Whitfield, StJohn/Holy Trinity: Records of baptisms 1611-1959,
marriages
1605-1980 and burials 1611-1959, 1981 are available at
Northumberland Collections
Service.
Bishops' Transcripts for the period 1760-1876 are deposited at Durham
University Library Archives and Special Collections, Palace Green, Durham
City. The International Genealogical Index (I.G.I.) includes baptisms 1612-1875
(with gaps) and marriages 1606-1877 for this parish, and Boyd's Marriage Index
includes marriages 1606-1812 and banns 1754-1812. Transcripts of baptisms
1611-1812, marriages 160(?)-1812 and burials 1611-1812 are available in the
Local Studies Departments of
Newcastle Central Library and
Gateshead Central
Library. A transcript
of monumental inscriptions at Whitfield (microfiche TN79) is published by
Northumberland and
Durham Family History Society and these records are also available in book
form at Newcastle Central Library, Local Studies Department.