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<body text="#008080" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <blockquote> <p align="center"> <a href="Leeds_LinksIndex.html" target="_top" style="text-decoration: none"> <img border="0" src="images/LeedsLinks1a.JPG" width="103" height="77"></a><i><a target="_top" style="text-decoration: none" href="Leeds_LinksIndex.html"><font color="#800040" face="Bell MT" style="font-size: 65pt">Leeds </font><font color="#800040" face="Bell MT" style="font-size: 65pt"> <a target="_top" href="Leeds_LinksIndex.html" name="The" style="text-decoration: none"> <font color="#800040">Links</font></a></font></a><font face="Bell MT" style="font-size: 40pt" color="#800040"> </font></i> <a href="Leeds_LinksIndex.html" target="_top" style="text-decoration: none"> <img border="0" src="images/LeedsLinks1.JPG" width="105" height="76"></a></p> <p align="center"> <font color="#CCB993" face="Verdana" style="font-size: 7pt"> </font><font color="#996633" face="Verdana" style="font-size: 9pt"><a href="#Genealogy" style="text-decoration: none; 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" target="main" href="#Researchers"><font color="#800000" face="Verdana">Researchers</font></a></font><font color="#CCB993" face="Verdana" style="font-size: 7pt"><br> </font> <font face="Verdana" color="#996633" style="font-size: 9pt"> <a style="text-decoration: none" href="#Current"><font color="#800000">Current Leeds</font></a></font><font color="#CCB993" face="Verdana" size="2"> </font><font color="#800000" face="SimSun" style="font-size: 7pt">◆</font><font color="#CCB993" face="Verdana" style="font-size: 7pt">  </font> <a style="text-decoration: none" href="#Personalities"> <font color="#800000" face="Verdana" style="font-size: 9pt">Famous Personalities</font></a><font color="#CCB993" face="Verdana" size="2"> </font><font color="#800000" face="SimSun" style="font-size: 7pt">◆</font><font color="#800000" face="Verdana" style="font-size: 7pt"> </font><a style="text-decoration: none" href="#Buildings"><font color="#800000" face="Verdana" style="font-size: 9pt">Historical Buildings, Places to Stay</font></a><font size="2" color="#000080"> </font> <font color="#800000" face="SimSun" style="font-size: 7pt">◆</font><font color="#CCB993" face="Verdana" style="font-size: 7pt">  </font> <b><a style="text-decoration: none" href="#How To..."> <font color="#800000" face="Verdana" style="font-size: 9pt">Search this Page</font></a></b><br>  </p> <p> <font color="#CCB993"> <a name="Genealogy"><b><font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 19">Leeds</font></b></a><span style="font-weight: 400"><b><a name="Genealogy"><font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 19"> & Area Genealogy Sites</font></a></b></span></font><span style="font-weight: 400"><b><font color="#CCB993">   </font><font color="#808080">            </font></b><font color="#996633" size="2"><a target="main" style="text-decoration: none" href="#The"><font color="#808080"><<<b> </b> </font></a> </font><font size="2" color="#808080"><b></a> </b> </font></span> <a target="main" style="text-decoration: none" href="#The"> <font color="#808080" face="Arial Narrow" size="2">Back to Top >></font></a></p> <p> <font color="#800040" face="Verdana" size="2"><b> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://yorkshirebmd.org.uk/"> <font color="#800040">Yorkshire BMD</font></a></b></font><b><font color="#800040" size="2" face="Verdana"></a></font><font size="2"></a></font></b><font color="#800000" face="Verdana" size="2"><br> </font> <font size="-1" face="Verdana" color="#808080">The Register Offices in the county of Yorkshire, England, hold records of Local births, marriages and deaths back to the start of civil registration in 1837.<br> </font><font face="Verdana" color="#808080" size="2"> <br> </font> <font face="Verdana" size="2"> <b> <font color="#800000"> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/WRY/Leeds/index.html"> <font color="#800040">GENUKI pages for </font></a> </font></b> <font color="#800000"><b> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/WRY/Leeds/index.html"> <font color="#800040">Leeds, West Yorkshire</font></a></b><br> </font><font color="#808080">Lots of genealogical reference information on Leeds including; Census, Churches, Church Records, Correctional Institutions, Description & Travel, Directories, Gazetteers, History, Maps, Memorials, Geographical Parish Names, Newspapers, Societies & Town Records.<br> </font> </font> <font face="Verdana" color="#808080" size="2"> <br> </font> <font face="Verdana" size="2"> <b> <font color="#800000"> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://www.jewishgen.org/jcr-uk/Leeds.htm"> <font color="#800040">JEWISHGEN pages for </font></a></font></b> <font color="#800000"><b> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://www.jewishgen.org/jcr-uk/Leeds.htm"> <font color="#800040">West Yorkshire</font></a></b></font><font color="#996633"><br> </font> <font color="#808080">Reference information on the Leeds, West Yorkshire Hebrew Congregation.</font></font><font color="#808080" face="Verdana" size="2"><br> <br> </font> <b> <font color="#800000" face="Verdana" size="2"> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/YKSlist/yks.htm"> <font color="#800000">Yorkshire Surnames</font></a><br> </font></b><font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#808080">Alphabetical Lists of surnames in of interest.  See also <b> <a target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none" href="http://www.curiousfox.org.uk/uk/r.lasso?vid=35918&-nothing"> <font color="#006666"> </font><font color="#800000">Leeds Family Surnames</font></a></b> of interest on Curious Fox website.<br> </font> <tt><font face="Verdana" color="#808080" size="2"> </font></tt><font face="Verdana" color="#808080" size="2"><br> </font> <b> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.ukbmd.org.uk/genuki/reg/wry.htm" style="text-decoration: none"> <font color="#800040" face="Verdana" size="2">Registration Districts in West Yorkshire (Genuki)</font></a><font size="2"></a></font><font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#800000"><br> </font></b> <font size="2" face="Verdana" color="#808080" style="font-size: ver">Civil registration districts in the </font><font face="Verdana"> <span style="font-size: ver"><font size="2" color="#808080">West Riding of the county of York (Yorkshire) between 1st July 1837 and 31st March 1974. The same districts were used to compile the censuses returns for the years 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891 and 1901.  See also the <a target="_blank" href="http://www.ukbmd.org.uk/genuki/reg/districts/leeds.html" style="text-decoration: none"> <font color="#808080">registration district of </font><font color="#800040"><b> Leeds</b></font></a>.<br> </font></span></font> <font face="Verdana" color="#996633" size="2"> <br> </font> <b> <font color="#800000" face="Verdana" size="2"> <font color="#800040"> <a target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_civil_parishes_in_West_Yorkshire"> <font color="#800040">Civil Parishes</font></a></font></a></font><a target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_civil_parishes_in_West_Yorkshire"><font face="Verdana" color="#800040" size="2"> in West Yorkshire (Current)</font></a><font color="#800040" size="2" face="Verdana"></a></font><font size="2"></a></font></b><font color="#996633" size="2" face="Verdana"><br> </font> <font color="#808080" size="2" face="Verdana">List of civil parishes in West Yorkshire.  See also <a target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_civil_parishes_in_West_Yorkshire#City_of_Leeds" style="text-decoration: none"> <font color="#808080">civil parishes in the city of </font> <font color="#800040"><b>Leeds</b></font></a>.</font><tt><font face="Verdana" color="#808080" size="2"><br> </font></tt><font face="Verdana" color="#808080" size="2"> <br> </font> <b> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://www.leeds.gov.uk/Tracing%20your%20family%20tree/page.aspx"> <font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#800000">Leeds City Council</font></a></b><font face="Verdana" size="2"><font color="#800000"><br> </font><font color="#808080">Leeds register office offers archived information to help with your search. See also <b> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.leeds.gov.uk/Local%20and%20family%20history%20services/page.aspx?style=" style="text-decoration: none"> <font color="#800040">local and family history services</font></a></b>.</font></font><font color="#808080" face="Verdana" size="2"><br> <br> </font> <font color="#800040" face="Verdana" size="2"> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.yorkshireindexers.co.uk/forums/" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: 700"> <font color="#800040">Yorkshire Indexers</font></a></font><font color="#800000" face="Verdana" size="2"><br> </font> <font color="#808080" size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">An easy source of reference for those studying Yorkshire.<br> </font> <font face="Verdana" color="#808080" size="2"> <br> </font> <b> <font face="Verdana" color="#800000" size="2"> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.yorkshireroots.org.uk/" style="text-decoration: none"> <font color="#800040">YorkshireRoots.org.uk</font></a></font></b><font color="#800000" face="Verdana" size="2"><br> </font> <font color="#808080" face="Verdana" size="2">Member access to an extensive library and archive of material on the ancient county of Yorkshire, particularly Leeds and the West Riding.</font><tt><font face="Verdana" color="#808080" size="2"><br> </font></tt> <font face="Verdana" color="#808080" size="2"> <br> </font> <b> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://www.archives.wyjs.org.uk/index.asp?pg=ablocl.html"> <font face="Verdana" color="#800040" size="2"> West Yorkshire Archive Service</font></a></b><font color="#800000" face="Verdana" size="2"><br> </font> <font color="#808080" face="Verdana" size="2">The Service collects and preserves historical records of all kinds dating from the twelfth century to the present day.</a></font><tt><font face="Verdana" color="#808080" size="2"><br> </font></tt> <font face="Verdana" color="#808080" size="2"> <br> </font> <b> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://www.thoresby.org.uk/"> <font face="Verdana" color="#800040" size="2"> Thoresby Society</font></a></b><font color="#800000" face="Verdana" size="2"><br> </font> <font size="2" face="Verdana" color="#808080">The Historical Society for Leeds and District - founded 1889. See also historical <b> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.laplata.co.uk/thoresby/chronology.htm" style="text-decoration: none"> <font color="#800040">timeline for Leeds</font></a></b>.</font></p> <p> <font color="#CCB993"> <a name="Conditions"><b><font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 19">Leeds</font></b></a></font><span style="font-weight: 400"><b><font color="#CCB993"><font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 19"><a name="Conditions"> History</a></font>     </font>                            <font color="#808080">                           </font> </b> <font color="#996633" size="2"> <a target="main" style="text-decoration: none" href="#The"> <font color="#808080"><<<b> </b> </font></a> </font> <font size="2" color="#808080"><b> </a> </b> </font> </span> <a target="main" style="text-decoration: none" href="#The"> <font color="#808080" face="Arial Narrow" size="2">Back to Top >></font></a></p> <p align="left"> <tt><font face="Verdana" color="#808080" style="font-size: 4pt"> </font></tt><font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 4pt" color="#808080"><br> </font> <font face="Verdana" size="2"> <b> <a style="TEXT-DECORATION: none" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leeds"> <font color="#800040">Leeds (Wikipedia)</font></a></b></font><font size="2"><br> </font> <font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#808080">Encyclopedia description including; history, development, tourism and much more.  See also <a target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Yorkshire" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: 700"> <font color="#800040">West Yorkshire</font></a>.