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Yorkshire

​Yorkshire Group of Family History Societies links to coverage of each group and own sites.

​www.yorksgroup.org.uk/FHSList.htm
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GENUKI – 75,000+ pages of free Yorkshire material
  
www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/index.html 

Yorkshire BMD

Local Registrar’s free indexes. Marriage result details venue - seek free Parish Register entry?

​www.yorkshirebmd.org.uk/ 

FFHS

Listing of coverage - buy DVD, access in Libraries, 11m+ records on findmypast.co.uk

​www.ffhs.org.uk/projects/nbi/nbi-coverage.php 

Ancestry  

West Yorkshire Archive Service material Parish & Non-Conformist Registers, Electoral Rolls and more
​
www.ancestry.co.uk/Yorkshire 

Find My Past

Yorkshire FHS volunteer Parish Register transcripts (commission paid).  Yorkshire Consortium
Diocesan Record Offices Parish Register collections Beverley, Borthwick, Doncaster, North Yorkshire, Sheffield and Teesside

​Also :   Borthwick Bishops’ Transcripts; 
Bonds and Allegations Index 1613-1839               
Wills before 1858 Archbishop of York, Northern Province 1267-1883
 
www.findmypast.co.uk
 ​

www.hrionline.ac.uk/causepapers/

Searchable catalogue of more than 14,000 cause papers with free images, 1300 - 1858 Church Courts of the Diocese of York. Most extensive records of type in UK.

www.hrionline.ac.uk/causepapers/


Manorial Documents Register

Manorial Documents Register (MDR) identifies surviving material where held, access times, etc.

http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/manor-search


For an insight into manorial documents: http://www.lancaster.ac.uk/fass/projects/manorialrecords/index.htm


www.hearthtax.org.uk/

Name list for each of the three Ridings plus West Riding map. 17th century.

www.hearthtax.org.uk/


http://www.yorkminster.org/learning/the-historic-collections/library/ 

Historic and modern book collections.  Available by ordering a day in advance.

http://www.yorkminster.org/learning/the-historic-collections/library/ 

https://archbishopsregisters.york.ac.uk/ 

Free access to over 20,000 images of Registers 1225-1650. Indexing as yet incomplete.

https://archbishopsregisters.york.ac.uk/ 

www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/

Leeds Intelligencer 1754, Leeds Mercury 1807, Yorkshire Evening Post :

Growing collections. Free to view at British Library, Boston Spa.
http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/livingknowledge/2015/07/the-british-library-in-yorkshire-a-treasure-trove-for-researchers.html

​www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/

 www.leodis.net/ 

 Images from Leeds Central Library plus Playbills. Check other authorities for similar.

 www.leodis.net/ 

 www.archive.org/ 

Search “Parish Registers”, Yorkshire and more

 www.archive.org/ 

www.hull.ac.uk/oldlib/archives/quaker/index.htm : 

Download 'Researching Yorkshire Quaker History: A Guide To Sources'

www.hull.ac.uk/oldlib/archives/quaker/index.htm

http://idlebooksellers.co.uk/index.html

Second hand book specialist Yorkshire  

​http://idlebooksellers.co.uk/index.html


http://www.yhacs.org.uk/

Yorkshire and Humber Association of Civic Societies 
 
http://www.yhacs.org.uk/ 

 Others

www.yorkshireancestors.com/                         
www.yorkshireindexers.co.uk
www.calverley.info/                                                       
www.kirkbymalham.info/ 

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