Yorkshire

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

Yorkshire

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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.

• The Sheffield Indexers - Sheffield 1841 Census Records, Baptisms, Marriages, Burials - Indexed and Transcribed Records, Extensive Popular Sheffield Genealogy Links

Specific Areas

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

• Parish of Bishop Wilton

• From Weaver To Web - Calderdale

• Driffield - capital of the Wolds

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

• Eston area - background information

• 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).

• 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

• Lost trawlermen of the port of Hull a PDF file

• The History and Origins of Knottingley and Ferrybridge

• Haxby-Yorks History Section

• Transcripts of Wensleydale Censuses

• Eston area - background information

• Sheffield Indexers Sheffield and surrounding areas in South Yorkshire.

• Sheffield General Cemetery

• Pictures of Sheffield

• Burials in the Wakefield area.

• [http://www.yorkfamilyhistory.org.uk/assizes.htm York Assizes 1785-1851

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• Yorkshire Quaker Heritage Project
• Wolds Wagoners The East Yorks ag labs who used their skills as drivers for the army.
• Borthwick Institute, York Parish Records for parts of East & North Yorks and also many pre 1857 wills for Northern Province.
• Leodis A photographic archive of Leeds
• North Yorkshire Ironstone mining
• The West Riding Colliery School

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