Quick Research Links - England: Difference between revisions

formatting changes
(formatting changes)
(formatting changes)
Line 171: Line 171:
Learn More at FamilySearch Wiki [https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/England_Cheshire_Probate_Records_(FamilySearch_Historical_Records) https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/England_Cheshire_Probate_Records_(FamilySearch_Historical_Records)]  
Learn More at FamilySearch Wiki [https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/England_Cheshire_Probate_Records_(FamilySearch_Historical_Records) https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/England_Cheshire_Probate_Records_(FamilySearch_Historical_Records)]  


[https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show England, Cheshire School Records, 1796-1950]  
'''England, Cheshire School Records, 1796-1950''' - [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://hr-search-api:8080/searchapi/search/collection/1583609 https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://hr-search-api:8080/searchapi/search/collection/1583609]


[https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/England_Cheshire_School_Records_(FamilySearch_Historical_Records) Learn More at FamilySearch Wiki]  
Learn More at FamilySearch Wiki - [https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/England_Cheshire_School_Records_(FamilySearch_Historical_Records) https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/England_Cheshire_School_Records_(FamilySearch_Historical_Records)]


[https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show England, Cheshire Workhouse Records, 1848-1967]  
'''England, Cheshire Workhouse Records, 1848-1967''' - [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://hr-search-api:8080/searchapi/search/collection/1646487 https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://hr-search-api:8080/searchapi/search/collection/1646487]


[https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/England_Cheshire_Workhouse_Records_(FamilySearch_Historical_Records) Learn More at FamilySearch Wiki]  
Learn More at FamilySearch Wiki - [https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/England_Cheshire_Workhouse_Records_(FamilySearch_Historical_Records) https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/England_Cheshire_Workhouse_Records_(FamilySearch_Historical_Records)]


'''England, Cheshire, Marriage Bonds and Allegations, 1606-1900 '''- [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://hr-search-api:8080/searchapi/search/collection/1410775]  
'''England, Cheshire, Marriage Bonds and Allegations, 1606-1900 '''- [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://hr-search-api:8080/searchapi/search/collection/1410775]  
Line 185: Line 185:
'''England, Cheshire, Register of Electors, 1842-1900''' - [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://hr-search-api:8080/searchapi/search/collection/1415240]  
'''England, Cheshire, Register of Electors, 1842-1900''' - [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://hr-search-api:8080/searchapi/search/collection/1415240]  


Learn More at FamilySearch Wiki  
Learn More at FamilySearch Wiki - [https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/England_Cheshire_Register_of_Electors_(FamilySearch_Historical_Records) https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/England_Cheshire_Register_of_Electors_(FamilySearch_Historical_Records)]  
 
[https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/England_Cheshire_Register_of_Electors_(FamilySearch_Historical_Records) https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/England_Cheshire_Register_of_Electors_(FamilySearch_Historical_Records)]  


[https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show England, Cheshire Bishop's Transcripts, 1598-1900]  
'''England, Cheshire Bishop's Transcripts, 1598-1900''' - [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://hr-search-api:8080/searchapi/search/collection/1469935 https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://hr-search-api:8080/searchapi/search/collection/1469935]


Learn More at FamilySearch Wiki [https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/England_Cheshire_Church_of_England_Parish_Registers_and_Bishops’_Transcripts_(FamilySearch_Historical_Records) https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/England_Cheshire_Church_of_England_Parish_Registers_and_Bishops’_Transcripts_(FamilySearch_Historical_Records)]  
Learn More at FamilySearch Wiki -  [https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/England_Cheshire_Church_of_England_Parish_Registers_and_Bishops’_Transcripts_(FamilySearch_Historical_Records) https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/England_Cheshire_Church_of_England_Parish_Registers_and_Bishops’_Transcripts_(FamilySearch_Historical_Records)]  


[https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show England, Cheshire Land Tax Assessments, 1778-1832]  
'''England, Cheshire Land Tax Assessments, 1778-1832''' - [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://hr-search-api:8080/searchapi/search/collection/1595000 https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://hr-search-api:8080/searchapi/search/collection/1595000]


Learn More at FamilySearch Wiki [https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/England_Cheshire_Land_Tax_Assessments_(FamilySearch_Historical_Records) https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/England_Cheshire_Land_Tax_Assessments_(FamilySearch_Historical_Records)]  
Learn More at FamilySearch Wiki [https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/England_Cheshire_Land_Tax_Assessments_(FamilySearch_Historical_Records) https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/England_Cheshire_Land_Tax_Assessments_(FamilySearch_Historical_Records)]  
Line 255: Line 253:
Towns – Billingham, Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Redcar, Stockton-on-Tees, Yarm.  
Towns – Billingham, Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Redcar, Stockton-on-Tees, Yarm.  


Note: The county was abolished in 1996[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleveland,_England <nowiki>[3]</nowiki>] with its boroughs becoming [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unitary_authority unitary ][http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unitary_authority authorities] and the Tees re-established as the border between [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Yorkshire North Yorkshire] and County Durham for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceremonial_counties_of_England ceremonial purposes] only. [http://wikitravel.org/en/Teesside http://wikitravel.org/en/Teesside]  
Note: The county was abolished in 1996 with its boroughs becoming [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unitary_authority unitary ][http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unitary_authority authorities] and the Tees re-established as the border between [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Yorkshire North Yorkshire] and County Durham for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceremonial_counties_of_England ceremonial purposes] only. [http://wikitravel.org/en/Teesside http://wikitravel.org/en/Teesside]  


'''''''''Note''': it does not appear as a county in Wiki…yet.''  
''''''Note''': it does not appear as a county in Wiki…yet.''  