<br> </font> <font face="Verdana" color="#996633" size="2"> <br> </font> <b> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://www.leodis.net/discovery/default.asp?page=sitemap"> <font face="Verdana" color="#800000" size="2"> Discovering Leeds</font></a></b><font size="2"><br> </font> <font size="2" face="verdana,arial,helveica,sans" color="#808080">On this site you can find out more about the City of Leeds and its development.<br> </font> <font color="#996633"> <span style="font-weight: 400"> <font face="Verdana" size="2"> <br> </font> </span> </font> <font face="Verdana" size="2"> <b> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://www.localhistories.org/Leeds.html"> <font color="#800000">Brief history of Leeds</font></a></b><font color="#996633"><br> </font> <font color="#808080"> <span style="font-weight: 400">A brief history of Leeds with links to other surrounding areas.<br> </span> </font> </font> <font color="#996633"> <span style="font-weight: 400"> <font face="Verdana" size="2"> <br> </font> </span> </font> <font color="#800000" face="Verdana" size="2"><b> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://www.oldtowns.co.uk/Yorkshire/leeds.htm"> <font color="#800000">Old Towns, Leeds Yorkshire</font></a></b></font><b><font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#006666"></a></font></b><font face="Verdana" size="2"><font color="#996633"><br> </font> <font color="#808080">Leeds, the principal emporium of the woollen manufactures, is the most populous borough and market-town in Yorkshire.  It is highly probable that Leeds was a <span style="letter-spacing: 0.2pt;"> Roman station, for Roman </span>remains have been found in various parts of the town.<br> </font> </font> <font face="Verdana" color="#808080" size="2">   <br> </font> <b> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=51100&strquery=leeds#s22"> <font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#800000"> British History Online - Leeds</font></a></b><font color="#000080" size="2"><br> </font> <font color="#808080" face="Verdana" size="2"><b>LEEDS</b> (St. Nicholas), a parish, in the union of Hollingbourne, hundred of Eyhorne, lathe of Aylesford, W. division of Kent, 5 miles (E. by S.) from Maidstone; containing 675 inhabitants. The parish is said to have derived its name from Ledian, councillor to Ethelbert II., who built a fortress here in 978.  <b>LEEDS </b>(St. Peter), a parish, and liberty, in the W. riding of York, comprising the market-town and borough of Leeds, which has a separate jurisdiction, but is locally in the wapentake of Skyrack. See also their main website for additional </font> <b> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://www.british-history.ac.uk/"> <font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#800000"> British History Online</font></a><font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#800000">.</font></b><font color="#000080" size="2"><br> </font> <font face="Verdana" color="#808080" size="2"><br> </font> <b> <font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#800000"> <a target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none" href="http://www.northeastengland.talktalk.net/WestYorkshire.htm"> <font color="#800000">Yorkshire History Pages</font></a><br> </font></b> <font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#808080"> History pages for Leeds and Bradford.  Information includes: Ancient Loidis, Medieval Leeds, Leeds cloth trade, Victorian Leeds, Leeds Business, Leeds & Yorkshire, Middleton Railway, Historic Houses/Fulneck, Bradford, Bradford's famous Saltaire, Around Bradford and more.  See also their main site information pages on <b> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.northeastengland.talktalk.net/YorkshireHistoryMap.htm" style="text-decoration: none"> <font color="#800000">Yorkshire</font></a></b> and the <a target="_blank" href="http://www.northeastengland.talktalk.net/NorthEastHistoryMap.htm" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: 700"> <font color="#800000">North East of England</font></a>.<br> </font> <tt><font face="Verdana" color="#808080" size="2"> </font><font face="Verdana" color="#996633" size="2">  </font></tt><font face="Verdana" color="#808080" size="2"><br> </font> <font color="#0033CC" size="2" face="Verdana"><b> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.brixworth.demon.co.uk/leeds/" style="text-decoration: none"> <font color="#800040">Urban Geography of Leeds</font></a></b></font><font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#800000"><b><br> </b> </font> <font color="#808080" face="Verdana" size="2">A historical analysis of urban development.<br> <br> </font> <b> <font color="#800000" face="Verdana" size="2"> <font color="#800000"> <a target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none" href="http://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1845/condition-working-class/ch09.htm"> <font color="#800000">The Iron District of Staffordshire</font></a></font></a><br> </font></b><span style="font-weight: 400"> <font color="#808080" face="Verdana" size="2"> The Remaining Branches of Industry - "He who is once a grinder falls into despair, as though he had sold himself to the devil. Education in Sheffield is upon a very low plane; a clergyman, who had occupied himself largely with the statistics of education, was of the opinion that of 16,500 children of the working-class who are in a position to attend school, scarcely 6,500 can read. This comes of the fact that the children are taken from school in the seventh, and, at the very latest, in the twelfth year, and that the teachers are good for nothing; one was a convicted thief who found no other way of supporting himself after being released from jail than teaching school! Immorality among young people seems to be more prevalent in Sheffield than anywhere else."<br>  <br> </font> </span><b> <font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#808080"> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1845/condition-working-class/index.htm" style="text-decoration: none"> <font color="#800000">The Condition of the Working-Class in England</font></a></font><font size="2"><br> </font> </b><span style="font-weight: 400"> <font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#808080">The Condition of the Working-Class in England in 1844 (by Frederick Engels c. 1845).<br> </font> </span> <font color="#808080" face="Verdana" size="2"> <br> </font> <b> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://www.institutions.org.uk/"> <font face="Verdana" color="#800000" size="2">Institutions</font></a><font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#006666"><br> </font></b><font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#808080">Details on the different Institutions and how they operated as well as the Poor Law. If you haven't visited this site before, it will be useful to you.<span style="font-weight: 400">  See also </span> <span style="font-weight: 700"> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.institutions.org.uk/poor_law_unions/workhouse_life.htm" style="text-decoration: none"> <font color="#800000">Workhouse Life</font></a><font color="#800000"> </font></span> and more information on </font> <font color="#800000" face="Verdana" size="2"> <a target="main" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight:700" href="#Hospitals"> <font color="#800000">Hospitals, Workhouses, Orphanage, Schools</font></a><font color="#000080">.</font></font><font size="2"><br> </font> <font face="Verdana" color="#808080" size="2"> <br> </font> <font color="#006666" FACE="Verdana" size="2"><b> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://www.workhouses.org.uk/index.html?poorlaws/poorlaws.shtml"> <font color="#800000">Poor Laws</font></a></b><br> </font> <font size="2" face="Verdana" color="#808080">The origins of parochial poor relief extend back at least as far as the fifteenth century.  Legislation prior to this point largely dealt with beggars and vagabonds. In the aftermath of the Black Death (1348-9) labour was in short supply and wages rose steeply.  This site provides detailed information on the Old and New Poor Laws including Poor Rate, Badging the Poor, Bastardy Orders, Farming the Poor and much more.<br>  <br> </font> <font color="#006666" size="2" face="Verdana"><b> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~framland/acts/actind.htm"> <font color="#800000">Historical Acts of Parliament</font></a></b></font><font color="#000080" size="2"><br> </font> <font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#808080">Very interesting website for transcripts of Various Acts of Parliament of Interest to the Genealogist by Guy Etchells including; He is a Bastard that is born before the Marriage of his Parents (1235), an Act for the better preventing of clandestine Marriages (1753 Lord Hardwicke’s Act), an Act for granting to his Majesty a Stamp-duty on the Registry of Burials, Marriages, Births, and Christenings (1783), an Act for better regulating and preserving Parish and other Registers of Births, Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials in England (28th June 1812 Rose’s Act) and much more!<br> <br> </font> <b> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_rights_in_Europe"> <font face="Verdana" color="#800000" size="2">History of Human Rights in Europe</font></a></b><font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#006666"><b><br> </b> </font> <font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#808080"> Information on the history of human rights in Europe.  </font> <span style="font-weight: 400"> <font face="Verdana" color="#808080" size="2"> <br> </font> </span> <font size="2"><br> </font><b><font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#006666"> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inclosure_Acts"> <font color="#800000">Enclosures / Inclosure Act</font></a></font></b><font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#006666"><b><br> </b> </font><font color="#808080" size="2" face="Verdana">There were a number of UK Acts of Parliament, which enclosed <b> <a target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_land" style="text-decoration: none"> <font color="#800000">common land</font></a></b> (<a target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_field_system" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: 700"><font color="#800000">see also open field system</font></a>) in the country. This meant that the rights that people once held, to graze animals on these areas when not planted by crops, were now being denied. Common usage is <b> <a target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inclosure" style="text-decoration: none"> <font color="#800000">enclosure</font></a></b>, but this is not the name of the acts.  Inclosure Acts for small areas had been passed sporadically since the 12th century but the vast majority of them were passed between 1750 and 1860. See samples of <b> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.opsi.gov.uk/chron-tables/private/p-chron17.htm" style="text-decoration: none"> <font color="#800000">private and personal acts of Parliament</font></a></b>.<br> <br> </font> <b> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domesday_Book"> <font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#800000">Domesday Book</font></a><font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#800000"></a></font><font size="2"></a></font><font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#006666"><br> </font></b> <font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#808080">A great land survey from 1086, commissioned by William the Conqueror to assess the extent of the land and resources being owned in England at the time, and the extent of the taxes he could raise. The information collected was recorded by hand in two huge books, in the space of around a year.  See also <b> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.domesdaybook.co.uk/faqs.html" style="text-decoration: none"> <font color="#800000">Domesday Book FAQ's.</font></a><font color="#006666">  </font></b>Planning for <a target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domesday_Book#The_survey" style="text-decoration: none"> <font color="#800000">the <b>surveys</b> was conducted in 1085 to cover <b> six 'circuits'</b>.