Tyne & Wear Archives: Projects and publications

Here you will find some of the publications Tyne and Wear Archives have contributed to. There is also a selection of links to other websites which may be of use to you.

If you would like more information on our publications please contact us.

Learning Resources

• Amy's War
• Legacy - history of black and ethnic minority groups in Tyne and Wear
• Mauretania, Pride of the Tyne
• Westall's War

Record offices and archives

• Northumberland Archives
• Berwick upon Tweed Record Office
• Durham County Record Office
• Teesside Archives
• Newcastle University, special collections
• Durham University Archives and special collections
• Northumberland Fusiliers Museum
• The National Archives

Additional online catalogues and finding aids

• Discovery, National Archives - search over 1000 archives from the National Archives and around the country
• Archives Hub - search the catalogues of universities and colleges
• Seven Stories: The Centre for Children's Books

Local Studies libraries

• Gateshead Local History
• Newcastle Local Studies and family history
• North Tyneside local studies centre
• South Tyneside local studies collection
• Sunderland local history and heritage

Register offices

• Gateshead Register Office
• Newcastle Register Office
• North Tyneside Register Office
• South Tyneside Register Office
• Sunderland Registration Service

Local genealogy

• Freemen of Newcastle upon Tyne
• North East Inheritance - an online index to pre-1858 Durham and Northumberland wills
• Northumberland and Durham Family History Society
• North East War Memorials Project

Other useful genealogy sites

• GENUKI
• 1901 census - includes all census returns 1841-1911
• Ancestry UK
• Ancestry UK family tree resource
• Find my past
• FreeBMD - free civil registration index
• Family Search
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission
• Recollections of World War II
• Federation of Family History Societies
• Society of Genealogists
• Cyndi's List

Shipbuilding and maritime history

• Guildhall Library
• Lloyd's Regster - shipping information sheets
• Maritime history archive, Memorial University of Newfoundland - index of surviving records worldwide
• The National Archives Officers in the Merchant Navy records
• Passenger lists and card catalogue
• National Maritime Museum
• The Ships List
• Miramar Ship Index

Local interest

• Beamish, The North of England Open Air Museum
• Tyne Bridge Publishing
• English Heritage
• The Literary and Philosophical Society of Newcastle
• The North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers
• National Trust
• Newcastle Castle