{"id":15242,"date":"2022-04-11T15:50:55","date_gmt":"2022-04-11T13:50:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.whodoyouthinkyouaremagazine.com\/?p=10626"},"modified":"2022-04-11T16:12:15","modified_gmt":"2022-04-11T14:12:15","slug":"northumberland-family-history-the-best-free-websites","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/wdytya\/rss_feed\/northumberland-family-history-the-best-free-websites\/","title":{"rendered":"Northumberland family history: The best free websites"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Jonathan Scott\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Monday, 11 April 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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Northumberland\u2019s proximity to Scotland<\/a>, as a site for border wars, reivers\u2019 raids and rebellions, means that the county\u2019s breathtaking landscape is peppered with fortified farm houses.<\/p>\n

Discover our complete guide to Northumberland family history in Who Do You Think You Are? Magazine<\/em> May 2022<\/a>, on sale now<\/p>\n

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For family historians on the hunt, there are numerous archives that may hold material relating to your kin. For that reason local expertise is invaluable, so the website of the Northumberland and Durham Family History Society<\/a> may prove a useful starting point. You can also try the following websites to find free Northumberland family history records online:<\/p>\n

Northumberland family history: The best websites<\/h1>\n

1. FamilySearch<\/a><\/h2>\n
\"""\"<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\nHighlights on FamilySearch include images of Bishops\u2019 Transcripts from parishes in Durham, Northumberland, and parts of Cumberland and York (1639\u20131919).\n

2. FreeREG<\/a><\/h2>\n
\"""\"<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>FreeREG<\/a> has more than 1.2 million records for Northumberland, including over 617,300 baptisms<\/a>.\n

3. North East Inheritance<\/a><\/h2>\n
\"""\"<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\nThis Durham University project has created a digital-image catalogue of more than 150,000 wills and related archives from the region.\n

4. North East War Memorials Project<\/a><\/h2>\n
\"""\"<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\nThis website is the result of a project that aims to record every war memorial located between the River Tweed and River Tees.\n

5. University of Leicester Special Collections Online<\/a><\/h2>\n
\"""\"<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\nTrade directories are a great way of tracing your family history. This University of Leicester website has historical trade directories<\/a> from Northumberland.\n

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Jonathan Scott is the author of<\/em> A Dictionary of Family History<\/a><\/p><\/body><\/html>\n

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