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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".
  
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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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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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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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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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==Register Office Contact Details==
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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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See Above
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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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==Record Office and Cemetery Lookup Contacts==
 
  
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None listed
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'''County town: ''' York
  
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==Links==
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'''Other major towns:''' Bradford, Sheffield, Leeds 
  
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=====Yorkshire Libraries=====
 
  
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*[http://www.archives.wyjs.org.uk/ West Yorkshire Record Office  ]
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'''[[Places_of_Worship:Yorkshire| Yorkshire Places of Worship]]'''
  
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*[http://www.eastriding.gov.uk/libraries/archives/archives.html  East Riding Record Office  ]
 
  
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*[http://www.northyorks.gov.uk/archives North Yorkshire Archives]  
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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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=====Family History Societies=====
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==Resources==
  
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*[http://www.barnsleyfhs.co.uk/ Barnsley FHS  ]
 
  
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*[http://www.bradfordfhs.org.uk/  Bradford FHS  ] 
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'''Primary Reference'''
  
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*[http://www.cfhsweb.co.uk/  Calderdale FHS  ]
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*[http://www.eastriding.gov.uk/libraries/archives/archives.html '''East Riding Record Office''']  
  
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*[http://www.doncasterfhs.co.uk/ Doncaster FHS  ]  
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*[http://www.archives.wyjs.org.uk/ '''West Yorkshire Archive Service''']
  
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*[http://www.eyfhs.org.uk/ East York FHS  ]  
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*[http://www.northyorks.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=3134 '''North Yorkshire Archives''']
  
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*[http://www.hdfhs.org.uk/ Huddersfield & District FHS  ]  
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*[http://www.york.gov.uk/leisure/Libraries/York_city_archive/ '''York Archives''']
  
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*[http://wakefieldfhs.org.uk/morleyfhg/ Morley FHS  ]  
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*[http://www.york.ac.uk/inst/bihr/ '''Borthwick Institute''']
  
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*[http://www.pontefractfhs.org.uk/ Pontefract FHS  ]  
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*[http://www.middlesbrough.gov.uk/ccm/navigation/leisure-and-culture/archives/ '''Teesside Archives''']  
  
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*[http://www.rotherhamfhs.co.uk/  Rotherham FHS  ]  
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*[http://www.redmire.net/lookup/nry.html North Riding of Yorkshire Look-up Exchange]
  
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*[http://www.sheffieldfhs.org.uk/ Sheffield FHS  ]  
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*[http://nettedup.co.uk/lookups/westriding/ Yorkshire-West Riding Look-up Exchange]
  
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*[http://www.wdfhs.co.uk/ Wakefield FHS  ]  
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*[http://www.parishregisteruklook-upexchange.co.uk/parishregisterstz.htm Parish Register UK Look-up Exchange]
  
  
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=====Libraries=====
 
  
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*[http://www.familia.org.uk/services/england/east_riding.html  East Riding Library  ]
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'''Countywide Interest'''
  
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*[http://www.familia.org.uk/services/england/north_yorks.html  North Library  ]  
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*[http://www.yorkshirecensus.co.uk/census_search.htm Yorkshire Census]
  
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*[http://www.familia.org.uk/services/england/york.html  York Central Library  ]  
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*[http://www.census-online.com/links/England/Yorkshire/ Online Census Records for Yorkshire]
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*[http://www.dalesgenealogy.com/ Dales Genealogy]
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*[http://homepage.ntlworld.com/jeffery.knaggs/YD.html Death Notices in Yorkshire Newspapers]
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*[http://www.yorkshirehistory.com/wagon Wolds Wagoners, East Yorks Ag Labs Who Used Their Skills as Drivers for The Army]
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*[http://www.yorkgen.com/index.htm Yorkgen]  
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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]
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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]
  
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=====General Countywide=====
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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]
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*[http://www.yorkshirebmd.org.uk/ Yorkshire BMD]
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*[http://www.hull.ac.uk/oldlib/archives/quaker/index.htm Yorkshire Quaker Heritage Project]
  
