Sources We Cover
Primary Sources
In recent years, genealogical research has been energised by the on-line availability of many records such as census returns. This has led to a number of new organisations springing up who offer to search (look up) these readily available resources.
At Yorkshire Family History we offer a great deal more. Whilst we naturally embrace the Internet revolution that has made many sources more readily accessible, these on-line sources represent but a tiny proportion of the material that is available to the experienced researcher. Local and county archives hold a wealth of records, many requiring specific expertise and local knowledge to interpret. Through our network of experienced genealogists and researchers our coverage includes:
Yorkshire Ancestry
- civil registration records (indexes to births, marriages and deaths), from 1837 to the present
- census returns, primarily 1841-1911 and occasionally some earlier returns of 1801-1831
- original parish registers and other records of the parish from 1538 to the present
- nonconformist records (Independents, Methodists, Baptists, Quakers, Jewish, etc.)
- marriage bonds and allegations
- Bishop’s transcripts and other diocesan records
- wills and other probate documents
- military records
- professional records
- manorial records
- apprenticeship and other guild records
- Poor Law documents
- local newspapers
- electoral registers and poll books
- court records such as Chancery Proceedings
- deeds
- various tax returns such as hearth tax and land tax
- Heraldic visitations and other early published pedigrees
- commercial, trade and street directories and early telephone directories
- monumental inscriptions
- village, town and city histories and other local and regional topographical volumes