== Cornwall  ==
== Cornwall  ==
Line 263: Line 261:
Wiki: [https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Cornwall https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Cornwall]  
Wiki: [https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Cornwall https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Cornwall]  


'''''Note:''''' look at the '''Research Tools''' for websites and links such as:  
'''''Note:''''' look at the '''Research Tools'''''websites'' and links such as:  


Online Parish Clerk – [http://www.cornwall-opc-database.org/ http://www.cornwall-opc-database.org/]  
Online Parish Clerk – [http://www.cornwall-opc-database.org/ http://www.cornwall-opc-database.org/]  
Line 305: Line 303:
- [http://www.genealogy-of-uk.com/England/Cumberland/genealogy.htm http://www.genealogy-of-uk.com/England/Cumberland/genealogy.htm]  
- [http://www.genealogy-of-uk.com/England/Cumberland/genealogy.htm http://www.genealogy-of-uk.com/England/Cumberland/genealogy.htm]  


- Cumberland & Westmorland Archives – contains extracted Parish Registers:  
- Cumberland & Westmorland Archives – contains extracted Parish Registers: [http://www.cumberlandarchives.co.uk/component/option,com_frontpage/Itemid,1/ http://www.cumberlandarchives.co.uk/component/option,com_frontpage/Itemid,1/]  
 
[http://www.cumberlandarchives.co.uk/component/option,com_frontpage/Itemid,1/ http://www.cumberlandarchives.co.uk/component/option,com_frontpage/Itemid,1/]  


'''Cumbria – The''' county of Cumbria was formed 1 April 1974 from the counties of Cumberland, Westmoreland, part of northern Lancashire and part of the West Riding of Yorkshire.  
'''Cumbria – The''' county of Cumbria was formed 1 April 1974 from the counties of Cumberland, Westmoreland, part of northern Lancashire and part of the West Riding of Yorkshire.  


'''''Note:''' does not appear in Wiki but if a Patron refers to it as a research location, they will have to search the counties from which Cumbria was formed.''  
'''''Note:''' does not appear in Wiki; search the counties from which Cumbria was formed.''  


== Derbyshire  ==
== Derbyshire  ==
Line 327: Line 323:
GENUKI - [http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/DBY/ http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/DBY/]  
GENUKI - [http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/DBY/ http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/DBY/]  


Websites - [http://www.genealogy-links.co.uk/html/derbys.html http://www.genealogy-links.co.uk/html/derbys.html]  
''Websites ''- [http://www.genealogy-links.co.uk/html/derbys.html http://www.genealogy-links.co.uk/html/derbys.html]  


- [http://www.genealogylinks.net/uk/england/derbyshire/ http://www.genealogylinks.net/uk/england/derbyshire/]  
- [http://www.genealogylinks.net/uk/england/derbyshire/ http://www.genealogylinks.net/uk/england/derbyshire/]  
Line 347: Line 343:
Note: at this site there is a list of parishes with links to those parishes where there is an Online Parish Clerk, which will be helpful to your Patron, if all other resources fail to help him.  
Note: at this site there is a list of parishes with links to those parishes where there is an Online Parish Clerk, which will be helpful to your Patron, if all other resources fail to help him.  


OPC coverage map - <nowiki>http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/OPCmap.html</nowiki>
OPC coverage map - [http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/OPCmap.html http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/OPCmap.html]


Poor Law Unions - [https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Devon_Poor_Law_Unions https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Devon_Poor_Law_Unions]  
Poor Law Unions - [https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Devon_Poor_Law_Unions https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Devon_Poor_Law_Unions]  
Line 353: Line 349:
FHL Favorites - [http://fhlfavorites.info/Links/British/England/devonshire.htm http://fhlfavorites.info/Links/British/England/devonshire.htm]  
FHL Favorites - [http://fhlfavorites.info/Links/British/England/devonshire.htm http://fhlfavorites.info/Links/British/England/devonshire.htm]  


Websites - [http://www.genealogywise.com/group/devon http://www.genealogywise.com/group/devon]  
''Websites'' - [http://www.genealogywise.com/group/devon http://www.genealogywise.com/group/devon]  


- [http://www.genealogylinks.net/uk/england/devon/ http://www.genealogylinks.net/uk/england/devon/]  
- [http://www.genealogylinks.net/uk/england/devon/ http://www.genealogylinks.net/uk/england/devon/]  
Line 375: Line 371:
FHL Favorites - [http://fhlfavorites.info/Links/British/England/dorsetshire.htm http://fhlfavorites.info/Links/British/England/dorsetshire.htm]  
FHL Favorites - [http://fhlfavorites.info/Links/British/England/dorsetshire.htm http://fhlfavorites.info/Links/British/England/dorsetshire.htm]  


Websites - [http://www.genealogylinks.net/uk/england/dorset/ http://www.genealogylinks.net/uk/england/dorset/]  
''Websites'' - [http://www.genealogylinks.net/uk/england/dorset/ http://www.genealogylinks.net/uk/england/dorset/]  