 
*[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.census-online.com/links/England/Yorkshire/ Online Census Records for Yorkshire]  
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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]
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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]
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'''Specific Town and Village Interest'''
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*[http://www.barnsleyfhs.co.uk/ Barnsley FHS]
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*[http://www.bradfordfhs.org.uk/  Bradford FHS] 
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*[http://www.cfhsweb.co.uk/  Calderdale FHS] 
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*[http://www.doncasterfhs.co.uk/ Doncaster FHS]
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*[http://www.eyfhs.org.uk/ East Yorkshire FHS]
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*[http://www.hdfhs.org.uk/ Huddersfield & District FHS]
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*[http://wakefieldfhs.org.uk/morleyfhg/ Morley FHS]
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*[http://www.pontefractfhs.org.uk/  Pontefract FHS]
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*[http://www.rotherhamfhs.co.uk/  Rotherham FHS]
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*[http://www.sheffieldfhs.org.uk/  Sheffield FHS]
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*[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]
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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 ]
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*[http://www.bolsterstone.de/ Bolsterstone Genealogy Project]
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*[http://www.barfordheritage.org/wordpress/ Barford Community Website's Genealogy Pages]
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*[http://www.brotherton.org.uk/ Brotherton]
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*[http://bubwith.net/ Bubwith]
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*[http://burghwallis.com/pdf/Burghwallis%20%20&%20Bentley%20Full%20&%20Maps.pdf Burghwallis and Bentley]
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*[http://www.calderdale.gov.uk/wtw/ From Weaver To Web - Calderdale]
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*[http://www.calverley.info/cal_home.htm Calverley - Parish Records]
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*[http://www.cononley.com/ Cononley Local History]
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*[http://www.moon-rakers.co.uk/index.html Cowling Moonrakers]
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*[http://www.cowlingweb.co.uk/ Cowling web]
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*[http://www.glenlodge.me.uk/crakehallindex.html Crakehall]
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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]
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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]
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*[http://www.theyorks.org.uk/enderbyvillage%201.htm Enderby Village - Births, Baptisms and Marriages]
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*[http://www.pancrack.tv/subject.html Eston]
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*[http://www.one2one-development.com/fitzwilliamarchive/ Fitzwilliam Archive Project]
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*[http://www.systemf.demon.co.uk/gargrave/timespast.htm Gargrave in Past Times]
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*[http://www.gawberchurch.com/frame_parts/records_main_centre_frame.html Gawber Parish Records]
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*[http://www.apl385.com/gilling/history/gilling.htm History of Gilling]
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*[http://www.gisburn.org.uk/ Gisburn Village and St Mary the Virgin burial records]
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*[http://www.johnpall.co.uk/indexfiles/golcar.htm Golcar, Some Parish Records and Burials]
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*[http://www.goole-on-the-web.org.uk/main.php?key=1 Goole on the Web]
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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]
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*[http://www.calverley.info/hampsthwaite.htm Hampsthwaite]
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*[http://harrogatepeopleandplaces.info/ Harrogate People and Places]
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ljuk/index.html Harrogate and Knaresborough Monumental Inscriptions]
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*[http://www.haworth-village.org.uk/history/history.asp Haworth Village]
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*[http://www.honley.ukf.net/burialbook.htm Honley Cemetery Burial Book 1857-1935]
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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]
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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]
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*[http://www.haxby-york.co.uk/index.html?http://www.haxby-york.co.uk/web/historysection.html Haxby - History Section]
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*[http://www.kellington.net/page%202.htm Kellington]
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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]
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*[http://www.kirkbymalham.info/index.html Kirkby Malham]
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*[http://www.kirbymisperton.org.uk/ Kirkby Misperton History]
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*[http://www.19141918.info Kirkheaton Online Parish Clerk]
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*[http://www.knaresborough.co.uk/history/default.asp Knaresborough Online]
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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]
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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]
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*[http://www.blaven.eclipse.co.uk/church/history.html St Marys Church, Little Driffield]
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*[http://www.marsdenhistory.co.uk/ Marsden History Group]
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*[http://www.mirfieldinpictures.net/ Mirfield in Pictures]
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*[http://www.morleyarchives.ik.com/p_homepage2.ikml Morley Community Archives]
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*[http://www.newton-le-willows.com/index.php?option=com_frontpage Newton-le-Willows and surrounding Villages]
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~pbtyc/Den/Normanby/Index.html St Andrew's Church, Normanby, Parish Registers]
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*[http://www.joskingston.org/LDEN/LDENCONTENTS.html Life and Death in Elizabethan Norton]
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*[http://threevillages.co.uk/ Three Villages - Old Byland, Rievaulx and Scawton]
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*[http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~bentleygt/pannal/ Pannal Village History]
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*[http://www.pocklingtonhistory.com/index.php Pocklington History]
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*[http://johndoxey.100freemb.com/Ravenfield/ Ravenfield Village]
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*[http://www.rotherhamweb.co.uk/genealogy/index.htm Rotherham Web]
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*[http://www.judandk.force9.co.uk/ Peace Please! Rotherham ]
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*[http://www.driffield.co.uk/wolds_village_rudston.htm Rudston Village Website]
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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]
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~engsheffield/#sg Sheffield Genealogy]
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*[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]
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*[http://www.picturesheffield.com/ Sheffield in Pictures]
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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]
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*[http://www.treetonweb.co.uk/index.htm Treeton]
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*[http://www.ulleyweb.co.uk/genealogy.htm Ulley Web]
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*[http://welcometowakefield.org.uk/ Wakefield]
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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]
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*[http://www.wakefieldfhs.org.uk/ Wakefield Family History Sharing]
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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]
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*[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]
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*[http://www.yorkfamilyhistory.org.uk/assizes.htm York Assizes 1785-1851]
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*[http://www.yorkarchaeology.co.uk/bridgemasters/ York Bridgemasters' Accounts]
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*[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://www.yorkshireindexers.co.uk/forums/ Yorkshire Indexers]  
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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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*[http://www.yorkshireroots.org.uk/ Yorkshire Roots  ]
 
