Easington Lane

[Billy Fish]

Hi
I have 3 Addresses but I don't know (if any) was the one that he lived at when he died.
Peter

Peter,

I went to School (RC) with Rileys who still lived either in or within a couple of doors of 46 High Street, EL. They were still there until at least the late eighties when I moved away and lost contact. Very strong family resemblence to the photograph.

[parrot lady]

Hi, I went to Easington Lane graveyard yesterday and cannot find a headstone. So i will look at the buried records in March at Durham to double check he is there. They also  have lists of who had a headstone and who doesn't and sometimes it tells you roughly where it should  be, but not always.  I did notice some fallen stones so it maybe he did have one but it has since been removed.
Marie

[Mr J T Arthur]

Frank I thank you very much, given how cold it is here in Berkshire it must be Freezing up there. 
I have not been to the Lane since I was about 10 years old (50 yrs ago.......my how time flies) so my memory or knowledge of another Graveyard is, well, non existant.  I have a map of the Lane dated 1896 and it shows the cemetery as being in Murton Lane?
A question though, are there any graves at St Micheals RC Church?
Thanks again Frank
Peter

The burial record of the church where he was buried from will include the burial ground. St Michael's RC, Houghton-le-Spring has a churchyard and I would be looking at these church burial records first.

Good luck,
J.T.A.

[peterbmillzz]

Thanks for all the help you are all giving me.
Peter

[trevski]

Hi Parrot Lady,

I came across your emails re: Resident in Easington Lane.
I was born there in 1953 and lived there until I moved on to pastures new in 1976.
I am interested in finding out my family tree and how my parents came to live there, mining I presume.

But my point is, is Durham Records Office the best place to go to begin my Family Tree search for old Easington Lane residents and can I access their archives on the internet?

Hope you can help,

Cheers

[peterbmillzz]

Hi Trev
you can get some info here.................
http://nd.durham.gov.uk/gro/newgro.nsf/search?open&C0326955070407042009
And as you know the best place to start is Census Records.

Peter

[trevski]

Cheers Peter,
That'll be a great help. Any info is good as I am new to this geniology malarky.
Cheers
Trev

[parrot lady]

Hi Trev,
You can obviously get info from the census, but I go to the records office regularly ( you need to book at least 2 weeks in advance). There you can view the christening records which give you the parents names and quite often the birth date is written at the side. You can view the marriage certificates providing you know the church they were married in , that also applies to christenings. You can print out the marriage certificates for 50p each. You can view the buriel records which tells you when they were buried and their last address and age when they died. Some parishes have grave indexes so you can look to see if they had a headstone and roughly where in the churchyard it was .  I had a relative who was in Winterton asylum for years in the 1890's and you can view his health records and why he was in there in the 1st place. If you're really into family history you have to go!!!!!
Marie

[parrot lady]

Sorry forgot to say you cannot view their records online.
Marie