North East Inheritance database (pre-1858 Durham Probate Records)
Restricted access to collections 2012-2013 Due to continuing building work at Palace Green, access to our collections will be very restricted from 24 August 2012 until 2014. We can only provide access to our collections for researchers by appointment, made at least two weeks in advance during this period. To use the collections held at Palace Green Library and 5 The College please ensure that you contact us beforehand on 0191 3342972 or pg.library@durham.ac.uk in order that we can confirm that the material will be available when you require it. The exhibitions at Palace Green will remain open as advertised.
How to contact us
If you want to order photocopies of probate documents, please see the copying page. If visiting Palace Green Library to view probate records, first have a look at our visiting page. For any other enquiries, you can contact us on the details below.
Our full range of special collections and services is detailed on our main website.
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Durham University Library Palace Green DURHAM DH1 3RN |
Technical data recording information
For detailed information on the standards and conventions used when
entering data for the Durham Probate Records, see our separate
technical paper (PDF format
, not yet available).
Mistakes and corrections...
Having catalogued 145,014 documents relating to 78,479 deceased persons, we are sure that there will be some mistakes in the data. We will be relying on you to help us find many of these mistakes, and may be able to provide a mechanism for submitting your corrections online in due course. Meanwhile, if you do spot errors in any of the records, please let us know: we will need a note of at least one of the document reference numbers concerned to locate the problem record.
Personal data collected
The online probate database collects no information from you, except for your computer's IP address when you carry out searches. This is recorded so that you can revisit (or refine) your previous searches, and so that we can assess the usage levels for the database and determine which search facilities are proving most useful.
Note that, although the details of your search results are only kept for a limited period (as outlined on the previous searches page), the basic record of searches is retained longer term, so that we can analyse usage of the site. This basic search record does not allow us to track exactly what you have searched for, only the fields and buttons that you have used in your searches.
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