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| "The white rose county" - England's largest county and formerly divided into 3 Ridings, North, East and West, from the word "thriding", meaning "third".
  
[[Image:englandYorkshire.jpg|left|131px|thumb|Wikipedia Image; Yorkshire County Map]]
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It stretches from the coastal area of the North Sea to the Pennines and from the river Humber to the Tees.  
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'''Yorkshire'''
 
  
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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.
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|Home of the Yorkshire pudding, traditionally served separately at the start of the meal, and Black Sheep beer.
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The artist David Hockney was raised in Bradford. Captain Cook sailed from Whitby to discover the east coast of Australia.
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Yorkshire has seen many boundary changes over the years and there are several county, city and local metropolitan borough council organisations throughout the region.
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'''County town: ''' York
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'''Other major towns:''' Bradford, Sheffield, Leeds 
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'''[[Places_of_Worship:Yorkshire| Yorkshire Places of Worship]]'''
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'''[https://www.familytreeforum.com/forum/site-projects/regional-projects Regional Projects Forum]'''
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| [[Image:EnglandYorkshire.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Source: Wikipedia]]
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"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.
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==Resources==
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.
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Home of the Yorkshire pudding, traditionally served separately at the start of the meal, and Black Sheep beer.
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Artist David Hockney was raised in Bradford. Captain Cook sailed from Whitby to discover the east coast of Australia.
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'''Primary Reference'''
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: [http://www.yorkshirebmd.org.uk/ Yorkshire Births Marriages & Deaths]  
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*[http://www.eastriding.gov.uk/libraries/archives/archives.html  '''East Riding Record Office''']  
  
==Register Office Contact Details==
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*[http://www.archives.wyjs.org.uk/ '''West Yorkshire Archive Service''']
  
See Above
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*[http://www.northyorks.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=3134 '''North Yorkshire Archives''']
  
==Record Office Lookup Requests==
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*[http://www.york.gov.uk/leisure/Libraries/York_city_archive/ '''York Archives''']
  
Please read the [[Record Office Lookup - Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
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*[http://www.york.ac.uk/inst/bihr/ '''Borthwick Institute''']
  
By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as linked above.
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*[http://www.middlesbrough.gov.uk/ccm/navigation/leisure-and-culture/archives/ '''Teesside Archives''']
  
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*[http://www.redmire.net/lookup/nry.html North Riding of Yorkshire Look-up Exchange]
  
'''Record Office Lookup Contacts'''
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*[http://nettedup.co.uk/lookups/westriding/ Yorkshire-West Riding Look-up Exchange]
  
==Cemetery Lookup Requests==
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*[http://www.parishregisteruklook-upexchange.co.uk/parishregisterstz.htm Parish Register UK Look-up Exchange]
  
Please read the [[Cemetery Lookup -Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
 
  
By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as linked above
 
  
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'''Countywide Interest'''
  
'''Cemetery Lookup Contacts'''
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*[http://www.yorkshirecensus.co.uk/census_search.htm Yorkshire Census]
  
*Aldborough [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=1102 autumnfall]
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*[http://www.census-online.com/links/England/Yorkshire/ Online Census Records for Yorkshire]  
*Altofts Cemetery [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=9 Tom ]
 
*Baildon, St John [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=9 Tom ]
 
*Boroughbridge [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=1102 autumnfall]
 
*Driffield area [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=25 Janet in Yorkshire ('''Spring and Summer only''')]
 
*East Yorkshire [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=213 Jeanette in Yorkshire]
 
*Esholt, Parish Church [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=9 Tom ]
 
*Guiseley, St Oswalds [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=9 Tom ]
 
*Harthill [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=362 Vicky the Viking]
 
*Hull area [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=213 Jeannette in Yorkshire]
 
*Knaresborough [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=1102 autumnfall]
 
*Menston, Parish Church [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=9 Tom]
 
*Middlesborough [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=27 BoroBabs]
 
*North Anston, South Yorkshire [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=194 Lynn The Forest Fan]
 