</font></a></font><font size="2"><br> <br> </font><font color="#996633" face="Verdana"> <a target="main" href="#Trade" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight:700"> <font color="#800000" size="2">Trades, Directories & Unions</font></a></font><font color="#800000" size="2"><br> </font> <font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#808080">Leeds Links</font><span style="font-weight: 400"><font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#808080"> collections of the links to workers trades, unions and Directories.  </font></span> <font size="2"><br> </font> <span style="font-weight: 400"> <font face="Verdana" color="#996633" size="2"> <br> </font> </span> <a target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: 700" href="http://www.chartists.net/Leeds-Chartists.htm"> <font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#800000"> Chartism in Leeds</font></a><font color="#996633" face="Verdana" size="2"><br> </font><font color="#808080" face="Verdana" size="2">Searchable database of Chartists who risked their freedom, and sometimes their lives, because of their participation in the Chartist cause.  </font><font color="#996633" face="Verdana" size="2"> <b> <a target="_blank" href="http://chartists.net/" style="text-decoration: none"> <font color="#800000">See Search.</font></a></b><font color="#800000" face="Verdana" size="2"> </font> </font><span style="font-weight: 400"> <font face="Verdana" color="#808080" size="2"><br> </font></span> <font color="#996633" face="Verdana" size="2"><br> </font> <font color="#800000" size="2" face="Verdana"><b> <a target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none" href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/ww2peopleswar/categories/c1115/index_9.shtml"> <font color="#800000">WWII People's War, Bradford & West Yorkshire</font></a></b></font><font color="#996633" face="Verdana" size="2"><br> </font><font color="#808080" face="Verdana" size="2">An archive of World War II memories written by the public and gathered by the BBC. See also their </font><font color="#996633" face="Verdana" size="2"> <b> <a target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none" href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/ww2peopleswar/categories/c1115/gallery/"> <font color="#800000">gallery of photos</font></a></b> </font> <font color="#808080" face="Verdana" size="2">collected for this category.<br> </font> <font color="#006666"> <b> <font color="#808080" face="Verdana" size="2"><br> </font></b></font><font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#006666"><b> <font color="#006666"> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/ww2peopleswar/user/28/u1645128.shtml"> <font color="#800000">WWII Reminiscence Project</font></a></font></a><a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/ww2peopleswar/user/28/u1645128.shtml"><font color="#800000"> (UK)</font></a></b><br> </font> <font face="Verdana" color="#808080" size="2">Wood Green, Witney project of Memories have been gathered by students, interviewing family and friends, evacuees, local people, etc.  The interviews and pictures provide a fascinating, first-hand insight into family life in a world within living memory.<br> </font> <tt><font face="Verdana" color="#996633" size="2"> </font></tt><font face="Verdana" color="#808080" size="2"><br> </font> <b> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://homepage.ntlworld.com/keithfeeney/contents.html"> <font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#800000">Leeds Stories</font></a></b><font face="Verdana" size="2"><font color="#996633"><br> </font> <font color="#808080">Lots of stories about the people from Leeds.<br> </font></font> <font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#808080"> <br> </font> <b> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://www.iln.org.uk/"> <font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#800000">London News</font></a><font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#006666"><br> </font></b> <font size="2" face="Verdana" color="#808080">The Illustrated London News magazine which was first printed in 1842 is the finest pictorial example of a historic social record of British and world events up to the present day.  See also their<b><a target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none" href="http://search.freefind.com/find.html?id=2209835&pid=r&mode=ALL&query=leeds&SUBMIT=+Find!+&t=s"><font color="#006666"> </font> <font color="#800000">list of articles on Leeds.</font></a><font color="#006666"> </font></b><br> <br> </font> <b> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/leeds/"> <font face="Verdana" color="#800000" size="2">Leeds (BBC)</font></a></b><font face="Verdana" size="2"><font color="#996633"><br> </font> <font color="#808080">Leeds on the BBC website.</font></font><font face="Verdana" color="#808080" size="2"><br> <br> </font><b><font face="Verdana" size="2"> <a target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none" href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/aod/mainframe.shtml?http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/aod/leeds.shtml"> <font color="#800000">BBC Radio Leeds</font></a><font color="#800000"><br> </font></font></b><font size="2" face="Verdana" color="#808080">Hear a selection of BBC Radio shows on demand.<br> <br> </font><b> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://www2.marksandspencer.com/thecompany/whoweare/our_history/index.shtml"> <font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#800000">Marks & Spencer</font></a><font color="#0033CC" size="2" face="Verdana"></a></font><font color="#800000" face="Verdana" size="2"><br> </font></b><font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#808080">1884 Michael Marks, a Russian born Polish refugee opened a stall at Leeds Kirkgate Market.<br> <br> </font><b> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://www.bradfordtimeline.co.uk/index.html"> <font face="Verdana" color="#800000" size="2">Bradford Timeline</font></a></b><font color="#006666" size="2" face="Verdana"><b><br> </b> </font> <font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#808080">History of  Bradford 1066 to 1999 including; National and International events, Sports information, Inventions, "Firsts", Music, Books , Cinema, Television</font><span style="font-weight: 400"><font face="Verdana" color="#808080" size="2">.</font></span></p> <p> <span style="font-weight: 400"><b> <font color="#CCB993"> <font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 19"><a name="Parish">Parish Church Records</a></font>    </font>                <font color="#808080">              </font></b><font color="#996633" size="2"><a target="main" style="text-decoration: none" href="#The"><font color="#808080"><<<b> </b> </font></a> </font> <font size="2" color="#808080"><b> </a> </b> </font> </span> <a target="main" style="text-decoration: none" href="#The"> <font color="#808080" face="Arial Narrow" size="2">Back to Top >></font></a></p> <p> <font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 4pt" color="#808080"> <br> </font> <b> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://www.leeds.gov.uk/page.aspx?egmsIdentifier=4CF7733EA3B3F6EC80256E150052D0C1&style="> <font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#800000">Leeds City Council</font></a></b><font face="Verdana" size="2"><font color="#800000"><br> </font><font color="#808080">Indexes include Census information such as the Leeds Streets, Census Names, <b>non-parochial </b>and <b>Quaker records</b> as well as newspapers, journals and books for both Leeds and Yorkshire.  See also their <b> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.leeds.gov.uk/page.aspx?egmsIdentifier=6D44C20FE6A1A57E80256E1D0040569A" style="text-decoration: none"> <font color="#800000">local and family history services.</font></a></b></font></font><font face="Verdana" color="#808080" size="2"><br> <br> </font> <font face="Verdana" size="2"> <b> <font color="#800000"> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/WRY/Leeds/index.html"> <font color="#800040">GENUKI pages for </font></a> </font></b> <font color="#800000"><b> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/WRY/Leeds/index.html"> <font color="#800040">Leeds, West Yorkshire</font></a></b><br> </font><font color="#808080">Lots of genealogical reference information on Leeds including; Census, <b>Churches</b>, <b>Church Records</b>, Correctional Institutions, Description & Travel, Directories, Gazetteers, History, Maps, Memorials, Geographical Parish Names, Newspapers, Societies & Town Records.</font></font><font color="#808080" face="Verdana" size="2"><br>  <br> </font> <font face="Verdana" size="2"> <b> <font color="#006666"> <a target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none; " href="http://www.familysearch.org/eng/Search/frameset_search.asp?PAGE=igi/search_IGI.asp"> <font color="#800000">Family Search - International Genealogical Index</font></a></font><font color="#800000"> (IGI)</font></a></b></font><font color="#006666" size="2" face="Verdana"><br> </font> <font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#808080">LDS searchable online databases including; Births, Christenings, Marriages and a few Burials covering many places around the world.<br>  <br> </font> <font size="2" face="Verdana"> <b> <font color="#006666"> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.parishregisteruklook-upexchange.co.uk/index.htm" style="text-decoration: none"> <font color="#800000">Parish Register LookUp Exchange</font></a></font></b></font><font color="#006666" size="2" face="Verdana"><br> </font> <font color="#808080" size="2" face="Verdana">This website has been set-up with the aim of bringing together all family history fanatics who own copies of Parish Registers, Monumental Inscriptions or any other research resources which may be useful to others, and are happy to share the information with other genealogists.  Includes; A-Z County Parish Registers for the UK where available, Monumental Inscriptions, Census and Other Resources.<br> </font> <span id="HtmlPlaceholderControl1"> <font face="Verdana" color="#808080" size="2"><br> </font> </span> <span class="body"><span> <font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#663333"> <font color="#408080"> <a target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: 700" href="http://freereg.rootsweb.com/index.shtml"> <font color="#800000">FreeREG Search UK Parish Registers</font></a></font><font color="#800040" size="2" face="Verdana">            </font> <font face="Broadway" color="#0033CC"><span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 1px"> <font size="2"> << </font></span></font><span style="font-weight: 700"> <font face="Broadway" size="2" color="#0033CC">NEW</font></span></font><font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#000080"><br> </font> <font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#808080">Free Internet searches of baptism, marriage, and burial records transcribed from parish and non-conformist registers of the U.K. FreeREG is a companion project to FreeBMD (a database of the GRO birth, marriage and death indexes from 1837) and FreeCEN (a database of census information). </font> </span></span> <font color="#808080" size="2" face="Verdana"><br>  <br> </font> <b> <font face="Verdana" color="#800000" size="2"> <a target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none" href="http://www.yorkshireroots.org.uk/research.html"> <font color="#800040">YorkshireRoots.org.uk</font></a></font></b><font color="#800000" face="Verdana" size="2"><br> </font> <font color="#808080" face="Verdana" size="2">Member search assistance for a fee for information including; Births, Marriages, Deaths etc for Leeds.<br> </font><font color="#996633" face="Verdana" size="2"><br> <b> <font color="#800000"> <a target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none" href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/bradford/in_pictures/360_panoramas/places_of_worship/index.shtml"> <font color="#800040">360° Views of West Yorkshire</font></a></font></a></b></font><font color="#800000" size="2" face="Verdana"><br> </font><font color="#808080" size="2" face="Verdana">Pictures include; Scenic, Sports, <b>Places of Worship</b>, Urban WY, Clubs and Behind the Scenes.<br> </font><font color="#996633" face="Verdana" size="2"><br> </font> <b><font color="#800040" face="Verdana" size="2"> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.leedsparishchurch.org.uk/index.htm" style="text-decoration: none"> <font color="#800040">Leeds Parish Church</font></a></font></b><font color="#800000" size="2" face="Verdana"><br> </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica" color="#808080"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana" lang="EN-GB">Discover in this website something of the ministry and work going on within this astonishing building</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana">.