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Transactions of the Tyneside Natural History Society, which 

 continues the Transactions of the Tyneside Naturalists' 

 Field Club. 



Richardson, Borderers' Table Book. 



Heslop, Northumberland Words. 



Much materials will also be obtained from the following 

 public or semi-public documents :— 



The Parish Registers of Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials. 

 Monumental Inscriptions. 

 Churchwardens' books. 



Registers of the Estates of Roman Catholics >> (Preserved at 

 Sessions Records I the Moot Hall, 



Commons Enclosure Awards and Plans J Newcastle). 



Tithe Commutation Awards and Plans. 

 The Woodman Collection >v (with the Newcastle Society 

 The Brumell Collection ) of Antiquaries). 



The wills preserved in the Probate Registry at Durham, 

 the charters and documents in the Cathedral Treasury, and 

 the court rolls of various manors are of the utmost value, 

 but are only accessible under special conditions. 



The rich stores of documents at the Public Record Office 

 in London are described by Scargill-Bird in his Index to the 

 Records, which with Bond's Handy Book Jor Verijying Dates, 

 Marshall's Genealogists Guide, and Rye's Record Searching 

 will be found to be of the greatest assistance. 



Enquirers will find much to reward a search among the 

 great wealth of manuscripts accumulated at the British 

 Museum, to which Sims' Handbook to the Library of the 

 British Museum is the best guide. The principal published 

 catalogue of MSS. in that repository are those of the Cotton, 

 Harleian, Lansdowne, and Additional MSS., and the printed 

 Index oj Charters. Class catalogues are to be found upon 

 the shelves of the MSS. room in the Museum. But time 

 and skill in reading manuscript are required if investigation 

 is to be profitable. 