*Pocklington area [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=25 Janet in Yorkshire ('''Spring and Summer only''')]
 
*South Anston, South Yorkshire [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=194 Lynn The Forest Fan]
 
*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]
 
  
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*[http://www.dalesgenealogy.com/ Dales Genealogy]
  
==Photo Offers==
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*[http://homepage.ntlworld.com/jeffery.knaggs/YD.html Death Notices in Yorkshire Newspapers]
  
Members that have offered to take photographs in particular areas. Please PM the member with your queries.
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*[http://www.yorkshirehistory.com/wagon Wolds Wagoners, East Yorks Ag Labs Who Used Their Skills as Drivers for The Army]
  
*Guiseley [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=9 Tom]
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*[http://www.yorkgen.com/index.htm Yorkgen]   
*Esholt [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=9 Tom]
 
*Baildon [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=9 Tom]
 
*Menston (all in West Yorkshire.) [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=9 Tom]
 
*East Yorkshire [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=172 Astro Lady] OR [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=584 SBPF Wendy]
 
*Middlesbrough [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=27 BoroBabs]
 
*Redcar [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=27 BoroBabs]
 
*Eston [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=27 BoroBabs]
 
*Normanby [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=27 BoroBabs]
 
*Stokesley [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=27 BoroBabs]
 
*Guisborough [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=27 BoroBabs]
 
  
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*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~engyks/ Yorkshire GenWeb Project]
  
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*[http://www.yorkshirehistory.com/index.htm Yorkshire History]
  
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*[http://www.yorkshireindexers.co.uk/forums/ Yorkshire Indexers]
  
==Links==
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*[http://www.ironstonemuseum.co.uk/ironstoneindustryc.htm North Yorkshire Ironstone Mining]
  
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*[http://www.york.ac.uk/borthwick Borthwick Institute, York, Parish Records for parts of East & North Yorks and also many pre 1857 wills for Northern Province]
  
'''General'''
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~uknortheast/index.html UK North East Website and Genealogical Mailing List]
  
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*[http://www.yorkshireparishregisters.com/ Yorkshire Archaeological Society Parish Register Section, Books, Microfiche & CD Roms]
  
*[http://www.familia.org.uk/services/england/east_riding.html  East Riding Library]  
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*[http://www.yorkshirebmd.org.uk/ Yorkshire BMD]
  
*[http://www.familia.org.uk/services/england/north_yorks.html  North Library]  
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*[http://www.hull.ac.uk/oldlib/archives/quaker/index.htm Yorkshire Quaker Heritage Project]
  
*[http://www.familia.org.uk/services/england/york.html  York Central Library]
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*[http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/YKSlist/yks.htm Yorkshire Surname List]
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*[http://www.yorkshireroots.org.uk/ Yorkshire Roots]  
  
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*[http://www.wakefieldfhs.org.uk/Altofts%20school%201875-1876.htm The West Riding Colliery School]
  
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*[http://www.herstoryuntold.org.uk/ Yorkshire Women's Lives 1100 to the Present]
  
'''OPC'''
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*[http://www.wilgilsland.co.uk/Kilnsea.htm Lost Villages of the Holderness Coast]
  
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*[http://www.yfaonline.com/yfapublic/ Yorkshire Film Archive Online]
  
  
'''Local History Society'''
 
  
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'''Specific Town and Village Interest'''
  
 
*[http://www.barnsleyfhs.co.uk/ Barnsley FHS]  
 
*[http://www.barnsleyfhs.co.uk/ Barnsley FHS]  
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*[http://www.cfhsweb.co.uk/  Calderdale FHS]   
 
*[http://www.cfhsweb.co.uk/  Calderdale FHS]   
  
*[http://www.doncasterfhs.co.uk/ Doncaster FHS]  
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*[http://www.doncasterfhs.co.uk/ Doncaster FHS]
  
*[http://www.eyfhs.org.uk/ East York FHS]  
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*[http://www.eyfhs.org.uk/ East Yorkshire FHS]  
  
