Yorkshire

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

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

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Record Office Lookup Requests

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Record Office Lookup Contacts

• W.Yorkshire Archive Service - BRADFORD. Monthly Tom

• N.Yorkshire. Northallerton R/O -Teesside Archives, Middlesbrough lindainherriotcountry

Cemetery Lookup Requests

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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
• Teeside area:lindainherriotcountry
• Thirsk and surrounding villages:lindainherriotcountry
• Wales :Vicky the Viking
• Between Hull and Goole:Valley in Yorkshire

Links

Yorkshire Record Offices

• 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

• IGI Yorkshire surnames A-D

• IGI Yorkshire surnames E-H

• IGI Yorkshire surnames I-l

• IGI Yorkshire surnames M-P

• IGI Yorkshire surnames Q-S

• IGI Yorkshire surnames T-Z

• Yorkshire Surname List

• Online Census Records for Yorkshire

• Yorkshire Indexers

• Yorkshire Roots

• Yorkshire Workhouses

• Yorkshire Women's Lives 1100 to the Present

• 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. Historically, the river Tees formed the boundary between North Yorkshire and County Durham. In the 1970's the county of Cleveland was formed which straddled the river, this was then superseded by Teesside. The archives based in Middlesbrough are in effect a full scale records office with all the parish records etc. which you would normally expect to find. Redcar and Cleveland council covers a huge chunk of North Yorkshire, almost as far down as Whitby.

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.

• Sheffield General Cemetery

• The West Riding Colliery School

• Easingwold Monuments - MIs from Easingwold church as recorded in 1911

• York Assizes 1785-1851

• The History and Origins of Knottingley and Ferrybridge

• Haxby-Yorks History Section

• Parish of Bishop Wilton

• Yorkshire Quaker Heritage Project

• Picture Sheffield dot Com

• 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).

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