Is anyone researching Dixon family name in Durham? I ordered certificate copies of birth from Durham County Council Registration services and they are not for the Dixon family that I am researching. The Dixon's family I am researching, the father was born in Witton Gilbert according to the 1891 census of Durham, village of Evenwood, rural basillory, Auckland, parliamentary division Barony Castle. Could someone please tell me where to find the correct information regarding births, marriages and deaths for that area. Beverley

Hi Beverley, As far as the Durham CC is concerned you are out of luck since their coverage of northern Durham births is sparse: Sub District Records Held Records Computerised Lanchester 1837 to 29.03.1972 1837 to 1877 Tanfield 1837 to 30.12.1919 None Stanley 1920 to 31.03.2000 1991 to 31.03.2000 Annfield Plain 1920 to 30.06.1938 None Chester-le-Street 1837 to 31.03.2000 1837 to 1859, 1991 to 31.03.2000 Consett 1888 to 31.03.2000 1991 to 31.03.2000 Durham Northern 01.04.2000 to date 01.04.2000 to date (see http://www.durham.gov.uk/durhamcc/usp.nsf/pws/Registrar+-+Indexing+Proje ct). Your other choices are to look at Free BMD (http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/) which is free but incomplete or 1837online (http://www.1837online.com/Trace2web/) a pay per view site. Alternately your local library may have the BMD index or there may be a LDS Family History Centre near you. Ian Fisk http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~fiski -----Original Message----- From: Beverley Rittwage [mailto:brittwage@rogers.com] Sent: Tuesday, 16 March 2004 9:53 a.m. To: ENG-DURHAM-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [ENG-DUR] DIXON Is anyone researching Dixon family name in Durham? I ordered certificate copies of birth from Durham County Council Registration services and they are not for the Dixon family that I am researching. The Dixon's family I am researching, the father was born in Witton Gilbert according to the 1891 census of Durham, village of Evenwood, rural basillory, Auckland, parliamentary division Barony Castle. Could someone please tell me where to find the correct information regarding births, marriages and deaths for that area. Beverley ==== ENG-DURHAM Mailing List ==== This list is only as good as you make it. Please Participate and help keep it interesting! If you do not like or agree with something on the list then your options are:(1)Simply 'delete' the relevant message(s)(2)'reply to that mail off list to the sender only'(3)unsubscribe' from the list!

Hi Bev, Yhis is the web-site for "Witton Gilbert" from the "Genuki" site! http://website.lineone.net/~pjoiner/genuki/DUR/WittonGilbert/index.html You didn't give very much info, for anyone to go on except for the surname ! The area of "West Durham" you are researching is a typical mining area, where family's moved on average every two years. On more than one occasion, one of my ansestors gave there place of birth, as the place they rememberd living ! (Not the place they were born) If you have them on the 1881 census it might help to give that info also! There are some Marriages on the site I have given you, for "Chester-le-street" Parish church, which was near to "Witton Gilbert" for the earlier part of the 1800s, if there are no "Dixons" there it could suggest that they might have come from another part of the country! When I come to a dead end, I have found it helpfull to look for the movement of the surname and othere names (maybe a forname might be a little out of the ordanary) in othere areas of the country. I use the "freebmd" web-site! Do you subscribe to "Yorkgenes" mailing list ? YORKSGEN-L@rootsweb.com There is someone searching for the "Dixon" surname at the moment! This is his E-mail address edward.allen1@ntlworld.com Good Luck Carole Robinson ----- Original Message ----- From: "Beverley Rittwage" <brittwage@rogers.com> To: <ENG-DURHAM-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, March 15, 2004 8:52 PM Subject: [ENG-DUR] DIXON > Is anyone researching Dixon family name in Durham? I ordered certificate copies of birth from Durham County Council Registration services and they are not for the Dixon family that I am researching. The Dixon's family I am researching, the father was born in Witton Gilbert according to the 1891 census of Durham, village of Evenwood, rural basillory, Auckland, parliamentary division Barony Castle. Could someone please tell me where to find the correct information regarding births, marriages and deaths for that area. Beverley > > > ==== ENG-DURHAM Mailing List ==== > This list is only as good as you make it. Please Participate and help keep it interesting! If you do not like or agree with something on the list then your options are:(1)Simply 'delete' the relevant message(s)(2)'reply to that mail off list to the sender only'(3)unsubscribe' from the list! >