 
*[http://www.hdfhs.org.uk/ Huddersfield & District FHS]  
 
*[http://www.hdfhs.org.uk/ Huddersfield & District FHS]  
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*[http://www.wdfhs.co.uk/  Wakefield FHS]
 
*[http://www.wdfhs.co.uk/  Wakefield FHS]
  
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~petyt/ackprt.htm Ackworth St Cuthbert Parish Register Transcriptions]
  
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*[http://aldbrough-st-john.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=19&Itemid=63 Aldbrough St John]
  
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*[http://www.oldbarnsley.co.uk/ Old Barnsley]
  
'''Archives'''
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*[http://www.barwickinelmethistoricalsociety.com/bhs.html Barwick-in-Elmet Historical Society]
  
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*[http://www.bishopwilton.info/ Bishop Wilton ]
  
*[http://www.archives.wyjs.org.uk/ West Yorkshire Record Office]
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*[http://www.bolsterstone.de/ Bolsterstone Genealogy Project]
  
*[http://www.eastriding.gov.uk/libraries/archives/archives.html  East Riding Record Office]  
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*[http://www.barfordheritage.org/wordpress/ Barford Community Website's Genealogy Pages]
  
*[http://www.northyorks.gov.uk/archives North Yorkshire Archives]
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*[http://www.brotherton.org.uk/ Brotherton]
  
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers/CountyYorkshire_(A-D).htm#PageTitle IGI Yorkshire A-D]
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*[http://bubwith.net/ Bubwith]  
  
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers/CountyYorkshire_(E-H).htm#PageTitle IGI Yorkshire E-H]
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*[http://burghwallis.com/pdf/Burghwallis%20%20&%20Bentley%20Full%20&%20Maps.pdf Burghwallis and Bentley]  
  
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers/CountyYorkshire_(I-L).htm#PageTitle IGI Yorkshire I-L]
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*[http://www.calderdale.gov.uk/wtw/ From Weaver To Web - Calderdale]  
  
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers/CountyYorkshire_(M-P).htm#PageTitle IGI Yorkshire M-P]
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*[http://www.calverley.info/cal_home.htm Calverley - Parish Records]
  
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers/CountyYorkshire_(Q-S).htm#PageTitle IGI Yorkshire Q-S]
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*[http://www.cononley.com/ Cononley Local History]
  
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers/CountyYorkshire_(T-Z).htm#PageTitle IGI Yorkshire T-Z]
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*[http://www.moon-rakers.co.uk/index.html Cowling Moonrakers]
  
*[http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/1274wakefield-courtrolls.html Court Rolls of the Manor of Wakefield 1274-1294]
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*[http://www.cowlingweb.co.uk/ Cowling web]  
  
*[http://www.yorkfamilyhistory.org.uk/assizes.htm An index to records held of prisoners brought to trial at York Assizes 1785 - 1851]  
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*[http://www.glenlodge.me.uk/crakehallindex.html Crakehall]
  
*[http://www.iadb.co.uk/bridgemasters/bridgetext.htm York Bridgemasters' Accounts]
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*[http://www.cpgw.org.uk/index.cfm Craven's Part in the Great War]
  
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*[http://johndoxey.100freemb.com/Dalton/ Dalton]
  
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*[http://www.nowthen.org/mainpages/search.php Dewsbury Now and Then]
  
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*[http://www.driffield.co.uk/index.htm Driffield]
  
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*[http://www.driffield.org.uk/index-2.html Driffield and Wolds Genealogy]
  
'''Family and Social History'''
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*[http://www.earbylocalhistorysociety.co.uk/ Earby and District Local History Society]
  
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*[http://www.yorkfamilyhistory.org.uk/easingwoldmis.htm Easingwold Monuments - Monumetal Inscriptions Easingwold Church 1911]
  
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*[http://www.btinternet.com/~susanebutler/east_main.html Eastrington Village]
  
*[http://www.institutions.org.uk/workhouses/england/yorks/Yorkshire.htm Yorkshire Workhouses]
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*[http://www.theyorks.org.uk/enderbyvillage%201.htm Enderby Village - Births, Baptisms and Marriages]  
  
