"To advance, collect and make known the history of Whickham"
The major collections of information relating to Whickham are: the Local Studies Collection at Gateshead Central Library. Click here to search the Gateshead Libraries catalogue for books relating to Whickham. Some photographs and a timeline of Whickham history are available on their web site. There is a small, but very useful, collection of books relating to Whickham history in Whickham Library (note, most are reference only).
Tyne and Wear Archives for primary sources, such as parish registers, company documents, personal correspondence.
Durham Record Office - very useful for Diocesan records, personal and business correspondence of key families such as the Bowes and Claverings. They have the excellent facility of a searchable Internet catalogue of all their archives, so you can see what they have before you visit - if only other Archive offices could follow their example!
Local History Magazine provides a guide to starting local history research as well as the Local History Directory for details of other local history societies.
North East England History Pages
Tomorrow's History - a major initiative to place maps, photos, community projects and other historical information on the Web.
Legacies - BBC local history website
Northumberland & Durham Family History Society - a wealth of information comprising of family histories, pedigrees, monumental inscriptions, microfiche, microfilms, marriage indexes and much more.
GENUKI - UK & Ireland Genealogy web resource has information about Whickham records.
Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-day Saints Familysearch - information on starting family history research and a searchable database of parish register records
Familyrecords.gov.uk - this site aims to help you find
the government records and other sources you need for your family history
research.
1901 Census - were your family living in Whickham in 1901?
Commonwealth War Graves Commission - you can search for information about British and Commonwealth ancestors who died in the two World Wars on this excellent site.
14theweb - information about schools, services, churches and events.
Google - search the Web for information about Whickham
Swalwell information
If you are researching the history of our neighbouring village of Swalwell, check out these excellent web sites:
Swalwell.net