A fascinating family history course will be repeated this month, teaching people how to track down their family’s burial and cemetery records.
Back by popular demand, the talk will explain how best to determine where an ancestor was buried, looking at what records exist, where they can be found and what information they contain.
The session, which will be led by a Durham County Record Office archivist, is part of a series of Branching Out courses that give people who are already comfortable with the basics of family history an opportunity to look at records in more detail.
Dawn Layland, education and outreach archivist, said: “Family historians often want to know where their ancestors are buried but it can be a difficult area to research as there is such a wide range of records that may need to be searched. This talk will show people how to go about finding their family’s graves.”
As well as an hour-long talk, all Branching Out sessions also include an hour of browsing time in which visitors can use the record office’s facilities and receive one-to-one support with their research.
The burial and cemetery records talk runs twice, from 6pm to 8pm on Tuesday 12 February and from 10am to 12 noon on Thursday 14 February.
Tickets, priced at £10 per person, must be booked in advance and can be booked online at https://recordofficeshop.durham.gov.uk/pgEventResult or over the telephone on 03000 267 619.