*[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://www.pancrack.tv/subject.html Eston]  
  
*[http://homepage.ntlworld.com/jeffery.knaggs/YD.html Death Notices in Yorkshire Newspapers]
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*[http://www.one2one-development.com/fitzwilliamarchive/ Fitzwilliam Archive Project]
  
*[http://www.calderdale.gov.uk/wtw/ From Weaver To Web - Calderdale]  
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*[http://www.systemf.demon.co.uk/gargrave/timespast.htm Gargrave in Past Times]
  
*[http://www.ironstonemuseum.co.uk/ironstoneindustryc.htm North Yorkshire Ironstone mining]
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*[http://www.gawberchurch.com/frame_parts/records_main_centre_frame.html Gawber Parish Records]
  
*[http://www.wakefieldfhs.org.uk/Altofts%20school%201875-1876.htm The West Riding Colliery School]
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*[http://www.apl385.com/gilling/history/gilling.htm History of Gilling]  
  
*[http://johndoxey.100freemb.com/Silverwood/ Silverwood Colliery]
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*[http://www.gisburn.org.uk/ Gisburn Village and St Mary the Virgin burial records]  
  
*[http://www.herstoryuntold.org.uk/ Yorkshire Women's Lives 1100 to the Present]
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*[http://www.johnpall.co.uk/indexfiles/golcar.htm Golcar, Some Parish Records and Burials]
  
*[http://www.hull.ac.uk/oldlib/archives/quaker/index.htm Yorkshire Quaker Heritage Project]
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*[http://www.goole-on-the-web.org.uk/main.php?key=1 Goole on the Web]
  
*[http://www.yorkshirehistory.com/wagon/index1.htm Wolds Wagoners, East Yorks ag labs who used their skills as drivers for the army]
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*[http://www.maurich.co.uk/familyhistory/grinton.htm Grinton Parish Church - some Parish Records]
  
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*[http://www.gunnerside.info/ Gunnerside]
  
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*[http://www.mountzionhalifax.org.uk/ Halifax -Mount Zion Chapel]
  
'''Maps and Photographs'''
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*[http://www.calverley.info/hampsthwaite.htm Hampsthwaite]
  
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*[http://harrogatepeopleandplaces.info/ Harrogate People and Places]
  
*[http://www.picturesheffield.com/ Pictures of  Sheffield]
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ljuk/index.html Harrogate and Knaresborough Monumental Inscriptions]
  
*[http://www.imagineyork.co.uk/ Imagine York, a collection of old photographs of York]
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*[http://www.haworth-village.org.uk/history/history.asp Haworth Village]
  
*[http://www.leodis.net/ Leodis A photographic archive of Leeds]  
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*[http://www.honley.ukf.net/burialbook.htm Honley Cemetery Burial Book 1857-1935]
  
*[http://prismdata.hullcc.gov.uk/main.php Old photographs of Hull]
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*[http://www.riverhumber.com/ Brief history of Hull, Its Museums and Docks]  
  
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*[http://www.hullwebs.co.uk/index.htm Hullwebs History of Hull]
  
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*[http://www.dixon115.freeserve.co.uk/eastriding.htm Hull Boundries, Churches and Parishes and a History of Sculcoates]
  
'''Countywide Interest'''
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*[http://www.anlabyroad.com/menupage.html Hull - The History of Anlaby Road]
  
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*[http://www.hunmanby.com/ Hunmanby]
  
*[http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/YKSlist/yks.htm Yorkshire Surname List]  
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*[http://www.haxby-york.co.uk/index.html?http://www.haxby-york.co.uk/web/historysection.html Haxby - History Section]
  
*[http://www.census-online.com/links/England/Yorkshire/ Online Census Records for Yorkshire]  
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*[http://www.kellington.net/page%202.htm Kellington]
  
*[http://www.yorkshireindexers.co.uk/forums/ Yorkshire Indexers]  
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~pbtyc/Den/Kilnwick/Index.html All Saint's Church Parish Records, Kilnwick in the Wolds]
  
