Yorkshire

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

Register Office Contact Details

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

Yorkshire Libraries

• 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
  

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Libraries

• East Riding Library
  
• North Library
  
• York Central Library
  

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General Countywide

• Yorkshire Surname List
  
• Online Census Records for Yorkshire
  
• Yorkshire Indexers
  
• Yorkshire Roots
  
• Yorkshire Workhouses
  
• Town and Village Maps
  

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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.
  

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