- [http://homepages.nildram.co.uk/~jimella/dorset.htm http://homepages.nildram.co.uk/~jimella/dorset.htm]  
- [http://homepages.nildram.co.uk/~jimella/dorset.htm http://homepages.nildram.co.uk/~jimella/dorset.htm]  
Line 401: Line 397:
Learn More at FamilySearch Wiki [https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/England_Durham_Marriage_Bonds_and_Allegations_(FamilySearch_Collection) https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/England_Durham_Marriage_Bonds_and_Allegations_(FamilySearch_Collection)]  
Learn More at FamilySearch Wiki [https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/England_Durham_Marriage_Bonds_and_Allegations_(FamilySearch_Collection) https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/England_Durham_Marriage_Bonds_and_Allegations_(FamilySearch_Collection)]  


List of abbreviations used in these records: </nowiki>[https://www.familysearch.org/search/image/show https://www.familysearch.org/search/image/show#uri=https%3A//api.familysearch.org/records/waypoint/5486390]  
List of abbreviations used in these records: [https://www.familysearch.org/search/image/show https://www.familysearch.org/search/image/show#uri=https%3A//api.familysearch.org/records/waypoint/5486390]  


'''Note:''' DMB = Durham Marriage Bonds  
'''Note:''' DMB = Durham Marriage Bonds  
Line 459: Line 455:
FHL Favorites - [http://fhlfavorites.info/Links/British/England/gloucestershire.htm http://fhlfavorites.info/Links/British/England/gloucestershire.htm]  
FHL Favorites - [http://fhlfavorites.info/Links/British/England/gloucestershire.htm http://fhlfavorites.info/Links/British/England/gloucestershire.htm]  


Websites - [http://www.genealogylinks.net/uk/england/gloucestershire/ http://www.genealogylinks.net/uk/england/gloucestershire/]  
''Websites ''- [http://www.genealogylinks.net/uk/england/gloucestershire/ http://www.genealogylinks.net/uk/england/gloucestershire/]  


- [http://ww3.gloucestershire.gov.uk/genealogy/Search.aspx http://ww3.gloucestershire.gov.uk/genealogy/Search.aspx]  
- [http://ww3.gloucestershire.gov.uk/genealogy/Search.aspx http://ww3.gloucestershire.gov.uk/genealogy/Search.aspx]  
Line 495: Line 491:
- Churches and their records: [http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/HAM/church.shtml http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/HAM/church.shtml]  
- Churches and their records: [http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/HAM/church.shtml http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/HAM/church.shtml]  


Websites - [http://www.genealogylinks.net/uk/england/hampshire/ http://www.genealogylinks.net/uk/england/hampshire/]  
''Websites'' - [http://www.genealogylinks.net/uk/england/hampshire/ http://www.genealogylinks.net/uk/england/hampshire/]  


- [http://www.ancestors-genealogy.com/hampshire/ http://www.ancestors-genealogy.com/hampshire/]  
- [http://www.ancestors-genealogy.com/hampshire/ http://www.ancestors-genealogy.com/hampshire/]  
Line 527: Line 523:
FHL Favorites - [http://fhlfavorites.info/Links/British/England/herefordshire.htm http://fhlfavorites.info/Links/British/England/herefordshire.htm]  
FHL Favorites - [http://fhlfavorites.info/Links/British/England/herefordshire.htm http://fhlfavorites.info/Links/British/England/herefordshire.htm]  


Websites - [http://www.genealogylinks.net/uk/england/herefordshire http://www.genealogylinks.net/uk/england/herefordshire]  
''Websites'' - [http://www.genealogylinks.net/uk/england/herefordshire http://www.genealogylinks.net/uk/england/herefordshire]  


- [http://www.sog.org.uk/prc/herefordshire.shtml http://www.sog.org.uk/prc/herefordshire.shtml]  
- [http://www.sog.org.uk/prc/herefordshire.shtml http://www.sog.org.uk/prc/herefordshire.shtml]  
Line 551: Line 547:
GENUKI - [http://joinermarriageindex.co.uk/pjoiner/genuki/HRT/ http://joinermarriageindex.co.uk/pjoiner/genuki/HRT/]  
GENUKI - [http://joinermarriageindex.co.uk/pjoiner/genuki/HRT/ http://joinermarriageindex.co.uk/pjoiner/genuki/HRT/]  


Websites - [http://www.genealogylinks.net/uk/england/hertfordshire http://www.genealogylinks.net/uk/england/hertfordshire]  
''Websites'' - [http://www.genealogylinks.net/uk/england/hertfordshire http://www.genealogylinks.net/uk/england/hertfordshire]  


- [http://www.genealogyinengland.com/Counties/hertfordshire.htm http://www.genealogyinengland.com/Counties/hertfordshire.htm]  
- [http://www.genealogyinengland.com/Counties/hertfordshire.htm http://www.genealogyinengland.com/Counties/hertfordshire.htm]  
Line 573: Line 569:
- [http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/HUN/index.html http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/HUN/index.html#Poorhouses and Poor Law Etc]  
- [http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/HUN/index.html http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/HUN/index.html#Poorhouses and Poor Law Etc]  


Websites - [http://www.ukgdl.org.uk/county/huntingdonshire/institutions http://www.ukgdl.org.uk/county/huntingdonshire/institutions]  
''Websites'' - [http://www.ukgdl.org.uk/county/huntingdonshire/institutions http://www.ukgdl.org.uk/county/huntingdonshire/institutions]  


