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Darlington
Centre for
Local Studies
Electoral Registers 
Darlington 1868, 1874, 1879, 1884 onwards. County Durham 1974-1979.
Free online resources Ancestry for 1841-1911 census, Birth Marriage and Death records and a host of other records for people tracing their family and military history, available free in Darlington Library, please ask staff for details.
Find My Past, worldwide edition with a wide range of resources, back by popular demand and available free in Darlington Library. Guidance available in the Centre for Local Studies, please ask staff. The 1939 Register is also available here free of charge. Taken at the outbreak of World War II it contains the personal details of 41 million people in England and Wales. Pop in and have a look at it!
Quaker Records 
Minutes of Monthy Meetings for Darlington, see full list here and some indexed records from national journals.
Boyds Marriage Index 1538-1837 for Durham and Yorkshire, on microfilm.
Posters 
Historic and contemporary collection.
Local Studies collection 
The collection contains over 40,000 indexed images of local people and places, some of these are oil paintings and watercolours. There is also access to the Durham Record, a collection of photographs of County Durham.
Newspapers 
As well as a full collection of microfilms for The Northern Echo, we also hold a range of other regional newspapers, mainly on microfilm.
To see our full list click here
Monumental Inscriptions 
Monumental inscriptions are transcripts of the wording on headstones and can be very useful when tracing your family history.
The Centre for Local Studies has an extensive collection of Monumental Inscriptions compiled mainly by the Cleveland, South Durham and North Yorkshire Family History Society. To see our full list click here
Darlington Cemetery Records 
Burial records are available on microfilm for West Cemetery 1858-1998, North Cemetery 1874-1998 and East Cemetery 1928-1998.
Maps 
From 1826 to date, and access to the Durham Record which contains mapping of County Durham 1850 – 1990.
Directories 
Parish Registers 
Parish Registers for the Borough of Darlington and surrounding areas are available on microfilm.
We also have some indexes and transcripts from other areas, so check our full list here.
Free newspapers You might also find this amazing newspaper resource useful It is available in Darlington Library for free!
Other resources Poll Books, South Durham Division 1790, 1820, 1833, 1838, 1841, 1865 & 1868
Pedigrees index to local pedigrees held
Mining Deaths Index National Index 1850-1914
Poor Law Records For Darlington & Haughton le Skerne
Birth, Marriage and Death indexes on fiche 1837- 1998
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