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 -

Specific Town/Village Interest "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

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

Record Office Address

West Yorkshire Archive Service, Wakefield Headquarters

Registry of Deeds

Newstead Road

Wakefield WF1 2DE

Tel: +44 (0)1924 305980

Fax: +44 (0)1924 305983

West Yorkshire Archive Service, Bradford

Bradford Central Library

Prince's Way

Bradford

BD1 1NN

Telephone: +44 (0)1274 435099

West Yorkshire Archive Service, Calderdale

Central Library

Northgate House

Northgate

Halifax, HX1 1UN

Tel: +44 (0)1422 392636

Fax: +44 (0)1422 341083

West Yorkshire Archive Service, Kirklees

Central Library

Princess Alexandra Walk

Huddersfield, HD1 2SU

Tel: +44 (0)1484 542297

Fax: +44 (0)1484 542297

West Yorkshire Archive Service, Leeds

Chapeltown Road

Sheepscar

Leeds, LS7 3AP

Tel: +44 (0)113 214 5814

Fax: +44 (0)113 214 5815

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

General

Libraries

• East Riding Library

• North Library

• York Central Library

OPC

Archives

• Honley Cemetery Transriptions 1857-1935

• An index to records held of prisoners brought to trial at York Assizes 1785 - 1851

Family and Social History

• Memories of growing up in Hull in Yorkshire, pre and post WWI up until WWII.

• From Weaver To Web - Calderdale

• North Yorkshire Ironstone mining

• The West Riding Colliery School

• Yorkshire Women's Lives 1100 to the Present

• Yorkshire Workhouses

• Yorkshire Quaker Heritage Project

• Wolds Wagoners The East Yorks ag labs who used their skills as drivers for the army.

• Lost trawlermen of the port of Hull a PDF file

Maps and Photographs

• Pictures of Sheffield

• Leodis A photographic archive of Leeds

• Old photographs of Hull

General Countywide

• IGI Yorkshire A-D

• IGI Yorkshire E-H

• IGI Yorkshire I-L

• IGI Yorkshire M-P

• IGI Yorkshire Q-S

• IGI Yorkshire T-Z

• Yorkshire Surname List

• Online Census Records for Yorkshire

• Yorkshire Indexers

• Yorkshire Roots

• 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

• Borthwick Institute, York Parish Records for parts of East & North Yorks and also many pre 1857 wills for Northern Province.

Specific Areas

• Cemetary in Halifax

• 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

• 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).

• history of Hull, its museums and docks

• 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.

• York Assizes 1785-1851

• Pocklington History

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