- Note: this is a website for the town of Huntingdon [http://genuki.org.uk/big/eng/HUN/Huntingdon/ http://genuki.org.uk/big/eng/HUN/Huntingdon/]  
- Note: this is a website for the town of Huntingdon [http://genuki.org.uk/big/eng/HUN/Huntingdon/ http://genuki.org.uk/big/eng/HUN/Huntingdon/]  
Line 603: Line 599:
Typically unitary authorities cover [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Town towns] or [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City cities] which are large enough to function independently of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/County county] or other regional administration. Sometimes they consist of national sub-divisions which are distinguished from others in the same country by having no lower level of administration.  
Typically unitary authorities cover [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Town towns] or [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City cities] which are large enough to function independently of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/County county] or other regional administration. Sometimes they consist of national sub-divisions which are distinguished from others in the same country by having no lower level of administration.  


Wiki - <nowiki>https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Isles_of_Scilly,_Cornwall</nowiki>
Wiki - [https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Isles_of_Scilly,_Cornwall https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Isles_of_Scilly,_Cornwall]


Online Parish Clerk - [http://www.cornwall-opc.org/Par_new/h_k/isles_of_scilly.php http://www.cornwall-opc.org/Par_new/h_k/isles_of_scilly.php]  
Online Parish Clerk - [http://www.cornwall-opc.org/Par_new/h_k/isles_of_scilly.php http://www.cornwall-opc.org/Par_new/h_k/isles_of_scilly.php]  
Line 617: Line 613:
*[http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/Cornwall/IslesofScilly/ http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/Cornwall/IslesofScilly/]
*[http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/Cornwall/IslesofScilly/ http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/Cornwall/IslesofScilly/]


Websites : - [http://www.familytreecircles.com/link_529.html http://www.familytreecircles.com/link_529.html]  
''Websites'' - [http://www.familytreecircles.com/link_529.html http://www.familytreecircles.com/link_529.html]  


- [http://www.uk-surnames.com/list.php?county=Isles of Scilly http://www.uk-surnames.com/list.php?county=Isles%20of%20Scilly]  
- [http://www.uk-surnames.com/list.php?county=Isles of Scilly http://www.uk-surnames.com/list.php?county=Isles%20of%20Scilly]  
Line 635: Line 631:
GENUKI - [http://users.ox.ac.uk/~malcolm/genuki/big/eng/KEN/ http://users.ox.ac.uk/~malcolm/genuki/big/eng/KEN/]  
GENUKI - [http://users.ox.ac.uk/~malcolm/genuki/big/eng/KEN/ http://users.ox.ac.uk/~malcolm/genuki/big/eng/KEN/]  


Websites - [http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mrawson/ http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mrawson/]  
''Websites'' - [http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mrawson/ http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mrawson/]  


[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mrawson/kentgen.html http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mrawson/kentgen.html]  
[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mrawson/kentgen.html http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mrawson/kentgen.html]  
Line 681: Line 677:
GENUKI - [http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/LEI/ http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/LEI/]  
GENUKI - [http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/LEI/ http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/LEI/]  


Websites - [http://www.ukgenealogy.co.uk/lei.htm http://www.ukgenealogy.co.uk/lei.htm]  
''Websites'' - [http://www.ukgenealogy.co.uk/lei.htm http://www.ukgenealogy.co.uk/lei.htm]  


- [http://www.genealogylinks.net/uk/england/leicestershire/ http://www.genealogylinks.net/uk/england/leicestershire/]  
- [http://www.genealogylinks.net/uk/england/leicestershire/ http://www.genealogylinks.net/uk/england/leicestershire/]  
Line 703: Line 699:
GENUKI - [http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/LIN/ http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/LIN/]  
GENUKI - [http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/LIN/ http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/LIN/]  


Websites - [http://www.genealogylinks.net/uk/england/lincolnshire/ http://www.genealogylinks.net/uk/england/lincolnshire/]  
''Websites'' - [http://www.genealogylinks.net/uk/england/lincolnshire/ http://www.genealogylinks.net/uk/england/lincolnshire/]  


- [http://www.ukgenealogy.co.uk/lin.htm http://www.ukgenealogy.co.uk/lin.htm]  
- [http://www.ukgenealogy.co.uk/lin.htm http://www.ukgenealogy.co.uk/lin.htm]  
Line 731: Line 727:
- [http://homepages.gold.ac.uk/genuki/LND/ http://homepages.gold.ac.uk/genuki/LND/]  
- [http://homepages.gold.ac.uk/genuki/LND/ http://homepages.gold.ac.uk/genuki/LND/]  


Websites - [http://www.londonpubliclibrary.ca/node/27 http://www.londonpubliclibrary.ca/node/27]  
''Websites'' - [http://www.londonpubliclibrary.ca/node/27 http://www.londonpubliclibrary.ca/node/27]  


- [http://www.londonorigins.com/ http://www.londonorigins.com/]  
- [http://www.londonorigins.com/ http://www.londonorigins.com/]  
Line 749: Line 745:
GENUKI - [http://homepages.gold.ac.uk/genuki/MDX/ http://homepages.gold.ac.uk/genuki/MDX/]  
GENUKI - [http://homepages.gold.ac.uk/genuki/MDX/ http://homepages.gold.ac.uk/genuki/MDX/]  


