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Archives[edit | edit source]

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).

Hull History Centre
Worship Street
Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire HU2 8BG, UK
Telephone: 01482 317500
Email (general enquires): hullhistorycentre@hcandl.co.uk
Website

The home for Hull City Archives, Hull Local Studies Library and Hull University Archives.

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

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
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Libraries[edit | edit source]

East Riding of Yorkshire Find A Library

Bridlington Local Studies Library
Bridlington Central Library
King Street
Bridlington, YO15 2DF
UK

Telephone: 01262 672917
Email: bridlington.library@eastriding.gov.uk
Website

Our range of family history resources includes: e-genealogy (free access to ancestry.com, parish registers on findmypast.co.uk and other genealogical websites), census returns, monumental inscriptions, parish registers, poll books, trade directories and registers of electors.

Goole Local Studies Library
Goole Library, Carlisle Street
Goole DN14 5DS, UK

Telephone: (01405) 762187
Email: goolelocalstudies.library@eastriding.gov.uk
Website

Collection holds an extensive range of local and family history materials. Items range from historic maps and photographs to local historic newspapers on microfilm.

Beverley Library
Champney Road
Beverley, East Yorkshire HU17 8HE UK
Telephone: 01482 392750/392751
Email: beverley.library@eastriding.gov.uk
Website

Access to research papers, academic articles, Ordnance Survey maps, phone directories and local family history information.

Brynmor Jones Library
University of Hull
Cottingham Road
Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire HU6 7RX UK
Telephone: 01482 466581
Email: libhelp@hull.ac.uk
Website

Museums[edit | edit source]

East Riding Museums
For a long list of East Yorkshire museums, go to List of museums in East Yorkshire in Wikipedia.

The Bayle Museum
Baylegate
Old Town
Bridlington, East Yorkshire YO16 7JT UK
Telephone: 1262 674308
Email: bayle@lordsfeoffees.com
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Beverley Guildhall
42 Toll Gavel
Beverley, East Yorkshire HU17 9AR UK
Telephone: 1482 392783
Email: fiona.jenkinson@eastriding.gov.uk
Website

Goole Museum
Goole Library
Carlisle St
Goole, East Yorkshire DN14 5DS UK
Telephone: 1405 768963
Email: janet.tierney@eastriding.gov.uk
Website

Hornsea Museum
Burns Farm
11-17 Newbegin
Hornsea, East Yorkshire HU18 1AB UK
Telephone: 1964 533443
Email: hornseamuseum@tiscali.co.uk
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Civil Registration Offices[edit | edit source]

The General Register Office holds a central copy of all birth, marriage, and death registrations in England. These certificates can be ordered from their website (a login is required but it is free to register and search). However, in some cases research can be more efficient working with the smaller, more specific records collections of county/district registry offices.

Sometimes research might be required to determine where a town or parish was in a former registration district, or even its current district. For a list of the historic and current registration districts and their parishes, see Civil Registration Districts in Yorkshire East Riding.