Death, birth, marriage, and divorce announcement indexes
Download the indexes below to find publication dates for announcements of deaths, births, marriages and marriage licenses, and divorces in Durham. All items listed can be found on microfilm in the Main Library.
Obituaries Index, 1848-1927 (Excel File)
Births, Marriages, and Divorce Index, 1800s-1911 (Excel File)
Newspaper titles are abbreviated as listed:
| DDG | Durham Daily Globe |
| DTP | Durham Tobacco Plant |
| DMHM* | Durham Herald |
| DWGM* | Durham Weekly Globe |
| DWR | Durham Recorder |
| H | The Durham Morning Herald |
| HWR | Hillsborough Recorder |
| S | The Durham Sun; The Durham Daily Sun |
| TCEM* | The Christian Educator |
| TDGM* | The Durham Globe |
| TLRM* | Trinity League Record |
* Title available on the Miscellaneous Newspapers microfilm reel.
Vital records (births, deaths, marriage licenses, divorces) from 1913 to the present are held by the Durham County Register of Deeds. Divorce records are held by the Clerk of Superior Court in Durham. Some indexes and historical records have been digitized by Ancestry.com (available at Durham County Library locations) and FamilySearch.org, which requires a free account.