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*[http://www.parishregisteruklook-upexchange.co.uk/parishregisterstz.htm Parish Register UK Look-up Exchange] | *[http://www.parishregisteruklook-upexchange.co.uk/parishregisterstz.htm Parish Register UK Look-up Exchange] | ||
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*[http://www.yorkshirehistory.com/wagon Wolds Wagoners, East Yorks Ag Labs Who Used Their Skills as Drivers for The Army] | *[http://www.yorkshirehistory.com/wagon Wolds Wagoners, East Yorks Ag Labs Who Used Their Skills as Drivers for The Army] | ||
| − | *[http://www.yorkgen.com/ | + | *[http://www.yorkgen.com/index.htm Yorkgen] |
*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~engyks/ Yorkshire GenWeb Project] | *[http://www.rootsweb.com/~engyks/ Yorkshire GenWeb Project] | ||
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*[http://www.wilgilsland.co.uk/Kilnsea.htm Lost Villages of the Holderness Coast] | *[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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*[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] | *[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~petyt/ackprt.htm Ackworth St Cuthbert Parish Register Transcriptions] | ||
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*[http://www.19141918.info Kirkheaton Online Parish Clerk] | *[http://www.19141918.info Kirkheaton Online Parish Clerk] | ||
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| + | *[http://www.knaresborough.co.uk/history/default.asp Knaresborough Online] | ||
*[http://www.knottingley.org/history/local_history.htm Knottingley and Ferrybridge] | *[http://www.knottingley.org/history/local_history.htm Knottingley and Ferrybridge] | ||
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'''Maps and Photographs''' | '''Maps and Photographs''' | ||
| − | *[http://www.oldukphotos.com/yorkshire-hull.htm Old | + | *[http://www.oldukphotos.com/yorkshire-hull.htm Old Photographs of Hull] |
*[http://www.leodis.net/ Leodis A Photographic Archive of Leeds] | *[http://www.leodis.net/ Leodis A Photographic Archive of Leeds] | ||
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*[http://www.imagineyork.co.uk/ Imagine York] | *[http://www.imagineyork.co.uk/ Imagine York] | ||
| + | *[http://www2.northyorks.gov.uk/unnetie/ 19th & 20th Century Photos of North Yorkshire] | ||
==Places of Interest== | ==Places of Interest== | ||
| − | Captain Cook and Staithes Heritage Centre | + | Captain Cook and Staithes Heritage Centre <br> |
| − | High St | + | High St <br> |
| − | Staithes | + | Staithes <br> |
| − | TS13 5BQ | + | TS13 5BQ<br> |
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| + | *[http://www.captaincookatstaithes.co.uk/ Captain Cook and Staithes Heritage Centre] <br> | ||
Although primarily a museum dedicated to Captain Cook, they also hold a large number of local family history information, including individual family research. | 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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| + | 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> | ||
| + | *[[Research Offers: Cemetery]] | ||
| + | *[[Research Offers: Photograph]] | ||
| + | *[[Research Offers: Probate]] | ||
| + | *[[Research Offers: Record Office/Archive]] | ||
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Back to [[England]] | Back to [[England]] | ||
Latest revision as of 10:33, 16 May 2023
| "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. |
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| 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.
Other major towns: Bradford, Sheffield, Leeds |
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:
- Research Offers: Cemetery
- Research Offers: Photograph
- Research Offers: Probate
- Research Offers: Record Office/Archive
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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