</span></font><font size="2"><br> <br> </font> <b> <font color="#006666" face="Verdana" size="2"> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://www.churches-uk-ireland.org/towns/l/leeds.html"> <font color="#800000">Churches of Britain & Ireland - Leeds</font></a></font></b><font color="#800000" size="2" face="Verdana"><br> </font> <font face="Verdana" size="2"><font color="#808080">Their ultimate aim is to have at least one photo of every existing church in England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, the Isle of Man, and the Channel Islands, and where possible, photos or artwork of churches no longer in existence.</font> </font> <font color="#808080" size="2" face="Verdana"> See also list of <b> <a target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none" href="http://www.churches-uk-ireland.org/w_yorks.html"> <font color="#800000">Churches for West Yorkshire.</font></a></b></font></p> <p> <span style="font-weight: 400"><font color="#CCB993"><a name="Burials"> <b><font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 19">Burials, Cemeteries etc</font></b></a></font><b><font color="#CCB993"> </font><font color="#800040">      </font><font color="#808080">                         </font></b><font color="#996633" size="2"><a target="main" style="text-decoration: none" href="#The"><font color="#808080"><<<b> </b> </font></a> </font> <font size="2" color="#808080"><b> </a> </b> </font> </span> <a target="main" style="text-decoration: none" href="#The"> <font color="#808080" face="Arial Narrow" size="2">Back to Top >></font></a></p> <p> <b> <font color="#800000" size="2" face="Verdana"> <font color="#800000"> <a target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none" href="http://globalgenealogy.com/countries/england/general/935001-WRY2.htm"> <font color="#800000">National Burial Index - West Yorkshire</font></a></font><br> </font></b><font size="-1" face="Verdana" color="#808080">Burial records by city, town/village, and by burial ground within that municipality (available on CD).<br> </font> <font face="Verdana" color="#808080" size="2"> <br> </font><b> <font color="#006666" size="2" face="Verdana"> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://www.ffhs.org.uk/members2/england/eng-yorks.php"> <font color="#800000">National Burial Index - Yorkshire West Riding</font></a></font><font color="#800000" size="2" face="Verdana"></a></font></b><font size="2" face="Verdana"><font color="#006666"><br> </font> <font color="#808080">FFHS is an international organization, established in 1974 in the UK as a non-profit charitable company.  It is conducting the transcription and computerization of Burial records mainly by members of the Federation of Family History Societies throughout </font> </font> <font color="#808080" face="Verdana" size="2">Britain.</font><font face="Arial" size="-1"><br> </font> <font size="2"><br> </font> <font color="#800000" size="2" face="Verdana"><b> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://www.roll-of-honour.com/"> <font color="#800000">Roll of Honour.com</font></a></b></font><font color="#663300" size="2" face="Verdana"><br> </font> <font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2" color="#808080">Site dedicated to those men and women who fell fighting for their country. Other </font> <font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2" color="#996633"> <b> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Links/" style="text-decoration: none"> <font color="#800000">helpful links</font></a></b><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2" color="#808080"> to information on prisoners of war, other memorials, etc.  See also <b> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Yorkshire/LeedsBoerWar.html" style="text-decoration: none"> <font color="#800000">Leeds, Boer War</font></a></b>. <br> </font> </font> <font size="2"><br> </font> <b><font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#800000"> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?resourceIdentifier=10271&DISPLAY=FULL"> <font color="#800000">Leeds War Memorial</font></a></font></b><font size="2"><br> </font> <font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#808080">The figure of Victory was damaged in a storm in the 1960's, and was removed to a public cemetery. 20 years later it was melted down by the local council and now only the head remains at the Henry Moore Institute, Leeds.</font><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2" color="#808080"><br> </font> <font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#996633" size="2"> <br> </font><b> <font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#800000"> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_top" href="http://sheff-indexers.thewholeshebang.org/LestWeForgetIndex.html"> <font color="#800000">Lest We Forget</font></a></font></b><font color="#663300" size="2" face="Verdana"><br> </font> <font color="#808080" size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> Sheffield Indexers' collection of photos from various memorials for British and Commonwealth soldiers including; Leers (France), The Menin Gate, Ypres (Belgium), Railway Chateau British Cemetery (Belgium), Thiepval (France), Tyne Cot, Ypres (Belgium) and Vimy Ridge (France).<br> </font><font size="2"> <br> </font> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://www.framland.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/"><b> <font color="#800000" face="Verdana" size="2">Tombstones & Monumental Inscriptions</font></b></a><font size="2"></a></font><span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-family: Broadway; font-weight: 700; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 1px"><font size="2" color="#800000">  </font></span><font size="2"> </font><font size="2" face="Verdana"><font color="#800000"><br> </font> <font color="#808080">Photographic record of the various churches, churchyards, graveyards and cemeteries.<br> </font></font> <font face="Verdana" color="#808080" size="2"> <br> </font> <font face="Verdana" size="2"> <b> <font color="#800000"> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/WRY/Leeds/index.html"> <font color="#800040">GENUKI pages for </font></a> </font></b> <font color="#800000"><b> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/WRY/Leeds/index.html"> <font color="#800040">Leeds, West Yorkshire</font></a></b><br> </font><font color="#808080">Lots of genealogical reference information on Leeds including; Census, <b>Churches</b>, Church <b>Records</b>, Correctional Institutions, Description & Travel, Directories, Gazetteers, History, Maps, <b>Memorials</b>, Geographical Parish Names, Newspapers, Societies & Town Records.</font></font><font color="#808080" size="2" face="Verdana"><br> <br> </font> <font color="#006666" size="2" face="Verdana"><b> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.churchplansonline.org/retrieve_results.asp?c=Yorkshire" style="text-decoration: none"> <font color="#800000">Church Plans Online  - Yorkshire</font></a></b><br> </font> <font color="#808080" face="Verdana" size="2">The Incorporated Church Building Society archive includes over 15,000 files relating to applications by parishes for grants from the Society. The earliest file is dated 1818 and the latest 1982.</font></p> <p> <span style="font-weight: 400"> <b><font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 19" color="#CCB993"><a name="Started">Getting Started</a></font>  <font color="#808080">                                                    </font></b> <font color="#996633" size="2"> <a target="main" style="text-decoration: none" href="#The"> <font color="#808080"><<<b> </b> </font></a> </font> <font size="2" color="#808080"><b> </a> </b> </font> </span> <a target="main" style="text-decoration: none" href="#The"> <font color="#808080" face="Arial Narrow" size="2">Back to Top >></font></a></p> <p><font size="2" face="Verdana"><b> <font color="#800000"> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.genuki.org.uk/gs/" style="text-decoration: none"> <font color="#800000">Getting started in Family History (Genuki)</font></a></font></b><font color="#800000"><br> </font><font color="#808080">All the information you need to know to start researching your Family History.<br> </font></font><font face="Verdana" color="#808080" size="2"> <br> </font> <b><font face="Verdana" color="#800000" size="2"> <a target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none" href="http://www.mlfhs.org.uk/Infobase/Begin-Registers.htm"> <font color="#800000">Family History for Beginners</font></a></font></b><font color="#800000" size="2" face="Verdana"><a href="http://sheff-indexers.thewholeshebang.org/ParishIndex.html" style="text-decoration: none"><font color="#800000">    </font></a>   <br> </font> <font color="#808080" size="2" face="Verdana">Detailed introduction on how to search Parish Records and historical information including; Hardwicke's Act, Rose's Act and Toleration Act. By kind permission of John Marsden.<br> <br> </font> <font size="2" face="Verdana"> <b> <a target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none; " href="http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/"> <font color="#800000">FreeBMD</font></a></b><font color="#800000"><br> </font><font color="#808080">Searchable transcriptions of the Civil Registration index of births, marriages and deaths for England and Wales.<br> </font></font><font face="Verdana" color="#808080" size="2"> <br> </font> <b> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificate/index.asp#0"> <font face="Verdana" color="#800000" size="2"> General Register Office (GRO)</font></a></b><font color="#800000" size="2" face="Verdana"><br> </font><font color="#808080" size="2" face="Verdana">The General Register Office holds a central copy of all registrations for England and Wales including; Births, Deaths, Stillbirths, Marriages, Civil Partnerships, Adoptions.<br> <br> </font> <b> <font face="Verdana" color="#006666" size="2"> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/gettingstarted/"> <font color="#800000">The National Archives - Getting Started</font></a></font></b><font color="#006666" size="2"><br> </font> <font size="2" face="Verdana" color="#808080">The National Archives of England, Wales and the United Kingdom has one of the largest archival collections in the world, spanning 1000 years of British history, from Domesday Book of 1086 to government papers recently released to the public.  You can see this collection at The National Archives in Kew, West London, or view certain documents online. </font><span style="color: #808080"> <span class="TwoCE"> <font face="Verdana" size="2"><b> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/researchguidesindex.asp" style="text-decoration: none"> <font color="#800000">Research Guides</font></a></b> are available through their online catalogue.<br> </font></span></span> <font face="Verdana" color="#808080" size="2"> <br> </font> <b> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://www.jewishgen.org/JCR-UK/index.htm"> <font face="Verdana" color="#800000" size="2"> JewishGen.org</font></a></b><font color="#006666" size="2" face="Verdana"><br> </font><font color="#808080" size="2" face="Verdana">Joint project between the </font><font color="#996633" size="2" face="Verdana"> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.jgsgb.org.uk/" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: 700"> <font color="#800000">Jewish Genealogical Society of Great Britain</font></a></font><font color="#808080" size="2" face="Verdana"> and </font><font color="#996633" size="2" face="Verdana"> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.jewishgen.org/JCR-UK/aboutus.htm" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: 700"> <font color="#800000">JewishGen</font></a></font><font color="#800000" size="2" face="Verdana"><b>.Inc</b>,</font><font color="#808080" size="2" face="Verdana"> collecting genealogical and other community related information about UK Jewish communities (England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Channel Islands).