Websites - [http://www.angelfire.com/fl/Sumter/Middlesex.html http://www.angelfire.com/fl/Sumter/Middlesex.html]  
''Websites'' - [http://www.angelfire.com/fl/Sumter/Middlesex.html http://www.angelfire.com/fl/Sumter/Middlesex.html]  


- [http://www.sog.org.uk/prc/middlesex.shtml http://www.sog.org.uk/prc/middlesex.shtml] [http://www.familyrelatives.com/search/search_parishrecords_indi.php?co=Middlesex http://www.familyrelatives.com/search/search_parishrecords_indi.php?co=Middlesex]  
- [http://www.sog.org.uk/prc/middlesex.shtml http://www.sog.org.uk/prc/middlesex.shtml] [http://www.familyrelatives.com/search/search_parishrecords_indi.php?co=Middlesex http://www.familyrelatives.com/search/search_parishrecords_indi.php?co=Middlesex]  
Line 775: Line 771:
GENUKI - [http://www.origins.org.uk/genuki/NFK/places/parish_links.shtml http://www.origins.org.uk/genuki/NFK/places/parish_links.shtml]  
GENUKI - [http://www.origins.org.uk/genuki/NFK/places/parish_links.shtml http://www.origins.org.uk/genuki/NFK/places/parish_links.shtml]  


Websites - [http://www.archives.norfolk.gov.uk/nroindex.htm http://www.archives.norfolk.gov.uk/nroindex.htm]  
''Websites'' - [http://www.archives.norfolk.gov.uk/nroindex.htm http://www.archives.norfolk.gov.uk/nroindex.htm]  


- [http://www.genealogylinks.net/uk/england/norfolk/parish-registers.htm http://www.genealogylinks.net/uk/england/norfolk/parish-registers.htm]  
- [http://www.genealogylinks.net/uk/england/norfolk/parish-registers.htm http://www.genealogylinks.net/uk/england/norfolk/parish-registers.htm]  
Line 799: Line 795:
GENUKI - [http://www.kellner.eclipse.co.uk/genuki/NTH/ http://www.kellner.eclipse.co.uk/genuki/NTH/]  
GENUKI - [http://www.kellner.eclipse.co.uk/genuki/NTH/ http://www.kellner.eclipse.co.uk/genuki/NTH/]  


Websites – registration districts - [http://www.ukbmd.org.uk/genuki/reg/nth.html http://www.ukbmd.org.uk/genuki/reg/nth.html]  
''Websites'' – registration districts - [http://www.ukbmd.org.uk/genuki/reg/nth.html http://www.ukbmd.org.uk/genuki/reg/nth.html]  


- [http://www.genealogy-of-uk.com/England/Northamptonshire/genealogy.htm http://www.genealogy-of-uk.com/England/Northamptonshire/genealogy.htm]  
- [http://www.genealogy-of-uk.com/England/Northamptonshire/genealogy.htm http://www.genealogy-of-uk.com/England/Northamptonshire/genealogy.htm]  
Line 827: Line 823:
GENUKI - [http://www.genuki.bpears.org.uk/NBL/ http://www.genuki.bpears.org.uk/NBL/]  
GENUKI - [http://www.genuki.bpears.org.uk/NBL/ http://www.genuki.bpears.org.uk/NBL/]  


Websites - [http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~tynesidehistory/poorlaw.html http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~tynesidehistory/poorlaw.html]  
''Websites'' - [http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~tynesidehistory/poorlaw.html http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~tynesidehistory/poorlaw.html]  


[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~tynesidehistory/poorlaw3.html http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~tynesidehistory/poorlaw3.html]  
[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~tynesidehistory/poorlaw3.html http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~tynesidehistory/poorlaw3.html]  
Line 849: Line 845:
GENUKI - [http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/NTT/ http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/NTT/]  
GENUKI - [http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/NTT/ http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/NTT/]  


Websites - [http://www.genealogy-links.co.uk/html/notts.html http://www.genealogy-links.co.uk/html/notts.html]  
''Websites'' - [http://www.genealogy-links.co.uk/html/notts.html http://www.genealogy-links.co.uk/html/notts.html]  


[http://www.familyrelatives.com/search/search_parishrecords_indi.php?co=Nottinghamshire http://www.familyrelatives.com/search/search_parishrecords_indi.php?co=Nottinghamshire]  
[http://www.familyrelatives.com/search/search_parishrecords_indi.php?co=Nottinghamshire http://www.familyrelatives.com/search/search_parishrecords_indi.php?co=Nottinghamshire]  
Line 867: Line 863:
GENUKI - [http://users.ox.ac.uk/~malcolm/genuki/big/eng/OXF/ http://users.ox.ac.uk/~malcolm/genuki/big/eng/OXF/]  
GENUKI - [http://users.ox.ac.uk/~malcolm/genuki/big/eng/OXF/ http://users.ox.ac.uk/~malcolm/genuki/big/eng/OXF/]  


Websites - [http://www.familyrelatives.com/search/search_parishrecords_indi.php?co=Oxfordshire http://www.familyrelatives.com/search/search_parishrecords_indi.php?co=Oxfordshire]  
''Websites'' - [http://www.familyrelatives.com/search/search_parishrecords_indi.php?co=Oxfordshire http://www.familyrelatives.com/search/search_parishrecords_indi.php?co=Oxfordshire]<br>
 
<br>


- [http://searches.oxfordshirefhs.org.uk/parhelp.html http://searches.oxfordshirefhs.org.uk/parhelp.html]  
- [http://searches.oxfordshirefhs.org.uk/parhelp.html http://searches.oxfordshirefhs.org.uk/parhelp.html]  
Line 887: Line 881:
GENUKI - [http://www.kellner.eclipse.co.uk/genuki/RUT/ http://www.kellner.eclipse.co.uk/genuki/RUT/]  
GENUKI - [http://www.kellner.eclipse.co.uk/genuki/RUT/ http://www.kellner.eclipse.co.uk/genuki/RUT/]  


Websites - [http://www.genealogy-of-uk.com/England/Rutland/genealogy.htm http://www.genealogy-of-uk.com/England/Rutland/genealogy.htm]  
''Websites'' - [http://www.genealogy-of-uk.com/England/Rutland/genealogy.htm http://www.genealogy-of-uk.com/England/Rutland/genealogy.htm]  


- [http://www.ukgenealogy.co.uk/rut.htm http://www.ukgenealogy.co.uk/rut.htm]  
- [http://www.ukgenealogy.co.uk/rut.htm http://www.ukgenealogy.co.uk/rut.htm]  
Line 905: Line 899:
GENUKI - [http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/SAL/ http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/SAL/]  
GENUKI - [http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/SAL/ http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/SAL/]  


Websites - &lt;nowiki&gt;http://www.ukgdl.org.uk/county/shropshire/institutions&lt;/nowiki&gt;
''Websites'' - [http://www.ukgdl.org.uk/county/shropshire/institutions http://www.ukgdl.org.uk/county/shropshire/institutions]


== Somerset  ==
== Somerset  ==
Line 927: Line 921:
GENUKI - [http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/SOM/ http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/SOM/]  
GENUKI - [http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/SOM/ http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/SOM/]  


Websites - [http://www.genealogylinks.net/uk/england/somerset/ http://www.genealogylinks.net/uk/england/somerset/]  
''Websites'' - [http://www.genealogylinks.net/uk/england/somerset/ http://www.genealogylinks.net/uk/england/somerset/]  


- [http://www.ukgenealogy.co.uk/som.htm http://www.ukgenealogy.co.uk/som.htm]  
- [http://www.ukgenealogy.co.uk/som.htm http://www.ukgenealogy.co.uk/som.htm]  
Line 947: Line 941:
GENUKI - [http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/STS/ http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/STS/]  
GENUKI - [http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/STS/ http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/STS/]  


Websites - [http://www.genealogy-of-uk.com/England/Staffordshire/genealogy.htm http://www.genealogy-of-uk.com/England/Staffordshire/genealogy.htm]  
''Websites'' - [http://www.genealogy-of-uk.com/England/Staffordshire/genealogy.htm http://www.genealogy-of-uk.com/England/Staffordshire/genealogy.htm]  


- [http://www.ukgenealogy.co.uk/sts.htm http://www.ukgenealogy.co.uk/sts.htm]  
- [http://www.ukgenealogy.co.uk/sts.htm http://www.ukgenealogy.co.uk/sts.htm]  


- [http://www.genealogyinengland.com/Counties/staffordshire.htm http://www.genealogyinengland.com/Counties/staffordshire.htm]  
- [http://www.genealogyinengland.com/Counties/staffordshire.htm http://www.genealogyinengland.com/Counties/staffordshire.htm]


- [http://www.bmsgh.org/ http://www.bmsgh.org/]  
- [http://www.bmsgh.org/ http://www.bmsgh.org/]  
Line 971: Line 965:
GENUKI - [http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/SFK/ http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/SFK/]  
GENUKI - [http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/SFK/ http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/SFK/]  


Websites - [http://www.ukgenealogy.co.uk/sfk.htm http://www.ukgenealogy.co.uk/sfk.htm]  
''Websites'' - [http://www.ukgenealogy.co.uk/sfk.htm http://www.ukgenealogy.co.uk/sfk.htm]  


- [http://www.genealogylinks.net/uk/england/suffolk/ http://www.genealogylinks.net/uk/england/suffolk/]  
- [http://www.genealogylinks.net/uk/england/suffolk/ http://www.genealogylinks.net/uk/england/suffolk/]  
Line 989: Line 983:
GENUKI - [http://homepages.gold.ac.uk/genuki/SRY/ http://homepages.gold.ac.uk/genuki/SRY/]  
GENUKI - [http://homepages.gold.ac.uk/genuki/SRY/ http://homepages.gold.ac.uk/genuki/SRY/]  


Websites - [http://www.genealogylinks.net/uk/england/surrey/ http://www.genealogylinks.net/uk/england/surrey/]  
''Websites'' - [http://www.genealogylinks.net/uk/england/surrey/ http://www.genealogylinks.net/uk/england/surrey/]  


- [http://www.ukgenealogy.co.uk/sry.htm http://www.ukgenealogy.co.uk/sry.htm]  
- [http://www.ukgenealogy.co.uk/sry.htm http://www.ukgenealogy.co.uk/sry.htm]  
Line 1,013: Line 1,007:
GENUKI - [http://homepages.gold.ac.uk/genuki/SSX/ http://homepages.gold.ac.uk/genuki/SSX/]  
GENUKI - [http://homepages.gold.ac.uk/genuki/SSX/ http://homepages.gold.ac.uk/genuki/SSX/]  


''Websites:''  
''Websites'''':''  


The Weald - [http://www.theweald.org/ http://www.theweald.org/]  
The Weald - [http://www.theweald.org/ http://www.theweald.org/]  
Line 1,059: Line 1,053:
GENUKI - [http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/WAR/ http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/WAR/]  
GENUKI - [http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/WAR/ http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/WAR/]  


Websites - [http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/index.html http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/index.html]  
''Websites'' - [http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/index.html http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/index.html]  


- [http://www.ukgenealogy.co.uk/war.htm http://www.ukgenealogy.co.uk/war.htm]  
- [http://www.ukgenealogy.co.uk/war.htm http://www.ukgenealogy.co.uk/war.htm]  
Line 1,087: Line 1,081:
GENUKI - [http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/WES/ http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/WES/]  
GENUKI - [http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/WES/ http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/WES/]  


- [http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/WES/index.htm http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/WES/index.htm#PoorHouses] Websites - [http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~engwes/ http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~engwes/]  
- [http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/WES/index.htm http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/WES/index.htm#PoorHouses]
 
''Websites ''- [http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~engwes/ http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~engwes/]  


== Wiltshire  ==
== Wiltshire  ==
Line 1,105: Line 1,101:
GENUKI - [http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/WIL/ http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/WIL/]  
GENUKI - [http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/WIL/ http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/WIL/]  


Websites - [http://www.genealogylinks.net/uk/england/wiltshire/ http://www.genealogylinks.net/uk/england/wiltshire/]  
''Websites'' - [http://www.genealogylinks.net/uk/england/wiltshire/ http://www.genealogylinks.net/uk/england/wiltshire/]  


- [http://www.genealogyinengland.com/Counties/wiltshire.htm http://www.genealogyinengland.com/Counties/wiltshire.htm]  
- [http://www.genealogyinengland.com/Counties/wiltshire.htm http://www.genealogyinengland.com/Counties/wiltshire.htm]  
Line 1,121: Line 1,117:
GENUKI - [http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/WOR/ http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/WOR/]  
GENUKI - [http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/WOR/ http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/WOR/]  


Websites - [http://www.bmsgh.org/ http://www.bmsgh.org/]  
''Websites'' - [http://www.bmsgh.org/ http://www.bmsgh.org/]  


== Yorkshire  ==
== Yorkshire  ==
Line 1,147: Line 1,143:
FHL Favorites o [http://fhlfavorites.info/Links/British/England/yorkshire.htm http://fhlfavorites.info/Links/British/England/yorkshire.htm]  
FHL Favorites o [http://fhlfavorites.info/Links/British/England/yorkshire.htm http://fhlfavorites.info/Links/British/England/yorkshire.htm]  


Websites - [http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~engyks/ http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~engyks/]  
''Websites'' - [http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~engyks/ http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~engyks/]  


- [http://www.genealogylinks.net/uk/england/yorkshire/ http://www.genealogylinks.net/uk/england/yorkshire/]  
- [http://www.genealogylinks.net/uk/england/yorkshire/ http://www.genealogylinks.net/uk/england/yorkshire/]  
Line 1,177: Line 1,173:
GENUKI - [http://www.ukbmd.org.uk/genuki/reg/nry.html http://www.ukbmd.org.uk/genuki/reg/nry.html]  
GENUKI - [http://www.ukbmd.org.uk/genuki/reg/nry.html http://www.ukbmd.org.uk/genuki/reg/nry.html]  


Websites: [http://www.northyorks.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=3144 http://www.northyorks.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=3144]  
''Websites'': [http://www.northyorks.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=3144 http://www.northyorks.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=3144]  


- Look-up Exchange - [http://www.redmire.net/lookup/nry.html http://www.redmire.net/lookup/nry.html]  
- Look-up Exchange - [http://www.redmire.net/lookup/nry.html http://www.redmire.net/lookup/nry.html]  
Line 1,197: Line 1,193:
GENUKI - [http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/ http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/]  
GENUKI - [http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/ http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/]  


Websites: - Yorkshire BMD - [http://www.yorkshirebmd.org.uk/ http://www.yorkshirebmd.org.uk/]  
''Websites'': - Yorkshire BMD - [http://www.yorkshirebmd.org.uk/ http://www.yorkshirebmd.org.uk/]  


'''- '''[http://www.astrogen.karoo.net/eygs.htm http://www.astrogen.karoo.net/eygs.htm]  
'''- '''[http://www.astrogen.karoo.net/eygs.htm http://www.astrogen.karoo.net/eygs.htm]  
Line 1,223: Line 1,219:
! scope="row" | &nbsp;[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merseyside Merseyside]  
! scope="row" | &nbsp;[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merseyside Merseyside]  
| [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liverpool City of Liverpool], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan_Borough_of_Knowsley Knowsley], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan_Borough_of_Sefton Sefton], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan_Borough_of_St_Helens St Helens], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan_Borough_of_Wirral Wirral]  
| [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liverpool City of Liverpool], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan_Borough_of_Knowsley Knowsley], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan_Borough_of_Sefton Sefton], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan_Borough_of_St_Helens St Helens], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan_Borough_of_Wirral Wirral]  
GENUKI - See Cheshire, Lancashire [http://www.ukbmd.org.uk/genuki/chs/ http://www.ukbmd.org.uk/genuki/chs/]
GENUKI - See Cheshire, Lancashire [http://www.ukbmd.org.uk/genuki/chs/ http://www.ukbmd.org.uk/genuki/chs/]  


'''Note: '''Merseyside does not appear in Wiki, except in relation to other locations.  
'''Note: '''Merseyside does not appear in Wiki, except in relation to other locations.  
Line 1,232: Line 1,228:
! scope="row" | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Yorkshire South Yorkshire]  
! scope="row" | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Yorkshire South Yorkshire]  
| [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheffield City of Sheffield], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan_Borough_of_Barnsley Barnsley], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan_Borough_of_Doncaster Doncaster], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan_Borough_of_Rotherham Rotherham]  
| [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheffield City of Sheffield], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan_Borough_of_Barnsley Barnsley], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan_Borough_of_Doncaster Doncaster], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan_Borough_of_Rotherham Rotherham]  
It consists of four [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan_borough metropolitan boroughs]: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan_Borough_of_Barnsley Barnsley], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan_Borough_of_Doncaster Doncaster], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan_Borough_of_Rotherham Rotherham], and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheffield City of Sheffield]. South Yorkshire was created on 1 April 1974 as a result of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Local_Government_Act_1972 Local Government Act 1972].[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Yorkshire &lt;nowiki&gt;[1]&lt;/nowiki&gt;][http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Yorkshire &lt;nowiki&gt;[2]&lt;/nowiki&gt;]
It consists of four [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan_borough metropolitan boroughs]: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan_Borough_of_Barnsley Barnsley], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan_Borough_of_Doncaster Doncaster], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan_Borough_of_Rotherham Rotherham], and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheffield City of Sheffield]. South Yorkshire was created on 1 April 1974 as a result of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Local_Government_Act_1972 Local Government Act 1972].


Lying on the east side of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennines Pennines], South Yorkshire is landlocked, and borders [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derbyshire Derbyshire] (to the south-west), [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Yorkshire West Yorkshire] (to the northwest), [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Yorkshire North Yorkshire] (to the north), the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Riding_of_Yorkshire East Riding of Yorkshire] (to the northeast), [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincolnshire Lincolnshire] (to the east) and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nottinghamshire Nottinghamshire] (to the southeast). The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheffield_Urban_Area Sheffield Urban Area] is the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_conurbations_in_the_United_Kingdom ninth most populous conurbation in the UK], and dominates the western half of South Yorkshire with over half of the county's population living within it.  
Lying on the east side of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennines Pennines], South Yorkshire is landlocked, and borders [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derbyshire Derbyshire] (to the south-west), [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Yorkshire West Yorkshire] (to the northwest), [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Yorkshire North Yorkshire] (to the north), the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Riding_of_Yorkshire East Riding of Yorkshire] (to the northeast), [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincolnshire Lincolnshire] (to the east) and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nottinghamshire Nottinghamshire] (to the southeast). The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheffield_Urban_Area Sheffield Urban Area] is the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_conurbations_in_the_United_Kingdom ninth most populous conurbation in the UK], and dominates the western half of South Yorkshire with over half of the county's population living within it.  


South Yorkshire County Council was abolished in 1986, and so its districts (the metropolitan boroughs) are now effectively [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unitary_authority unitary authority areas]; however, the metropolitan county, which is some 1,552&amp;nbsp;square kilometres (599&amp;nbsp;sq&amp;nbsp;mi),[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Yorkshire &lt;nowiki&gt;[3]&lt;/nowiki&gt;][http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Yorkshire &lt;nowiki&gt;[4]&lt;/nowiki&gt;] continues to exist in law and as a geographic frame of reference.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Yorkshire &lt;nowiki&gt;[5]&lt;/nowiki&gt;] As a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceremonial_counties_of_England ceremonial county], South Yorkshire has a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_Lieutenant_of_South_Yorkshire Lord Lieutenant] and a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Sheriff_of_South_Yorkshire High Sheriff].  
South Yorkshire County Council was abolished in 1986, and so its districts (the metropolitan boroughs) are now effectively [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unitary_authority unitary authority areas]; however, the metropolitan county, which is some 1,552 square kilometres (599 sq mi)continues to exist in law and as a geographic frame of reference] As a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceremonial_counties_of_England ceremonial county], South Yorkshire has a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_Lieutenant_of_South_Yorkshire Lord Lieutenant] and a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Sheriff_of_South_Yorkshire High Sheriff].  


South Yorkshire is an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amalgamation_(politics) amalgamation] of 32 former local government districts from the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Administrative_counties_of_England former administrative counties] of Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Riding_of_Yorkshire West Riding of Yorkshire], and four independent [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/County_borough county boroughs].  
South Yorkshire is an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amalgamation_(politics) amalgamation] of 32 former local government districts from the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Administrative_counties_of_England former administrative counties] of Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Riding_of_Yorkshire West Riding of Yorkshire], and four independent [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/County_borough county boroughs].  
Line 1,264: Line 1,260:
FHL Favorites - [http://www.fhlfavorites.com/bookmark.htm http://www.fhlfavorites.com/bookmark.htm]  
FHL Favorites - [http://www.fhlfavorites.com/bookmark.htm http://www.fhlfavorites.com/bookmark.htm]  


Websites - [http://www.westmidlandsbmd.org.uk/ http://www.westmidlandsbmd.org.uk/]
''Websites'' - [http://www.westmidlandsbmd.org.uk/ http://www.westmidlandsbmd.org.uk/]


|-
|-
12,331

edits