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Parish Registers[edit | edit source]

Images of many of Yorkshire's parish registers are available online at Ancestry (West Riding) and FamilySearch.

Baptisms

Marriages

229 Yorkshire parishes are indexed in Boyd's Marriage Index (£). Coverage. Popular places to marry included the towns of Bradford, Calverley, Doncaster, Elland, Howden, Leeds, Rotherham, Rothwell, Sheffield, Wakefield, and York.[1]

94,468 Yorkshire entries are included in England & Wales Marriages, 1538-1940 at Ancestry (£).

1594-1815 Durham Diocese, Calendar Of Marriage Bonds & Allegations 1594-1815 at Findmypast ($)

Burials

Burials from 635 Yorkshire places (1,776,993 entries) are included in the National Burial Index (£). Coverage.[2]

Marriage Licences[edit | edit source]

Online

  • 1567-1630 - Paver's Yorkshire Marriage Licenses in Yorkshire Archaeological Journal:
  • 1630-1645 - Paver's Yorkshire Marriage Licenses Vol. 1 at Internet Archive - free.
  • 1660-1674 - Paver's Yorkshire Marriage Licenses Vol. 2 at Internet Archive - free.
  • 1674-1714 - Paver's Yorkshire Marriage Licenses Vol. 3 at Internet Archive - free.

Printed Indexes

  • 1613-1839 - An Index of Marriage Bonds and Allegations in the Peculiar Jurisdiction of the Dean and Chapter of York, 1613-1839. FS Library Book 942.74 K22ne. Also available online at Origins.net - (£).

Archives[edit | edit source]

Borthwick Institute
University Library and Archives
University of York
Heslington, York YO10 5DD UK
Telephone: 01904 321166
Email: borthwick-institute@york.ac.uk
Website
Church of England and nonconformist records


East Riding of Yorkshire Archives Service
The Treasure House
Champney Road
Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire HU17 9BA UK
Telephone: 01482 392790
Email: archives.service@eastriding.gov.uk
Website
Catalogue
Guide to Family history research

We hold the records for more than 200 Church of England parishes in the Archdeaconry of the East Riding, which includes Hull and Scarborough. Many of our Church of England parish registers can also be searched online at Findmypast, which is free to use in the Archives and all East Riding Libraries.
Many early nonconformist registers were passed to the Registrar General in 1840 and these are held at The National Archives in London. We have a mixture of microfilm and hard copies of many of the East Riding and Hull ones, including Baptist churches (reference EB), Methodist churches (reference MR), Congregational and United Reform Churches (reference EUR*), some Roman Catholic Churches (on microfiche only, reference MF/25) and Society of Friends (Quakers, on microfiche only, reference MF/2).


North Yorkshire County Record Office
County Record Office
Malpas Road
Northallerton, North Yorkshire DL7 8TB UK
Telephone: 01609 777585
Email: archives@northyorks.gov.uk
Website
Collections in our custody include:

  • records of the North Riding of Yorkshire County Council and North Yorkshire County Council;
  • records of the boroughs of Harrogate, Richmond, Ripon and Scarborough;
  • records of over 40 different urban and rural district councils established under the 1894 Local Government Act;
  • parish records from almost 300 separate parishes;
  • court records including those of the North Riding of Yorkshire Quarter Sessions dating from the sixteenth century onwards;
  • records from many of North Yorkshire's landed estates and prominent families;
  • records of 24 different Poor Law Unions;
  • the North Riding Registry of Deeds spanning the years 1736 to 1970 and containing over a million entries; and
  • historic maps and plans of North Yorkshire including over 350 parish tithe maps, enclosure maps, mine plans, railway plans and architect's drawings.

South Yorkshire Archives

Barnsley Archives and Local Studies Department
Church Street
Barnsley
South Yorkshire
S70 2TA, UK

Telephone: 01226 772500
Email: experiencebarnsley@barnsley.gov.uk
Website


Doncaster Archives and Local Studies
Chequer Road
Doncaster DN1 2AE, UK

Telephone: 01302 734307
Email: DALS@doncaster.gov.uk
Website
Online catalogue: CalmView

Rotherham Archives and Local Studies Service
Clifton Park Museum
Clifton Lane
Rotherham, South Yorkshire S65 2AA, UK

Telephone: 01709 823616
Email: archives@rotherham.gov.uk
Website
Sources available for history research


Sheffield Archives and Local Studies
First Floor, Central Library
Surrey Street
Sheffield S1 1XZ, UK

Telephone: 0114 203 9395 (Sat, Mon, Tues) 0114 273 4753 (Wed, Thur, Fri, Sat)
Contact Us
Website


Teesside Archives
Exchange House
Exchange Square
Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire TS1 1DB UK

Telephone: 01642 248321

Email: teesside_archives@middlesbrough.gov.uk
Website
Catalogue

References[edit | edit source]

  1. 'Boyd's Marriage Index - Parish details by county,' British Origins, (Wayback Machine) accessed 31 August 2013.
  2. 'Parish Records - National Burial Index Records 1538 - 2005 Coverage', Findmypast, accessed 1 September 2013.