<br> <br> </font> <b> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://jewishwebindex.com"> <font face="Verdana" color="#800000" size="2"> Jewish Web Index</font></a></b><font color="#006666" size="2" face="Verdana"><br> </font> <font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#808080">Extensive collection of information Jews first came to Britain in 1066, at the invitation of William the Conqueror, but were expelled in 1290 by Edward I.  England, unlike America, had a large influx of Western European Jews (especially Dutch) going back before 1800. With this website, you will find that each Link provides you easy, <i> one-click accessibility</i> by Country<b> </b>and/or by specific Subject in alphabetical order -- to the thousands of web sites visited offering detailed Jewish genealogical information or links to other portals that will help you with your research. <br> <br> </font> <font size="2" face="Verdana"> <a href="http://www.familysearch.org/eng/Library/FHLC/frameset_fhlc.asp" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none; "><b> <font color="#800000">LDS Family History Library</font></b></a><font color="#800000"><br> </font><font color="#808080">LDS Family History Catalog.<br> </font></font> <font face="Verdana" color="#808080" size="2"> <br> </font> <font size="2" face="Verdana"> <a target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none; " href="http://www.familysearch.org/eng/Search/frameset_search.asp?PAGE=igi/search_IGI.asp"> <b> <font color="#800000">LDS Family Search (IGI)</font></b></a><font color="#800000"><br> </font> <font color="#808080">International Genealogical Index (IGI).<br> </font> </font> <font face="Verdana" color="#808080" size="2"> <br> </font> <a target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none; " href="http://www.familysearch.org/eng/Search/frameset_search.asp?PAGE=census/search_census.asp"> <font size="2" face="Verdana"> <b> <font color="#800000">LDS 1881 Census Search (IGI)</font></b></font></a><font color="#800000" size="2" face="Verdana"><br> </font><font color="#808080" size="2" face="Verdana">You can choose the 1881 British Isles, the 1881 Canadian or 1880 United States Census.<br> </font> <font face="Verdana" color="#996633" size="2"> <br> </font> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.1837online.com/Trace2web/HomeServlet" style="text-decoration: none"> <b> <font face="Verdana" color="#800000" size="2"> 1837 Online.com</font></b></a><font color="#800000" size="2" face="Verdana"><br> </font><font color="#808080" size="2" face="Verdana">UK searchable databases including; 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Fee applies to records viewed.<br> <br> </font> <a target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none; " href="http://www.cyndislist.com/eng-yks.htm#Records"> <b> <font size="2" face="Verdana" color="#800000">Searchable Databases: 1538 up to 1901</font></b></a><font color="#800000" size="2" face="Verdana"><br> </font> <font color="#808080" size="2" face="Verdana">List of searchable databases available by subscription for England and Wales including;</font><font color="#996633" size="2" face="Verdana"><a target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none; " href="http://www.cyndislist.com/eng-yks.htm#Records"><font color="#808080"> C</font></a></font><font color="#808080" size="2" face="Verdana">ensus, Cemeteries, Land, Obituaries, Personal, Taxes and Vital (Born, Married, Died & Buried).<br> </font> <font color="#996633" face="Verdana" size="2"> <br> </font> <span class="body"><span> <font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#663300"><span style="font-weight: 700"> <a target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none" href="http://www.1901censusonline.com/"> <font color="#800000">1901censusonline.com</font></a></span></font><font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#996633"><span style="font-weight: 400"><br> </span> </font> </span></span><font color="#808080" size="2" face="Verdana">Official genealogy site of the English & Welsh census information for 1901 with s</font><span class="body"><span><font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#808080"><span style="font-weight: 400">earchable 1901 census completely transcribed for and on behalf the British Government. <br> </span> </font> <span style="font-weight: 400"> <font face="Verdana" color="#808080" size="2"><br> </font> </span> </span></span><font face="Verdana"><b><font size="2"> <a style="TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://www.censusfinder.com/"> <font color="#800000">Census Finder - Free Census Records Online</font></a></font></b></font><font face="Verdana" color="#006666" size="2"><br> </font><font face="Verdana" color="#808080" size="2">Census Finder is a tool  designed to help you find sites which offer free census records online.  Site features links to; 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font-weight: 700" href="http://www.nifhs.org/straysA.htm"> <font color="#800000">Yorkshire Strays in Ireland</font></a></font><font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#000080"><br> </font> <font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#808080"> Is it possible some of your relatives went to Northern Ireland? </font> <font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#663333"> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.nifhs.org/straysA.htm" style="text-decoration: none; "> <font color="#808080">This link </font></a><font color="#408080"> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.nifhs.org/straysA.htm" style="text-decoration: none"> <font color="#808080">will give you an alphabetical list of</font></a><a target="_blank" href="http://www.nifhs.org/straysA.htm" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: 700"><font color="#808080"> </font> </a> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.nifhs.org/straysA.htm" style="text-decoration: none; "> <font color="#808080">Census strays to view.  </font></a></font> </font> <font size="2"> <br>  <br> </font><font face="Arial Narrow" size="3"> <font color="#006666" size="2" face="Verdana"><b> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://users.nwon.com/pauline/Travellers.html"> <font color="#800000">British Fairground Ancestors</font></a></b><br> </font> <font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#808080"> The British Fairground Ancestors website provides information including census records on Showmen as well as Circus and Fairground Travellers Index.</font></font></span></span><font color="#808080" face="Verdana" size="2"><br>  <br> </font> <b> <font face="Verdana" color="#800000" size="2"> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://www.yorkshirelinks.com"> <font color="#800000">Yorkshire & Surrounding Counties</font></a></font></b><font color="#800000" size="2" face="Verdana"><br> </font><font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#808080">Sheffield Indexers collection of popular Historical and Genealogical links for </font> <font face="Verdana" color="#800000" size="2"> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://www.yorkshirelinks.com"> <font color="#800000">Yorkshire</font></a> </font><font color="#808080" size="2" face="Verdana"> and the surrounding counties of</font><font color="#006666" face="Verdana" style="font-weight:700" size="2"> </font><font color="#006666" face="Verdana" size="2"> </font> <font color="#006666" face="Verdana"> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://sheff-indexers.thewholeshebang.org/Links/Links_Cheshire.html"> <font color="#800000" size="2">Cheshire</font></a></font><font color="#800000" face="Verdana" size="2">, </font> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://sheff-indexers.thewholeshebang.org/Links/Links_Derbyshire.html"> <font color="#800000" face="Verdana" size="2">Derbyshire</font></a><font color="#800000" face="Verdana" size="2">, </font> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://sheff-indexers.thewholeshebang.org/Links/Links_Durham.html"> <font face="Verdana" color="#800000" size="2">Durham, </font> </a> <font color="#006666" face="Verdana"> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://sheff-indexers.thewholeshebang.org/Links/Links_Lancashire.html"> <font size="2" color="#800000">Lancashire</font></a></font><font size="2" color="#800000" face="Verdana">, </font> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://sheff-indexers.thewholeshebang.org/Links/Links_Lincolnshire.html"> <font color="#800000" face="Verdana" size="2">Lincolnshire</font></a><font color="#800000" face="Verdana" size="2">, </font> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://sheff-indexers.thewholeshebang.org/Links/Links_Nottinghamshire.html"> <font color="#800000" face="Verdana" size="2">Nottinghamshire</font></a><font color="#800000" face="Verdana" size="2"> </font> <font color="#808080" face="Verdana" size="2">and</font><font color="#800000" face="Verdana" size="2"> </font> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://sheff-indexers.thewholeshebang.org/Links/Links_Westmorland_Cumbria.html"> <font face="Verdana" color="#800000" size="2">Westmorland/Cumbria</font></a><font face="Verdana" color="#800000" size="2">.</font><font face="Verdana" color="#000080" size="2"><br> </font> <font color="#808080" face="Verdana,MS Sans Serif" size="2"> <br> </font> <font color="#996633" face="Verdana"> <a style="text-decoration: none; font-weight:700" target="_blank" href="http://sheff-indexers.thewholeshebang.org/Links/Links_GenealogyHunters.html"> <font color="#800000" size="2"> Genealogy Hunters in the UK</font></a></font><font color="#006666" size="2" face="Verdana"><br> </font> <font color="#808080" size="2" face="Verdana">Sheffield Indexers collection of links of Popular Travel Info for Family History Researchers.  Sites include; Tour the UK, About the Counties, <b>Accommodations</b> and Who to See When You Get There.<br> </font> <span class="body"><span> <font face="Verdana" color="#808080" size="2"><br> </font></span></span><b><font face="Verdana" color="#996633"><a target="main" href="#Immigration" style="text-decoration: none"> <font color="#800000" size="2">Emigration, Immigration, Migration</font></a></font><font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#800000"><br> </font></b><font face="Verdana" size="2"><span class="body"> <font color="#808080">Extensive list of links to websites for family members who may have Emigrated, Immigrated or Migrated.</font></span></font><font color="#808080" size="2" face="Verdana"><br> </font> <font size="2"><br> </font><font color="#996633" face="Verdana"> <a target="main" href="#Trade" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight:700"> <font color="#800000" size="2">Trades, Directories & Unions</font></a></font><font color="#800000" size="2"><br> </font> <span style="font-weight: 400"><font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#808080"> Leeds Links collections of the links to workers trades, unions and Directories.  </font></span></p> <p> <span style="font-weight: 400"> <font color="#CCB993"> <a name="Maps"> <b><font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 19">Leeds Street Index & Maps</font></b></a></font><a name="Maps"><b><font color="#CCB993" face="Verdana" style="font-size: 19"> </font> </b> </a> <b> <font color="#CCB993">    </font><font color="#808080">                 </font></b><font color="#996633" size="2"><a target="main" style="text-decoration: none" href="#The"><font color="#808080"><<<b> </b> </font></a> </font> <font size="2" color="#808080"><b> </a> </b> </font> </span> <a target="main" style="text-decoration: none" href="#The"> <font color="#808080" face="Arial Narrow" size="2">Back to Top >></font></a></p> <p> <font color="#800000" size="2" face="Verdana"><b> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://www.proviser.com/regional/towns/leeds/street_maps/"> <font color="#800040">Leeds Street Maps</font></a></b></font><font size="2" face="Verdana"><font color="#800000"><br> </font><font color="#808080">Map index for current streets in Leeds.<br> </font></font><font face="Verdana" color="#996633" size="2"> <br> </font> <b><font size="2" face="Verdana"> <a style="text-decoration: none; " href="http://www.picturesofengland.com/mapofengland/historic-uk-counties.html" target="_blank"> <font color="#800000">Counties</font></a><font color="#800000"> </font></font> </b> <font size="2" face="Verdana"> <b> <a href="http://www.picturesofengland.com/mapofengland/historic-uk-counties.html" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none; "> <font color="#800000">of England</font></a></b><font color="#996633"><br> </font> <font color="#808080">Historic Counties of Great Britain.