*[http://www.yorkshireroots.org.uk/ Yorkshire Roots]
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*[http://www.kirkbymalham.info/index.html Kirkby Malham]
 
*[http://www.middlesbrough.gov.uk/ccm/navigation/leisure-and-culture/archives/ Teesside Archives]  
 
  
*[http://www.york.ac.uk/borthwick Borthwick Institute, York, Parish Records for parts of East & North Yorks and also many pre 1857 wills for Northern Province]
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*[http://www.kirbymisperton.org.uk/ Kirkby Misperton History]
  
*[http://homepage.ntlworld.com/jeffery.knaggs/YD.html Death Notices in Yorkshire Newspapers, 1901 onwards]
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*[http://www.19141918.info Kirkheaton Online Parish Clerk]
  
*[http://www.yorkshireparishregisters.com/ Yorkshire Archaeological Society Parish Register Section, Books, Microfiche & CD Roms]  
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*[http://www.knaresborough.co.uk/history/default.asp Knaresborough Online]
  
*[http://www..btinternet.com/~jansfamily/1868.htm The 1868 Leeds Poll Book]
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*[http://www.knottingley.org/history/local_history.htm Knottingley and Ferrybridge]
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*[http://www.langcliffe.net/ Langcliffe in Craven]
  
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*[http://www.bigenealogy.com/leeds/index.htm Leeds Parish Registers 1612-1639]
  
'''Specific Town-Village Interest'''
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*[http://www.btinternet.com/~jansfamily/1868.htm The 1868 Leeds Poll Book]
  
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*[http://www.kirkbymalham.info/index.html Malhamdale Local History Pages]
  
*[http://www.bishopwilton.info/ Bishop Wilton ]
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*[http://www.blaven.eclipse.co.uk/church/history.html St Marys Church, Little Driffield]
  
*[http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~kroberts/barford/html/genealogy.html Bradford Community Website's Genealogy pages]
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*[http://www.marsdenhistory.co.uk/ Marsden History Group]
  
*[http://www.calverley.info/cal_home.htm Calverley Info, The parish church section holds records from the parish churches (Anglican, Church of England) The non-conformist sections holds records for all other denominations]
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*[http://www.mirfieldinpictures.net/ Mirfield in Pictures]
  
*[http://www.moon-rakers.co.uk/index.html Cowling Moonrakers]
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*[http://www.morleyarchives.ik.com/p_homepage2.ikml Morley Community Archives]
  
*[http://www.driffield.co.uk/index.htm Driffield - Capital of the Wolds]  
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*[http://www.newton-le-willows.com/index.php?option=com_frontpage Newton-le-Willows and surrounding Villages]
  
*[http://www.yorkfamilyhistory.org.uk/easingwoldmis.htm Easingwold Monuments - MIs from Easingwold church as recorded in 1911]
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~pbtyc/Den/Normanby/Index.html St Andrew's Church, Normanby, Parish Registers]
  
*[http://www.pancrack.tv/subject.html Eston area - background information]  
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*[http://www.joskingston.org/LDEN/LDENCONTENTS.html Life and Death in Elizabethan Norton]
  
*[http://www.johnpall.co.uk/indexfiles/golcar.htm Golcar, Some Parish Records and Burials]
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*[http://threevillages.co.uk/ Three Villages - Old Byland, Rievaulx and Scawton]
  
*[http://www.mountzionhalifax.org.uk/ Halifax Cemetery]
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*[http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~bentleygt/pannal/ Pannal Village History]
  
*[http://website.lineone.net/~gburhouse/book.htm Honley Cemetery Transriptions 1857-1935]
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*[http://www.pocklingtonhistory.com/index.php Pocklington History]
  
*[http://www.riverhumber.com/ Brief history of Hull, its museums and docks]  
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*[http://johndoxey.100freemb.com/Ravenfield/ Ravenfield Village]
  
