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General => The Common Room => Topic started by: RICHIE on Thursday 25 December 25 23:04 GMT (UK)
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Hi , for personal reasons i need to find a record of my baptism. I've looked online for advice but i'm just going round in circles . As the last of my family i have no one to ask where i was baptised but it would have been in the Jarrow region of what was part of Durham in 1963 . If anyone could offer advice of where i should be looking it would be greatly appreciated .
Kind regards
Richard
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For Church of England records, you should contact the Durham County Record Office (now known as 'The Story'), which acts as the official repository for the Diocese of Durham and holds the parish registers for Jarrow. If you were baptized Catholic, you must instead contact the Archives Department of the Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle, as they maintain their own separate sacramental records. Since 1963 is relatively recent, if the specific register has not yet been deposited in these archives, you will need to contact the individual churches in Jarrow directly to check the physical books still held on-site.
Hope that helps
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Thank you for that information . Very much appreciated.
Richard
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Hi
If you know the church chapel your parents were married I would start with that one if not at that one I would look at the address on the birth certificate & look at the nearest church or chapel to that address.
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Have you tried the Durham Records Online website (www.durhamrecordsonline.com).
Ryhopelad
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Do you have any clear indication from past family conversations or info that you were definitely baptised?
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Hi , yes i recall seeing old photos of my baptism and i also have the old shawl that i was wearing while being baptised . My mother was quite a traditionalist baptism was quite important to her .
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Genuki . This might help find a possible one, depending on where you were born and possibly where your parents married.
https://www.genuki.org.uk/church_list/82325