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Explore & Post Links to Yorkshire or West Riding of Yorkshire
Databases/Resources Sites, on this Topic thread below

These can be either related to the whole of Yorkshire, the whole of the West Riding, or for any smaller area of the WEST RIDING - (eg: a particular town or Parish)

Before posting: See "PLEASE READ Before Submitting Links"

and check at the Links Cabinet that the site/s
you have in mind, is/are not already included in
the Category "Yorkshire Databases and Resources"

Please add your Yorkshire Links to this Topic Thread

Maxine told me about this site quite a while back.

"From Weaver to Web"
(see Topic: Calderdale Digital Archive "Weaver to Web")

Its now been included in the "Yorkshire Databases and Resources"
Category at the Links Cabinet



Add More WRY & Yorks Links

From the "Telegraph & Argus" Site:

Local History Pages for.............

Shipley & District

Bingley & District by Jim Appleby

Keighley & District by Jim Appleby

Ilkley & Wharfedale

Otley & Aireborough by Rachel O'Connor

Skipton and the Dales by Jim Appleby

Bronte Country by Jim Appleby

Pudsey & District

Spen Valley by Steve Teale
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Workhouses and do a search for the town you require

Historical Directories is a digital library of local and trade directories for England and Wales, from 1750 to 1919. It contains high quality reproductions of comparatively rare books, essential tools for research into local and genealogical history.

For Kellys Directory in Yorkshire just do a location search.

Joiners' North of England Marriages Index pre-1837 (online)

On this database so far, at December 2007,
Yorkshire marriages indexed are as follows:

County / Chapman Code / Number of Parishes covered / Number of Marriages indexed

Yorkshire East Riding / ERY / 223 / 137662
Yorkshire North Riding / NRY / 208 / 108323
Yorkshire West Riding / WRY / 114 / 180032

Also includes Male and Female Surnames Indexes for each Riding.

Database Search Engine Page
http://www.joinermarriageindex.co.uk/search.php

There is a fee payable though :ck-sad:
but I suppose it's worth it if it's helpful in your research.

Please let us know if you find any of your Smiths or
other surnamed ancestors on there

Another site that may be of interest which was sent to me through the Calderdale Family History Society is Malcolm Bull's website - http://www.calderdalecompanion.co.uk
He has a lot of surnames and places of interest for WRY area.
Cheers
Janice Holdsworth

Hello Janice and Welcome!!
and thanks very much for posting the link to Malcolm Bull's Calderdale
Companion website. My goodness - that is a wonderful site!! just been
exploring & will be going back again!! Had never come across that site
previously - but now have added it the "D)Yorkshire/West Riding Yorkshire"
Category in the Links Cabinet.

Carole

To add to links cabinet, if not already...........
Sheffield City Council >> Index of Births, Marriages and Deaths >>

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An original post as quoted below, split from this thread -
to topic Smith and Holdsworth of Queensbury WRY (emi Australia 19thC)

Nov 2008, Janice Holdsworth wrote:

Hi Carole, I know what you mean about Malcolm Bull's website ! I have spent HOURS engrossed by some of the stories and finding out snippets of information about my family and the history of many buildings etc. Somehow makes the area where my ancestors came from, come alive for me. Hope to visit sometime in person. Enjoy !

Hi Janice,
Just called in "WRY links" to post the Sheffield link above, but here's also a note for you!!........ and thank you!!........

Because of the Calderdale website link you posted last November, I was then led to the fabulous ongoing images collection at the Geograph.UK site, and we can use those local interest images on our sites as long as they include the photographer's copyright and a link to the Geograph site. You might have noticed, I already put the York Minster one, below, on Smith Chat Portal, along with the Lancaster Castle one. Really lovely photos, aren't they!!
Also a large & ongoing collection there already of the West Riding.
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Geograph.org.uk aims to collect geographically
representative photographs and information for every
square kilometre of Great Britain and Ireland

York Minster
© Copyright Kevin Rushton and licensed for reuse
under this Creative Commons Licence.

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Carole, Smith Project/Smith Chat Admin
Nothing is too small to know, and nothing too big to attempt (William Van Horne)

This is a good resource if you are researching Todmorden and Walsden
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~todmordenandwalsden/home.htm

lots of information on here

hi all. what a great site calderdale is. i hav'nt really had time to go thru it all yet. takes your breath away at so much info. ... someone was looking for zephaniah smith once. could you e.mail me as i have come upon some info and he may have been great uncle of mine. cheers marl.

Thanks for the post and i have sent stark2008a message and maybe you could Private message him also
thanks Maxine