<br> </font> </font><font face="Verdana" color="#996633" size="2"> <br> </font> <b><font face="Verdana" color="#800000" size="2"> <a target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none" href="http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/Regions/Codes.html"> <font color="#800000">GENUKI </font></a><font color="#800000"> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/Regions/Codes.html" style="text-decoration: none"> <font color="#800000">Country and County Codes</font></a></font></font></b><font color="#996633" size="2" face="Verdana"><br> </font> <font color="#808080" size="2" face="Verdana">'Chapman Codes' for Countries and Counties of the British Isles. <br> </font> <font face="Verdana" color="#996633" size="2"> <br> </font> <font size="2" face="Verdana"> <a href="http://www.old-maps.co.uk/" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none; "><b> <font color="#800000">Old Maps</font></b></a><font color="#996633"><br> </font> <font color="#808080">Old Ordnance Survey maps.<br> </font></font> <font face="Verdana" color="#996633" size="2"> <br> </font> <font size="2" face="Verdana"> <b> <a target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none; " href="http://www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk/leeds.htm"> <font color="#800000">Alan Godfrey Maps</font></a></b><font color="#996633"><br> </font> <font color="#808080">Old maps of Leeds available to buy.</font></font><font color="#808080" size="2" face="Verdana"><br> </font> <font face="Verdana" color="#996633" size="2"> <br> </font> <b> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~genmaps/genfiles/COU_Pages/ENG_pages/yks.htm"> <font face="Verdana" color="#800000" size="2"> GENMAPS</font></a></b><font color="#996633" size="2" face="Verdana"><br> </font><font color="#808080" size="2" face="Verdana">Miscellaneous maps of Yorkshire <i>(Rootsweb)</i>.<br> <br> </font> <font color="#000080" size="2" face="Verdana"><b> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.geograph.org.uk/" style="text-decoration: none"> <font color="#800000">Geograph British Isles</font></a></b></font><font color="#800000" size="2" face="Verdana"><br> </font> <font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#808080">The Geograph British Isles project aims to collect geographically representative photographs and information for every square kilometre of the UK and Eire.<br> <br> </font> <font face="Verdana" size="2"> <b> <font color="#800000"> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/WRY/Leeds/index.html"> <font color="#800040">GENUKI pages for </font></a> </font></b> <font color="#800000"><b> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/WRY/Leeds/index.html"> <font color="#800040">Leeds, West Yorkshire</font></a></b><br> </font><font color="#808080">Lots of genealogical reference information on Leeds including; Census, Churches, Church Records, Correctional Institutions, Description & Travel, Directories, Gazetteers, History, <b>Maps</b>, Memorials, Geographical Parish Names, Newspapers, Societies & Town Records.</font></font><font face="Verdana" color="#808080" size="2"><br>  <br> </font> <b> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://www.mapquest.com/maps/main.adp?country=GB"> <font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#800000">MapQuest</font></a></b><font size="2" face="Verdana"><font color="#006666"><br> </font><font color="#808080">International Map Website.  If you have a current address this will show you where it is.  Will need the street address and postal code.</font></font></p> <p> <span style="font-weight: 400"> <font color="#CCB993"> <a name="Photos"> <b><font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 19">Leeds Photo Sites</font></b></a></font><a name="Photos"><b><font color="#CCB993"><span style="font-size: 19"> </span> </font> </b></a> <b> <font color="#CCB993"> <span style="font-size: 19"> </span></font><font color="#808080">                                           </font></b><font color="#996633" size="2"><a target="main" style="text-decoration: none" href="#The"><font color="#808080"><<<b> </b> </font></a> </font> <font size="2" color="#808080"> <b></a> </b> </font></span> <a target="main" style="text-decoration: none" href="#The"> <font color="#808080" face="Arial Narrow" size="2">Back to Top >></font></a></p> <p> <b><font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#800000"> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.leodis.net/" style="text-decoration: none"> <font color="#800040">Leodis.net</font></a></font></b><font size="2" face="Verdana"><font color="#800000"><br> </font><font color="#808080">Photos of Leeds.<br> </font></font> <font face="Verdana" color="#996633" size="2"> <br> </font> <b> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://www.pbase.com/bmcmorrow/leeds&page=7"> <font face="Verdana" color="#800040" size="2"> Leeds Photo Gallery</font></a></b><font size="2" face="Verdana"><font color="#800000"><br> </font><font color="#808080">Photos of Leeds by Brian McMorrow.<br> </font></font> <font face="Verdana" color="#996633" size="2"> <br> </font> <font color="#800000" size="2" face="Verdana"><b> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.vrleeds.co.uk/leeds-virtual-tour2006/index3.html" style="text-decoration: none"> <font color="#800000">VR Leeds</font></a></b><br> </font> <font color="#808080" size="2" face="Verdana">360° panoramic tour of the city of Leeds.</font></p> <p> <span class="body"><span> <font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#800000"> <span style="font-weight: 700"> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="main" href="Leeds_Links_PostCardsFromLeeds.html"> <font color="#800000">Old Picture Postcards of Leeds</font></a></span></font><font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#663333"><font color="#800040" size="2" face="Verdana">            </font> <font face="Broadway" color="#0033CC"><span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 1px"> <font size="2"> << </font></span></font><span style="font-weight: 700"> <font face="Broadway" size="2" color="#0033CC">NEW</font></span></font><font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#000080"><br> </font> <font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#808080">Leeds Links collection of old picture post cards for Leeds and surrounding areas.</font></span></span></p> <p> <b> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://viewfinder.english-heritage.org.uk/?index=1&main_query=&theme=&period=&county=WEST YORKSHIRE&district=&place_name="> <font face="Verdana" color="#800000" size="2"> Viewfinder Picture Heritage - West Yorkshire</font></a></b><font color="#996633" size="2" face="Verdana"><br> </font> <font color="#808080" size="2" face="Verdana">New online image resource for England's history containing illustrations of the industrial age, social history, architecture and archaeology, dating from the 1840s to the present day.<br> </font> <font face="Verdana" color="#996633" size="2"> <br> </font> <b> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.skylibrary.co.uk/gallery/welcome.asp" style="text-decoration: none"> <font color="#800000" size="2" face="Verdana">UK Aerial Sky Library</font></a></b><font color="#800000" size="2" face="Verdana"><br> </font><font color="#808080" size="2" face="Verdana">The internet's largest collection of oblique aerial pictures of the UK.</font><font color="#996633" face="Verdana" size="2"><br> <br> </font> <b> <font color="#800000" size="2" face="Verdana"> <a target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none" href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/bradford/in_pictures/360_panoramas/index.shtml"> <font color="#800040">360° Views of West Yorkshire</font></a></font></b><font color="#800000" size="2" face="Verdana"><br> </font><font color="#808080" size="2" face="Verdana">Pictures include; Scenic, Sports, Places of Worship, Urban SY, Clubs and Behind the Scenes. <br> </font> <font face="Verdana" color="#996633" size="2"> <br> </font> <b> <font color="#006666" face="Verdana" size="2"> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://www.francisfrith.com/search/england/yorkshire/leeds/leeds.htm"> <font color="#800000">The Francis Frith Collection - </font></a></font> <font size="2"></a></font></b> <font color="#006666" size="2" face="Verdana"><b> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://www.francisfrith.com/search/england/yorkshire/leeds/leeds.htm"> <font color="#800000">Leeds</font></a></b><br> </font> <font color="#808080" size="2" face="Verdana">Photographic publishers since 1860. Website includes Photos, Maps, Books, Aerial Photos and Memories.  Searchable site also includes collections for <a target="_blank" href="http://www.francisfrith.com/" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: 700"> <font color="#800000">England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales.  </font></a> </font> <font size="2"> <br> <br> </font> <b> <font color="#006666" face="Verdana" size="2"> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://www.churches-uk-ireland.org/towns/l/leeds.html"> <font color="#800000">Churches of Britain & Ireland - Leeds</font></a></font></b><font color="#800000" size="2" face="Verdana"><br> </font> <font face="Verdana" size="2"><font color="#808080">Their ultimate aim is to have at least one photo of every existing church in England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, the Isle of Man, and the Channel Islands, and where possible, photos or artwork of churches no longer in existence.</font> </font> <font color="#808080" size="2" face="Verdana"> See also list of <b> <a target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none" href="http://www.churches-uk-ireland.org/w_yorks.html"> <font color="#800000">Churches for West Yorkshire.</font></a></b></font><font size="2"><br> </font> <font face="Verdana" color="#808080" size="2"> <br> </font> <b> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://www.picturesofengland.com/England/West_Yorkshire/Leeds"> <font face="Verdana" color="#800000" size="2"> Pictures of Leeds</font></a></b><font color="#006666" size="2" face="Verdana"><br> </font><font color="#808080" size="2" face="Verdana">PicturesofEngland.com exploring the most Picturesque & Historic parts of England.  Take a picture tour of Leeds Attractions, Nearby Towns, Maps and more.  See also <a target="_blank" href="http://www.picturesofengland.com/England/West_Yorkshire" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: 700"> <font color="#800000">pictures of West Yorkshire.</font></a></font><font size="2"><br> </font> <font color="#006666" FACE="Verdana" size="2"><br> </font> <span style="font-weight: 700"> <font color="#000080" FACE="Verdana" size="2"> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://www.skiptonweb.co.uk/gallery/gallery.asp?town=Leeds"> <font color="#800000">Skipton Web - Leeds Pictures</font></a></font></span><font FACE="TimesNRMT" color="#800000" size="2"><br> </font><font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#808080">The SkiptonWeb Photo Gallery consists mainly of modern photos of cities including Leeds.  See also their <b> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.skiptonweb.co.uk/gallery/" style="text-decoration: none"> <font color="#800000">Gallery</font></a></b> of other photos taken in the British Isles.<br>  <br> </font> <b> <font face="Verdana" color="#006666" size="2"> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://www.scienceandsociety.co.uk"> <font color="#800000">Science and Society</font></a></font><font size="2"></a></a></font></b><font color="#006666" size="2" face="Verdana"><br> </font><font color="#808080" size="2" face="Verdana">Science & Society Picture Library represents the collections of the Science Museum, the National Railway Museum and the National Museum of Photography, Film & Television - as well as a variety of related collections. They now have over 150 image collections from both within and outside the museums' core collections. These contain over 70,000 online records, including over 40,000 digital images.