUR-NBL Mailing List ==== > To Post a message to this list send it to, > DUR-NBL-L@rootsweb.com > > ==== DUR-NBL Mailing List ==== > List Web Page > http://www.communigate.co.uk/ne/durhamgenealogy/index.phtml > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > DUR-NBL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >