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Tracing Your Ancestors in South Yorkshire Guide

• The 4 archive and local studies services in South Yorkshire (Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield) have worked together to compile a single guide to the main genealogical material in their offices and elsewhere. This guide is a supplement to more detailed information available on their websites.
• Download the guide. It tells you what genealogical sources are available and where they are to be found.
• The key genealogical resources are listed in church, chapel and cemetery registers, trade directories and probate records.
• More information than ever before is being made available online, not only by ourselves but also by genealogical websites such as Ancestry.com, FindMyPast and Genes Reunited, etc.
• Tracing Your Ancestors in South Yorkshire

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Archives

Barnsley Archives and Local Studies Department Church Street Barnsley South Yorkshire S70 2TA, UK Telephone: 01226 772500 E-mail: experiencebarnsley@barnsley.gov.uk Website Doncaster Archives and Local Studies King Edward Road Balby Doncaster, South Yorkshire DN4 0NA UK Telephone: 01302 859811 Email: doncaster.archives@doncaster.gov.uk Website

Rotherham Archives and Local Studies Service Clifton Park Museum Clifton Lane RotherhamSouth Yorkshire S65 2AA, UK Telephone: 01709 823616 Email: archives@rotherham.gov.uk Website Sources available for history research Sheffield Archives and Local Studies 52 Shoreham Street Sheffield South Yorkshire S1 4SP UK Telephone: 0114 2039395 Email: archives@sheffield.gov.uk Website

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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

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The Yorkshire Archaeological & Historical Society
Suite 10E
Joseph's Well
Hanover Way
Leeds, Yorkshire LS3 1AB UK
Telephone: 0113 245 7910
Email: yas.secretary@gmail.com
Website

The Society’s archives include remarkably varied and fascinating collections of maps, diaries, letters, prints, photographs, deeds, wills, manorial records and rare or early printed books which altogether offer insight into the archaeology and history of the historic county of York from prehistoric to modern times.

Libraries

• Barnsley Council Find Your Local Library
• Doncaster Council Libraries
• Rotherham Council List of libraries and Neighborhood Hubs
• Sheffield Council Libraries

Museums

For a long list of South Yorkshire museums, go to List of museums in South Yorkshire in Wikipedia.

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