*[http://www.hullcc.gov.uk/pls/portal/...TRAWLERMEN.PDF Hulls Lost Trawlermen (a PDF file)]
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*[http://www.rotherhamweb.co.uk/genealogy/index.htm Rotherham Web]
  
*[http://www.haxby-york.co.uk/index.html?http://www.haxby-york.co.uk/web/historysection.html Haxby-Yorks History Section]
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*[http://www.judandk.force9.co.uk/ Peace Please! Rotherham ]
  
*[http://www.knottingley.org/history/local_history.htm Knottingley and Ferrybridge- Its History & Origins]
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*[http://www.driffield.co.uk/wolds_village_rudston.htm Rudston Village Website]
  
*[http://www.pocklingtonhistory.com/index.php Pocklington History]
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~pbtyc/Den/Salton_and_Brawby/Index.html Transcript of St John's Church, Salton and Brawby]
  
*[http://www.sheff-indexers.thewholeshebang.org Sheffield Indexers and surrounding areas in South Yorkshire]  
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~engsheffield/#sg Sheffield Genealogy]
  
 
*[http://www.gencem.org/ Sheffield General Cemetery]
 
*[http://www.gencem.org/ Sheffield General Cemetery]
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*[http://www.sheffieldhistory.co.uk/forums/index.php Sheffield History Forum]
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*[http://history.youle.info/ Sheffield History Material]
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*[http://www.sheffieldindexers.com/ Sheffield Indexers]
  
 
*[http://www.picturesheffield.com/ Sheffield in Pictures]
 
*[http://www.picturesheffield.com/ Sheffield in Pictures]
  
*[http://history.staveley.org.uk/index.htm Staveley Historical Society North Yorkshire Web Resource Pages & Archive]  
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*[http://johndoxey.100freemb.com/Silverwood/ Silverwood Colliery]
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*[http://www.eccles2000.karoo.net/skidby/index.htm Skidby]
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*[http://www.skiptonweb.co.uk/history/index.asp Skipton Local History]
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*[http://www.stillingtoncommunityarchive.org/  Stillington Community Archive]
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*[http://johndoxey.100freemb.com/ Thrybergh]
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*[http://www.rotherhamunofficial.co.uk/villages/thrybergh.html Thrybergh and Dalton Heritage Group]
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*[http://www.thurcroftweb.co.uk/index.htm Thurcroft]
  
 
*[http://www.treetonweb.co.uk/index.htm Treeton]
 
*[http://www.treetonweb.co.uk/index.htm Treeton]
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*[http://www.ulleyweb.co.uk/genealogy.htm Ulley Web]
  
 
*[http://welcometowakefield.org.uk/ Wakefield]
 
*[http://welcometowakefield.org.uk/ Wakefield]
  
*[http://www.wakefield.gov.uk/CommunityAndLiving/CemeteriesAndCrematoria/GenealogySearches/OnlineSearch/default.htm Burials in the Wakefield area]  
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*[http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/1274wakefield-courtrolls.html Court Rolls of the Manor of Wakefield 1274-1294]
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*[http://www.wakefield.gov.uk/CommunityAndLiving/CemeteriesAndCrematoria/GenealogySearches/OnlineSearch/default.htm Wakefield Area Burials and Cremations]  
  
*[http://www.twixtaireandcalder.org.uk/default.htm 'Twixt Aire and Calder, Wakefield District in words and pictures]
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*[http://www.wakefieldfhs.org.uk/ Wakefield Family History Sharing]  
  
*[http://www.geocities.com/beaulands/censu/framepage1.html Transcripts of Wensleydale Censuses]  
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*[http://www.twixtaireandcalder.org.uk/default.htm  Wakefield - 'Twixt Aire and Calder]
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*[http://www.wentworthvillage.net/history.shtml Wentworth Village History]
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*[http://west_scrafton.idnet.com// West Scrafton in Coverdale]
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*[http://wharfegen.org.uk/ Wharfedale and Craven Genealogical Study]
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*[http://www.whashton.net/ Whashton, Kirby Hill and Ravendale Census Data and Photographs]
  
