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*Wales [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=362 Vicky the Viking] | *Wales [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=362 Vicky the Viking] | ||
*Between Hull and Goole [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=172 Astro Lady] | *Between Hull and Goole [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=172 Astro Lady] | ||
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*[http://www.familia.org.uk/services/england/york.html York Central Library] | *[http://www.familia.org.uk/services/england/york.html York Central Library] | ||
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*[http://www.archives.wyjs.org.uk/ West Yorkshire Record Office] | *[http://www.archives.wyjs.org.uk/ West Yorkshire Record Office] | ||
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*[http://www.institutions.org.uk/workhouses/england/yorks/Yorkshire.htm Yorkshire Workhouses] | *[http://www.institutions.org.uk/workhouses/england/yorks/Yorkshire.htm Yorkshire Workhouses] | ||
*[http://www.familytreediscovery.net/edith/ Memories of growing up in Hull in Yorkshire, pre and post WWI up until WWII.] | *[http://www.familytreediscovery.net/edith/ Memories of growing up in Hull in Yorkshire, pre and post WWI up until WWII.] | ||
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*[http://homepage.ntlworld.com/jeffery.knaggs/YD.html Death Notices in Yorkshire Newspapers] | *[http://homepage.ntlworld.com/jeffery.knaggs/YD.html Death Notices in Yorkshire Newspapers] | ||
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*[http://www.yorkshirehistory.com/wagon/index1.htm Wolds Wagoners] The East Yorks ag labs who used their skills as drivers for the army. | *[http://www.yorkshirehistory.com/wagon/index1.htm Wolds Wagoners] The East Yorks ag labs who used their skills as drivers for the army. | ||
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*[http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/YKSlist/yks.htm Yorkshire Surname List] | *[http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/YKSlist/yks.htm Yorkshire Surname List] | ||
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*[http://www.pancrack.tv/subject.html Eston area - background information] | *[http://www.pancrack.tv/subject.html Eston area - background information] | ||
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*[http://www.mountzionhalifax.org.uk/ Halifax Cemetery] | *[http://www.mountzionhalifax.org.uk/ Halifax Cemetery] | ||
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*[http://www.pocklingtonhistory.com/index.php Pocklington History] | *[http://www.pocklingtonhistory.com/index.php Pocklington History] | ||
| − | *[http://www.sheff-indexers.thewholeshebang.org Sheffield Indexers | + | *[http://www.sheff-indexers.thewholeshebang.org Sheffield Indexers and surrounding areas in South Yorkshire] |
*[http://www.gencem.org/ Sheffield General Cemetery] | *[http://www.gencem.org/ Sheffield General Cemetery] | ||
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*[http://welcometowakefield.org.uk/ Wakefield] | *[http://welcometowakefield.org.uk/ Wakefield] | ||
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| − | *[http://www.twixtaireandcalder.org.uk/default.htm 'Twixt Aire and | + | *[http://www.twixtaireandcalder.org.uk/default.htm 'Twixt Aire and Calder, Wakefield District in words and pictures] |
*[http://www.geocities.com/beaulands/censu/framepage1.html Transcripts of Wensleydale Censuses] | *[http://www.geocities.com/beaulands/censu/framepage1.html Transcripts of Wensleydale Censuses] | ||
Revision as of 21:12, 11 September 2007
Contents
Yorkshire
County town North Riding -
County town East Riding -
County town West Riding -
"The white rose county" - England's largest county and formerly divided into 3 Ridings, North, East and West, from the word "thriding", meaning "third". It stretches from the coastal area of the North Sea to the Pennines and from the river Humber to the Tees. Fishing and farming are the traditional trades of the east, with iron mining in the north, and coal mining and the textile industries to the west of the county. Home of the Yorkshire pudding, traditionally served separately at the start of the meal, and Black Sheep beer. Artist David Hockney was raised in Bradford. Captain Cook sailed from Whitby to discover the east coast of Australia. 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 Lookup Requests
Please read the Terms and Conditions before requesting a lookup.
By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as linked above.
Record Office Lookup Contacts
Cemetery Lookup Requests
Please read the Terms and Conditions before requesting a lookup.
By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as linked above
Cemetery Lookup Contacts
- Aldborough autumnfall
- Altofts Cemetery Tom
- Baildon, St John Tom
- Boroughbridge autumnfall
- Driffield area Janet in Yorkshire (Spring and Summer only)
- East Yorkshire Jeanette in Yorkshire
- Esholt, Parish Church Tom
- Guiseley, St Oswalds Tom
- Harthill Vicky the Viking
- Hull area Jeannette in Yorkshire
- Knaresborough autumnfall
- Menston, Parish Church Tom
- Middlesborough BoroBabs
- North Anston, South Yorkshire Lynn The Forest Fan
- Pocklington area Janet in Yorkshire (Spring and Summer only)
- South Anston, South Yorkshire Lynn The Forest Fan
- Wales Vicky the Viking
- Between Hull and Goole Astro Lady
Links
General
OPC
Local History Society
Archives
Family and Social History
- Wolds Wagoners The East Yorks ag labs who used their skills as drivers for the army.
Maps and Photographs
- Imagine York A collection of old photographs of York
Countywide Interest
- Middlesbrough Council: Teesside Archives Teesside Archives is responsible for collecting and preserving archival material from official and private sources in the areas served by the councils of Middlesbrough, Redcar & Cleveland, Stockton and Hartlepool.
- The Sheffield Indexers - Sheffield 1841 Census Records, Baptisms, Marriages, Burials - Indexed and Transcribed Records, Extensive Popular Sheffield Genealogy Links
- Borthwick Institute, York Parish Records for parts of East & North Yorks and also many pre 1857 wills for Northern Province.
- Death Notices in Yorkshire Newspapers 1901 onwards.
- Yorkshire Archaeological Society Parish Register Section Books Microfiche & CD Roms
- The 1868 Leeds Poll Book . Covers Leeds, Armley, Beeston, Bramley, Burley, Chapel Allerton, Farnley, Headingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Kirkstall, Potternewton, and Wortley.
Specific Town/Village Interest
- Calverley Info The parish church section holds records from the parish churches (Anglican, Church of England) for Idle, Pudsey, Farsley, Stanningley and Calverley. The non-conformist sections holds records for all other denominations (Baptist, Methodist, etc).
- Hulls Lost Trawlermen a PDF file
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