  
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*[http://www.institutions.org.uk/workhouses/england/yorks/Yorkshire.htm Yorkshire Workhouses]
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'''Maps and Photographs'''
  
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*[http://www.old-maps.co.uk/gazetteer/10yorks401/10yorks401gazA.htm Town and Village Maps  ]  
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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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=====Specific Areas=====
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*[http://www.daelnet.co.uk/local/history/oldsettle/index.htm Gallery of Old Settle]
  
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*[http://www.leodis.net/ Leodis - a photographic archive of Leeds]  
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*[http://www.picturesheffield.com/ Pictures of Sheffield]
  
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*[http://www..btinternet.com/~jansfamily/1868.htm The 1868 Leeds Poll Book ]. Covers Leeds, Armley, Beeston, Bramley, Burley, Chapel Allerton, Farnley, Headingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Kirkstall, Potternewton, and Wortley.
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*[http://www.rowleycollection.co.uk/index.asp Historic Photographs of Skipton]
  
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*[http://www.calderdale.gov.uk/wtw/ From Weaver To Web]  
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*[http://www.imagineyork.co.uk/ Imagine York]
  
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*[http://www.driffield.co.uk/index.htm Driffield - capital of the Wolds]  
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*[http://www2.northyorks.gov.uk/unnetie/ 19th & 20th Century Photos of North Yorkshire]
  
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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.
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==Places of Interest==
  
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*[http://www.familytreediscovery.net/edith/ Memories of growing up in Hull in Yorkshire, pre and post WWI up until WWII.]
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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://prismdata.hullcc.gov.uk/main.php Old photographs of Hull]
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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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*[http://www.riverhumber.com/Brief history of Hull, it’s museums, and docks]
 
  
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*[http://www.geocities.com/beaulands/censu/framepage1.html Transcripts of Wensleydale Censuses]
 
  
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*[http://www.ironstonemuseum.co.uk/ironstoneindustryc.htm North Yorkshire Ironstone mining ]
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==Requests for Research and Photographs in this area==
  
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*[http://www.pancrack.tv/subject.html Eston area - background information]  
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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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*[http://www.sheff-indexers.thewholeshebang.org Sheffield Indexers] Sheffield and surrounding areas in South Yorkshire.
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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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*[http://www.wakefield.gov.uk/CommunityAndLiving/CemeteriesAndCrematoria/GenealogySearches/OnlineSearch/default.htm Burials in the Wakefield area.]
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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

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