 
*[http://www.whitbyarchives.org.uk/index.asp Whitby Archives Heritage Centre]
 
*[http://www.whitbyarchives.org.uk/index.asp Whitby Archives Heritage Centre]
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*[http://www.whistonweb.co.uk/gen/index.htm Whiston Web]
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*[http://www.wickersleyweb.co.uk/hist/index.htm Wickersley Web]
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*[http://www.wigglesworthvillage.co.uk/index.htm Wigglesworth Village]
  
 
*[http://www.yorkfamilyhistory.org.uk/assizes.htm York Assizes 1785-1851]
 
*[http://www.yorkfamilyhistory.org.uk/assizes.htm York Assizes 1785-1851]
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*[http://www.yorkarchaeology.co.uk/bridgemasters/ York Bridgemasters' Accounts]
  
 
*[http://www.yorkcemeterygenealogy.co.uk/ York Cemetery]
 
*[http://www.yorkcemeterygenealogy.co.uk/ York Cemetery]
  
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*[http://www.historyofyork.co.uk/home History of York]
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*[http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/history/res_rec/research/researchcentres/parishnetwork/sources/webb_1546.doc Churchwardens’ accounts for St Michael Spurriergate in York for the year 1546 .PDF]
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'''Maps and Photographs'''
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*[http://www.oldukphotos.com/yorkshire-hull.htm Old Photographs of Hull]
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*[http://www.leodis.net/ Leodis A Photographic Archive of Leeds]
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*[http://www.daelnet.co.uk/local/history/oldsettle/index.htm Gallery of Old Settle]
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*[http://www.picturesheffield.com/ Pictures of Sheffield]
  
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*[http://www.rowleycollection.co.uk/index.asp Historic Photographs of Skipton]
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*[http://www.imagineyork.co.uk/ Imagine York]
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*[http://www2.northyorks.gov.uk/unnetie/ 19th & 20th Century Photos of North Yorkshire]
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==Places of Interest==
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Captain Cook and Staithes Heritage Centre <br>
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High St <br>
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Staithes <br>
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TS13 5BQ<br>
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Tel: 01947 841454 <br><br>
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*[http://www.captaincookatstaithes.co.uk/ Captain Cook and Staithes Heritage Centre] <br>
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Although primarily a museum dedicated  to Captain Cook, they also hold a large number of local family history information, including individual family research.
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==Requests for Research and Photographs in this area==
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Please read the [http://www.familytreeforum.com/wiki/index.php/Category:Research_Offers Terms and Conditions] before requesting a lookup.<br>
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A list of members who have volunteered to do Research lookups or take photographs can be found in the [http://www.familytreeforum.com/research-offers/ Research Offers forum]  or on the following pages in the Wiki:<br>
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*[[Research Offers: Cemetery]]
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*[[Research Offers: Photograph]]
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*[[Research Offers: Probate]]
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*[[Research Offers: Record Office/Archive]]
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If any member wishes to offer to do lookups or take photographs in a particular location,  please leave a message on our  [http://www.familytreeforum.com/research-offers/73000-volunteers-needed-records-office-cemetery-lookups-photos.html Volunteers Needed thread].
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"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.

The 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.


County town: York

Other major towns: Bradford, Sheffield, Leeds


Yorkshire Places of Worship


Regional Projects Forum

Source: Wikipedia

Resources

Primary Reference


Countywide Interest


Specific Town and Village Interest


Maps and Photographs

Places of Interest

Captain Cook and Staithes Heritage Centre
High St
Staithes
TS13 5BQ
Tel: 01947 841454

Although primarily a museum dedicated to Captain Cook, they also hold a large number of local family history information, including individual family research.


Requests for Research and Photographs in this area

Please read the Terms and Conditions before requesting a lookup.

A list of members who have volunteered to do Research lookups or take photographs can be found in the Research Offers forum or on the following pages in the Wiki:

If any member wishes to offer to do lookups or take photographs in a particular location, please leave a message on our Volunteers Needed thread.



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