</font><font size="2"><br> </font> <font face="Verdana" color="#996633" size="2"> <br> </font> <b> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://www.cartes.freeuk.com/time/date.htm"> <font face="Verdana" color="#800000" size="2"> How old is that photograph?</font></a></b><font color="#996633" size="2" face="Verdana"><br> </font><font color="#808080" size="2" face="Verdana">Date an old photograph to help fit a photo into the family tree (Roger Vaughan Picture Library).<br>  <br> </font> <b> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://www.acay.com.au/~gsm/DatingPhotos.html"> <font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#800000">Dating Photos</font></a></b><font color="#006666" size="2" face="Verdana"><br> </font><font color="#808080" size="2" face="Verdana">Most old photos can be dated with reasonable certainty to within a period of ten years. In some cases they can of course be dated to the exact day, if someone has bothered to record that information on the photo! Sadly almost all 19th century family portraits in albums are unidentified and undated! So in most cases a little detective work must be done.</font></p> <p> <span style="font-weight: 400"> <font color="#CCB993"> <a name="General"> <b><font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 19">General Sites</font></b></a></font><a name="General"><b><font color="#CCB993" face="Verdana" style="font-size: 19"> </font> </b> </a> <b> <font color="#CCB993"> <font face="Verdana">   </font>   </font> <font color="#808080">                                                  </font></b><font color="#996633" size="2"><a target="main" style="text-decoration: none" href="#The"><font color="#808080"><<<b> </b> </font></a> </font><font size="2" color="#808080"><b></a> </b> </font></span> <a target="main" style="text-decoration: none" href="#The"> <font color="#808080" face="Arial Narrow" size="2">Back to Top >></font></a></p> <p><font size="2" face="Verdana"> <b> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://www.ffhs.org.uk/"> <font color="#800000">Federation of Family History Societies</font></a></b><font color="#996633"><br> </font> <font color="#808080">FFHS is an international organization, established in 1974 in the UK as a non-profit charitable company.<br> </font> </font> <font face="Verdana" color="#808080" size="2"> <br> </font> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.ffhs.org.uk/members2/contacting.php#YKS" style="text-decoration: none"> <b> <font face="Verdana" color="#800000" size="2"> Yorkshire Family History Societies</font></b></a><font color="#006666" size="2" face="Verdana"><br> </font><font color="#808080" size="2" face="Verdana">The Federation of Family History Societies' (FFHS) list of Yorkshire Member Contacts.<br> </font> <font face="Verdana" color="#996633" size="2"> <br> </font> <font size="2" face="Verdana"> <b> <a target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none; " href="http://www.cyndislist.com/eng-yks.htm"> <font color="#800000">Cyndi's List</font></a></b></font><font color="#996633" size="2" face="Verdana"><br> </font><font color="#808080" size="2" face="Verdana">US based genealogical list with information for Yorkshire England.<br> </font><font color="#996633" face="Verdana" size="2"><br> </font><b> <a target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none" href="http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/gettingstarted/?homelink=main_history"> <font face="Verdana" color="#800000" size="2">National Archives</font></a></b><font color="#996633" size="2" face="Verdana"><br> </font><font color="#808080" size="2" face="Verdana">The National Archives offers helpful historical information on Family, Local, House and Military History, etc. <br> </font><font face="Verdana" color="#996633" size="2"> <br> </font> <b><font color="#800000" size="2" face="Verdana"> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.nationalarchivist.com/" style="text-decoration: none"> <font color="#800000">National Archivist.com</font></a></font></b><font color="#996633" size="2" face="Verdana"><br> </font><font color="#808080" size="2" face="Verdana">UK archives online databases with digital images of original registers, entry books, indexes and publications, reproduced under license.  Access by subscription to </font><font color="#996633" size="2" face="Verdana"> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.1837online.com" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: 700"> <font color="#808080">1837Online.com</font></a><font color="#808080" size="2" face="Verdana">. </font> <br> <br> </font> <font size="2" face="Verdana"> <a style="text-decoration: none; " href="http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/Misc/Where/" target="_blank"><b> <font color="#800000">GENUKI</font></b></a><font color="#996633"><br> </font><font color="#808080">Alphabetical list of Places in Yorkshire.<br> </font></font> <font face="Verdana" color="#808080" size="2"> <br> </font> <font color="#006666" size="2" face="Verdana"><b> <font color="#800000"> <a target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none" href="http://www.familyrecords.gov.uk/"> <font color="#800000">Family Records</font></a></font></b></font><font color="#808080" size="2" face="Verdana"><br> </font> <font face="Verdana" size="2"><font color="#808080">London based site, provided by the </font> <a href="http://www.familyrecords.gov.uk/partners.htm" target="_top"> <font color="#808080">FamilyRecords.gov.uk consortium</font></a><font color="#808080">, aims to help you find the government records and other sources you need for your family history research.<br> </font></font><font color="#808080" face="Verdana" size="2"><br> </font><font color="#808080" face="Verdana,MS Sans Serif" size="2"> <a target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: 700" href="http://www.coraweb.com.au/uksites.htm"> <font color="#800000">England Societies and County Sites</font></a></font><b><font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#800000">,</font><font color="#006666" face="Verdana" size="2"><a target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none" href="http://www.coraweb.com.au/uksites.htm"><font color="#800000"> Coraweb</font></a></font></b><font color="#006666" size="2"><br> </font> <font color="#808080" face="Verdana,MS Sans Serif" size="2">Another Gateway Site for Family History and the UK Genealogist.  See also their links page to England & Wales: <a target="_blank" href="http://www.coraweb.com.au/ukbdm.htm" style="text-decoration: none"> <font color="#800000">Online Birth, Death and Marriage Indexes</font></a> and their <a target="_blank" href="http://www.coraweb.com.au/uksites.htm" style="text-decoration: none"> <font color="#800000">General Information page for the UK.</font></a></font><font color="#808080" face="Verdana" size="2"><br> <br> </font><b><font color="#006666" face="Verdana" size="2"> <a target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none" href="http://www.genealogylinks.net/uk/england/yorkshire/index.html"> <font color="#800000">Yorkshire Genealogy Links</font></a></font></b><font color="#006666" size="2"><br> </font> <font color="#808080" face="Verdana,MS Sans Serif" size="2">Another Gateway Site for information on; general links, cemeteries, census, directories, marriages, military, parish registers, passenger lists.<br> <br> </font> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="Links/Links_Yorkshire.html"> <font color="#800000" face="Verdana" style="font-weight:700" size="2">Yorkshire & Surrounding Counties</font></a><font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#006666"><br> </font> <font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#808080">Sheffield Indexers collection of links for the genealogists looking for family history information in Yorkshire and Surrounding Counties.<br> </font> <font face="Verdana" color="#996633" size="2"> <br> </font> <b> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://www.ukgid.com/"> <font face="Verdana" color="#800000" size="2"> UK Genealogy Interests Directory</font></a></b><font color="#996633" size="2" face="Verdana"><br> </font><font color="#808080" size="2" face="Verdana">FREE UK Genealogy web site where you can put information about the surnames you are researching.<br> </font><font face="Verdana" color="#996633" size="2"> <br> </font> <font size="2" face="Verdana"> <a href="http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/RegOffice/" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none; "><b> <font color="#800000">English and Welsh Register Offices</font></b></a><font color="#996633"><br> </font><font color="#808080">Address of all UK Register Offices.</font></font><font color="#808080" size="2" face="Verdana"><br> </font> <font face="Verdana" color="#996633" size="2"> <br> </font> <font size="2" face="Verdana"> <a href="http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/index.htm" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none; "> <b> <font color="#800000">Hugh Wallis's IGI Batch Numbers Web Site</font></b></a><font color="#996633"><br> </font> <font color="#808080">IGI searchable database. </font> </font> <font color="#808080" size="2" face="Verdana"> <br>  <br> </font> <b> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://www.spatial-literacy.org/UCLnames/default.aspx"> <font face="Verdana" color="#800000" size="2"> Surname Profiler</font></a></b><font color="#996633" size="2" face="Verdana"><br> </font> <font color="#808080" size="2" face="Verdana">Ever wonder about the history or geography of your family name? This website offers a</font><font color="#996633" size="2" face="Verdana"> <b> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.spatial-literacy.org/UCLnames/Surnames.aspx" style="text-decoration: none"> <font color="#800000">searchable database</font></a></b></font><font face="Arial" size="2">.</font><font color="#996633" size="2" face="Verdana"><br> <br> </font> <font size="2" face="Verdana"> <b> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://www.jgsgb.org.uk/"> <font color="#800000"> Jewish Genealogical Society of Great Britain</font></a></b></font><font color="#996633" size="2" face="Verdana"><br> </font><font color="#808080" size="2" face="Verdana">The Society encourages genealogical research and promotes the preservation of Jewish genealogical records and resources.  <br> </font><font face="Verdana" color="#996633" size="2"> <br> </font> <b> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.any-web.com/main.asp?SiteID=ANY-Genealogy.co.uk" style="text-decoration: none"> <font face="Verdana" color="#800000" size="2"> ANY-Web 'Genealogy</font></a><font face="Verdana" color="#800000" size="2">'</font></b><font color="#800000" size="2" face="Verdana"><br> </font><font color="#808080" size="2" face="Verdana">Your Guide to Community Websites across the UK.<br> </font> <font face="Verdana" color="#996633" size="2"> <br> </font> <b> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://www.eh.net/hmit/ppowerbp/"> <font face="Verdana" color="#800000" size="2"> How much is that money worth today? (EH.Net)</font></a></b><font color="#996633" size="2" face="Verdana"><br> </font><font color="#808080" size="2" face="Verdana">Comparing the purchasing power of money in Great Britain from 1264 to 2005.<br>  </font></p> <p> <b><a name="Buildings"> <font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 19" color="#CCB993">Historical Buildings & Places to Stay</font></a></b><span style="font-weight: 400"><b><font color="#CCB993"> </font><font color="#808080">            </font></b><font color="#996633" size="2"><a target="main" style="text-decoration: none" href="#The"><font color="#808080"><<<b> </b> </font></a> </font> <font size="2" color="#808080"><b> </a> </b> </font> </span> <a target="main" style="text-decoration: none" href="#The"> <font color="#808080" face="Arial Narrow" size="2">Back to Top >></font></a></p> <p> <font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 4pt" color="#808080"> <br> </font> <font color="#800000" size="2" face="Verdana"><b> <font color="#800000"> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://www.lookingatbuildings.org.uk/default.asp?document=3.G"> <font color="#800000">Looking at Buildings - </font></a></font></a></b> </font> <font color="#0033CC" size="2" face="Verdana"><b> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://www.lookingatbuildings.org.uk/default.asp?document=3.G"> <font color="#800000">Leeds</font></a></b></font><font size="2"><br> </font> <font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#808080">An educational resource created by the Pevsner Architectural Guides - Work is underway to research and record the city's buildings.