I have used many books, e-books, magazines, CDs and other publications in my research. I intend to list some of the more interesting and useful material on this page. If you would like more information on any of these, then drop me a comment and I will get back to you.
Books:
| Title | Authors | Publisher | ISBN |
| A Time to Remember | Amble Social History Society | Hub Colour Print Ltd | |
| Tales of the Border Reivers | Beryl Holmes | Northern Heritage | 978-0-9555406-6-0 |
| In This Quiet Lane | J.H.Hardy | Glen Graphics | 1-900038-75-7 |
| Essential Maps for Family Historians | Charles Masters | Countryside Books | 978-1-84674-098-5 |
| Family Photographs and How to Date Them | Jayne Shrimpton | Countryside Books | 978-1-84674-099-2 |
| Drove Roads of Northumberland | Ian Roberts, Richard Carlton & Alan Rushworth | The History Press | 978-0-7524-4230-3 |
| Bedlingtonshire | Evan Martin | Tempus Publishing Ltd. | 0-7524-0784-8 |
| Memories of the Northumberland Coalfields | Neil Taylor | Countryside Books | 978-1-84674-100-5 |
| Northumberland Placenames – Goodwife Hot & Others | Godfrey Watson | Sandhill Press | 0-946098-38-7 |
| Who Do You Think You Are? | Dan Waddell | BBC Books | 0-563-52194-5 |
| Ashington and its Mining Community | Mike Kirkup | The History Press | 978-0-7524-3391-2 |
| Northumberland & Cumberland Mining Disasters | Maureen Anderson | Wharncliffe Books | 1-845630-81-5 |
| Pitmatic – The Talk of the North East Coalfield | Bill Griffiths | Northumbria University Press | 1-904794-25-4 |
| The Amble Branch | Bartle Rippon | Kestrel Railway Books | 978-1-905505-05-0 |
| Amble The Friendliest Port | Paul G. Morrison & Tony Rylance | Howe Brothers (Gateshead) Ltd. | |
| Portrait of Northumberland | Nancy Ridley | Robert Hale & Co. | 0-7091-1719-1 |
| A Northumbrian Remembers | Nancy Ridley | Robert Hale & Co. | 0-7091-1830-9 |
| R.A.F. Acklington | Elizabeth Stewart | Aln Printers | |
| A Time to Remember | The people of Amble and District | Amble Social History Group | |
| Images of England: Cullercoats | Ray Marshall | Tempus Publishing | 978-0-7524-4285-3 |
| Images of England: Tynemouth and Cullercoats | John Alexander | Tempus Publishing | 0-7524-1673-1 |
| Alnwick in old picture postcards | Marjorie and Philip Deakin | European Library | 90-288-2594-0 |
NDFHS Parish Register Series:
| Church | Compiled, indexed, transcribed by |
| Warkworth St. Laurence* | Barbara Wilkinson & Phil Thirkell |
| * Index St. Ebba, Beadnell | |
| * Index St. Mary, Lesbury | |
| * Index St. James, Shilbottle | |
| Kyloe | D. Mason & J.A. Readdie |
| Ovingham, St. Mary | D. Mason & J.A. Readdie |
| Widdrington Holy Trinity | |
| Newburn, St. Michael | D. Mason & J.A. Readdie |
| Hartburn, St. Andrew | P.R.G Thirkell |
| Branxton, St. Paul | J.S & M. Spence |
| Cornhill | J.S & M. Spence |
| Blyth Old Chapel | D. Mason |
| Berwick, St. Mary | P.R.G Thirkell |
| Bedlington, St. Cuthbert | J. Jewitt |
| Belford, St. Mary | J. E. Wright |
| Ford, St. Michael & All Angels | J.E. Wright & Mr. & Mrs. Spence |
| Berwick Holy Trinity | Jean Hanson Ed J.A. Readdie |
DVDs:
Historical material on DVD that has been useful in gaining a better understanding of my background.
| DVD | Distributor |
| The Way We Were – Bygone Days in North East England – Series 1, 2, 3 | Northern Heritage |
| The Reivers and the Making of the Borders | Northern Heritage |
| Tyneside Through The Ages | Northern Heritage |
| The Battle of the Somme | Pegasus |
| Remembering the Home Guard | Pegasus |
Digging up the ancients 