Yorkshire

Whitby - the source of inspiration for Dracula submitted by Tracy-Sweetgenes!

Yorkshire has seen many boundary changes over the years and there are several county, city and local metropolitan borough council organisations throughout the region.

A full list of register offices, searchable bmd database and links to the major Yorkshire Genealogy Sites can be accessed through: Yorkshire Births Marriages & Deaths

Register Office Contact Details

See Above

Record Office and Cemetery Lookup Contacts

None listed

Links

Yorkshire Libraries

• West Yorkshire Record Office

• East Riding Record Office

• North Yorkshire Archives

Family History Societies

• Barnsley FHS

• Bradford FHS

• Calderdale FHS

• Doncaster FHS

• East York FHS

• Huddersfield & District FHS

• Morley FHS

• Pontefract FHS

• Rotherham FHS

• Sheffield FHS

• Wakefield FHS

Libraries

• East Riding Library

• North Library

• York Central Library

General Countywide

• Yorkshire Surname List

• Online Census Records for Yorkshire

• Yorkshire Indexers

• Yorkshire Roots

• Yorkshire Workhouses

• Town and Village Maps

Specific Areas

• Leodis - a photographic archive of Leeds

• The 1868 Leeds Poll Book . Covers Leeds, Armley, Beeston, Bramley, Burley, Chapel Allerton, Farnley, Headingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Kirkstall, Potternewton, and Wortley.

• From Weaver To Web

• Driffield - capital of the Wolds

• Wolds Wagoners The East Yorks ag labs who used their skills as drivers for the army.

• Memories of growing up in Hull in Yorkshire, pre and post WWI up until WWII.

• Old photographs of Hull

• history of Hull, it’s museums, and docks

• Transcripts of Wensleydale Censuses

• North Yorkshire Ironstone mining

• Eston area - background information

• Sheffield Indexers Sheffield and surrounding areas in South Yorkshire.

• Burials in the Wakefield area.

• Borthwick Institute, York Parish Records for parts of East & North Yorks and also many pre 1857 wills for Northern Province.