</font></p> <p> <b> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://www.hazlewood-castle.co.uk/castleoverview/history.html"> <font face="Verdana" color="#800000" size="2"> Hazlewood Castle</font></a><font color="#0033CC" size="2" face="Verdana"></a></font></b><font color="#996633" size="2" face="Verdana"><br> </font><font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#808080">Hazlewood Castle has been in the family estate of the Vavasours since Norman times and was mentioned in the Domesday Book in 1086.</font></p> <p><font face="Verdana" color="#000080" size="2"><b> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://www.studleyhousefarm.co.uk/"> <font color="#800000">Studley House Farm</font></a></b></font><font face="Verdana" color="#006666" size="2"><br> </font><font face="Verdana" color="#808080" size="2">In times past, it would only have been the aristocracy who could stay in a historic 19th Century farmhouse in beautiful countryside, on the site of an ancient Royal Forest, and close to what is possibly England's smallest stately home - a veritable English Chateau. But today you can enjoy this same privilege at Studley House Farm in the North Yorkshire village of Ebberston, away from the bustle of everyday life. </font></p> <p><font face="Verdana" color="#006666" size="2"><b> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://www.bar-convent.org.uk/history.htm"> <font color="#800000">The Bar Convent, York</font></a></b><br> </font><font face="Verdana" color="#808080" size="2">The Bar Convent is the oldest living convent in England, established in 1686. It now offers a variety of award winning facilities for the general public, businesses and historians alike. There is a fascinating museum bringing the history of the Bar Convent to life. The beautiful chapel is open throughout the day and serious research students may apply for access to the extensive library & archives. </font></p> <p> <b> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://www.harewood.org/"> <font face="Verdana" color="#800000" size="2"> Harewood House</font></a></b><font color="#996633" size="2" face="Verdana"><br> </font><font color="#808080" size="2" face="Verdana">Harewood House, home to the Queen's cousin, the Earl of Harewood is set in spectacular grounds, which include formal gardens and gentle woodland walks.</font></p> <p> <b><font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#800000"> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://www.harewood.org/chippendale/index1.htm"> <font color="#800000">Thomas Chippendale At </font></a></font> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://www.harewood.org/chippendale/index1.htm"> <font face="Verdana" color="#800000" size="2"> Harewood</font></a></b><font color="#996633" size="2" face="Verdana"><br> </font><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2" color="#808080"> Chippendale was employed to design much of the furniture in the House, the house finally became habitable in 1771.</font></p> <p> <font color="#0033CC" size="2" face="Verdana"> <a target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: 700" href="http://www.touruk.co.uk/houses/houses_in_northyorkshire.htm"> <font color="#800000">Historic Houses</font></a></font><font color="#000080" size="2" face="Verdana"><br> </font><font color="#808080" size="2" face="Verdana">Information on historic houses in North Yorkshire.  See also houses in <b> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.touruk.co.uk/houses/houses_in_yorkshire.htm" style="text-decoration: none"> <font color="#800000">West Yorkshire</font></a></b></font><font color="#800000" size="2" face="Verdana">.</font><font color="#808080" size="2" face="Verdana"><br>  </font></p> <p> <span style="font-weight: 700"><font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 19"> <font color="#CCB993"> <a name="Trade">Trades, Directories & Unions</a>  </font><font color="#663300">       </font>   </font></span><span style="font-weight: 400"><b>                    <font color="#808080">        </font> </b> <font color="#996633" size="2"> <a target="main" style="text-decoration: none" href="#The"> <font color="#808080"><<<b> </b> </font></a> </font> <font size="2" color="#808080"><b></a> </b> </font> </span> <a target="main" style="text-decoration: none" href="#The"> <font color="#808080" face="Arial Narrow" size="2">Back to Top >></font></a></p> <p> <span style="font-family: Verdana; color: #800000; font-weight: 700"> <font size="2"> <a target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none" href="http://www.historicaldirectories.org"> <font color="#800000">University of Leicester</font></a></font></span><font color="#800000" size="2" face="Verdana"><br> </font><font color="#808080" size="2" face="Verdana"> Digital library of local and trade directories for England and Wales, from <b>1750 to 1919</b>.  Directions: Click on 'Find by Keywords'. Select 'Yorkshire' and type in 'Leeds'.  There are currently 51 directories for Yorkshire. Future projects </font> <font face="Verdana" size="2"><font color="#808080">to provide at least one directory, for each segment on depicted on the </font> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.historicaldirectories.org/hd/findbylocation.asp"> <font color="#808080">geographical map</font></a><font color="#808080">, for each of the following decades: 1850's, 1890's, 1910's.<br> </font></font><font face="Verdana" color="#808080" size="2"> <br> </font> <font face="Verdana" size="2"> <b> <font color="#800000"> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/WRY/Leeds/index.html"> <font color="#800040">GENUKI pages for </font></a> </font></b> <font color="#800000"><b> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/WRY/Leeds/index.html"> <font color="#800040">Leeds, West Yorkshire</font></a></b><br> </font><font color="#808080">Lots of genealogical reference information on Leeds including; Census, Churches, Church Records, Correctional Institutions, Description & Travel, <b>Directories</b>, Gazetteers, History, Maps<b>,</b> Memorials, Geographical Parish Names, Newspapers, Societies & Town Records.</font></font><font color="#808080" face="Verdana" size="2"><br>  <br> </font> <b><font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#800000"> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://www.unionancestors.co.uk/index.htm"> <font color="#800000">Trade Union Ancestors</font></a></font></b><font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#006666"><br> </font> <font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#808080">Find out more about your family history in the trade union movement of the 19th and 20th centuries. This website aims to help family historians to identify the correct union, to discover the role their ancestor played in it, and to find out more about trade union history.  See also Wikipedia list of</font><font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#006666"> </font> <b><font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#800000"> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Trade_unions_of_the_United_Kingdom"> <font color="#800000">Trade Unions of the UK</font></a></font></b><font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#800000">. <br>  </font><font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#808080"><br> </font><b> <a href="http://www.unionancestors.co.uk/index.htm" style="text-decoration: none"> <font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#800000">Chartist Ancestors Trade Unions</font></a></b><font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#006666"><br> </font> <font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#808080">Chartism and the trade union movement - The history of modern trade unionism tends to leap from the story of the Tolpuddle Martyrs in the early 1830s to the first meeting of the Trades Union Congress in 1868.<br> <br> </font> <font color="#006666" size="2" face="Verdana"> <b> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://www.num.org.uk/"><font color="#800000">History of the N.U.M.</font></a></b><br> </font> <font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#808080">Under conditions where children as young as four had to face a seventeen-hour day and a six-day week working underground, the District Unions (forerunners of the Miners’ Federation of Great Britain and the <b>National Union of Mineworkers</b>) were established to protect the interests and the lives of miners.  In the pits of Sheffield there was concerted action in 1792 when colliers employed by the Duke of Norfolk refused to work until their wages were raised. There are many examples of miners’ secret organisations taking industrial action</font><font size="2">.  </font> <font face="Verdana" size="2"> <font color="#808080">See also more </font> <a target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Mining_in_the_United_Kingdom" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: 700"> <font color="#800000">mining references in the UK </font></a></font> <font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#808080">and</font><b><font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#800000"><a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Trade_unions_of_the_United_Kingdom"><font color="#800000"> Trade Unions of the UK</font></a>.</font></b><font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#800000"><br>  </font><font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#808080">  <br> </font> <font face="Verdana" color="#800000" size="2"><b> <a style="TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://www.cmhrc.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/" target="_blank"> <font color="#800000">Coal Mining History Resource Centre</font></a></b></font><font face="Verdana" color="#006666" size="2"><br> </font><font face="Verdana" color="#808080" size="2">National Database of Mining Deaths and Injuries as well as other resources.  See also the <b> <a style="TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://www.ncm.org.uk/" target="_blank"> <font color="#800000">National Coal Mining Museum</font></a></b> for England and <b> <a style="TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://www.northeastengland.talktalk.net/CoalMiningandRailways.htm" target="_blank"> <font color="#800000">Coal Mining & Railways in the North East</font></a></b></font><font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#800000">.</font><font face="Verdana" color="#996633" size="2"><br> <br> </font> <font size="2" face="Verdana"> <a href="http://www.antiquusmorbus.com/" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none; "><b> <font color="#800000">Old Medical Terms</font></b></a><font color="#996633"><br> </font><font color="#808080">This is a collection of old medical terms and their modern definitions from the 19th Century and earlier.</font></font><font color="#808080" size="2" face="Verdana"><br> </font> <font face="Verdana" color="#996633" size="2"> <br> </font> <font size="2" face="Verdana"> <a href="http://worldroots.com/brigitte/engloccuplist.htm" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none; "> <b> <font color="#800000">Worldroots.com</font></b></a><font color="#996633"><br> </font><font color="#808080">A list of occupations.</font></font><font color="#808080" size="2" face="Verdana"><br> </font> <font face="Verdana" color="#996633" size="2"> <br> </font> <font size="2" face="Verdana"> <b> <a target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none; " href="http://rmhh.co.uk/occup/index.html"> <font color="#800000">Old Occupation Names</font></a></b><font color="#996633"><br> </font><font color="#808080">Descriptions of occupations.</font></font><font face="Verdana" color="#996633" size="2"><br> <br> </font> <font size="2"> <br> </font> <b> <font face="Verdana" color="#800000" size="2"> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://www.cottontimes.co.uk/index.html"> <font color="#800000">Understanding the Industrial Revolution</font></a></font></b><font color="#800000" size="2" face="Verdana"><br> </font> <font color="#808080" size="2" face="Verdana">Website of biographies of the UK inventors, engineers, statesmen and reformers including stories of ordinary people upon whom Britain's industrial success was founded. 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