Online resources

Contents

  1. Local history websites
  2. Family and history research
  3. Record offices
  4. Other sources / information

Local history websites

  •  - The North East Film Archive connecting the people and communities of the North East with their regional film heritage..
  •  - The museum of early medieval Northumbria at Jarrow.
  •  - Online repository of historic maps.
  •  - A range of learning resource material that reflects Northumberland's heritage.

Family history and research

  • Search historical records from South Tyneside.
  • South Tyneside Register Office - Request a birth, death or marriage certificate.
  •  - Search over 400 million people living in England and Wales between 1841-1901.
  •  - The Gazette started in 1849.
  •  - Historians and genealogists in South Tyneside now have free full access at any South Tyneside Library.
  •  - Free access to Find My Past from any of South Tyneside Libraries
  •  - Explore over 200 years of British Newspapers online from any of South Tyneside Libraries.

Record offices

  •  - Regional archive service which holds records for all councils in Tyne and Wear.
  •  - Large numbers of historical documents have been deposited by their owners for safe-keeping in the Record Office.
  •  - Records of most wills proved in England and Wales since 1858.
  •  - Responsible for registering all birth, marriages and deaths in England and Wales since 1837.

Other sources / information

  •  - Local information resources listed by Find an Archive, searchable by region.
  •  - A video which features pupils from Hebburn Comprehensive School who explore the town's local heritage and the hidden history of 'The Four Lakes'.