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Findmypast.co.uk to publish millions of Yorkshire parish records
We’re very pleased to announce our project to publish millions of Yorkshire parish baptism, marriage and burial records on findmypast.co.uk
Spanning the years from 1538 into the 20th century, the records cover parish church registers and bishops’ transcripts from most of Yorkshire. We estimate there to be 15 million records, which will include images of the registers, as well as transcripts.
We’ll be making the records available online for the first time, in association with the Yorkshire Digitisation Consortium, which comprises six Yorkshire archives. Together these archives hold the parish registers for a large proportion of Yorkshire.
This will be the largest online collection of Yorkshire records and will be a real boost to anyone tracing their Yorkshire ancestors. We’ll bring you more news about this project as soon as we can.
Our parish records collection contains millions of records from all over England and Wales and we add new records every month.
How many ancestors have you discovered in our parish records?
Two new sets of Yorkshire parish records
We’re continuing our mammoth run of new parish records with two fresh sets of Yorkshire records.
Further details of the records are as follows.
North Yorkshire records
| Type of records | Number of records | Date range | Coverage |
| Baptisms | 22,343 | 1600-1869 | Danby (Glaisdale), Egton, Gilling (Forcett), Guisborough, Kirby Fleetham, Manfield, Ormesby (Eston), Richmond, Sessay, Stanwick St John, Ugglebarnby, Whitby (Sleights) |
The Cleveland Family History Society provided findmypast.co.uk with these records.
Sheffield records
| Type of records | Number of records | Date range | Coverage |
| Baptisms | 3,895 | 1852-1938 | St Luke, Hollis Croft |
| Marriages | 1,740 | 1860-1991 | St Luke, Hollis Croft |
We are working in association with the Sheffield & District Family History Society to bring you these records.
New Yorkshire parish records to search
We’ve published 4,625 new parish records for Yorkshire on findmypast.co.uk
Any of you with Yorkshire roots will want to search these records to see if they hold new information to add to your family tree.
The Ryedale Family History Society provided findmypast.co.uk with these records, in association with the Federation of Family History Societies.
See the table below for more information about the records:
| Type of records | Number of records | Date range | Coverage |
| Baptisms | 2,176 | 1790-1886 | Allerston, Birdsall, Rillington |
| Marriages | 1,446 | 1754-1837 | Allerston, Birdsall, Helmsley, Malton |
| Burials | 1,003 | 1813-1888 | Allerston, Birdsall, Lockton |
Search 70,000 new Sheffield parish records
We’ve just published almost 70,000 new parish records for Sheffield on findmypast.co.uk
The records span the vast period 1767 to 1986 and will be essential to anyone with ancestors from Sheffield.
The Sheffield & District Family History Society provided findmypast.co.uk with these records, in association with the Federation of Family History Societies.
See the table below for further details of the records:
| Type of records | Number of records | Date range | Coverage |
| Baptisms | 13,102 | 1858-1940 | Sheffield, Yorkshire |
| Marriages | 24,772 | 1848-1986 | Sheffield, Yorkshire |
| Burials | 31,470 | 1767-1802 | Sheffield, Yorkshire |
Search new Northants, Yorkshire, Dorset and Kent parish records
We have updated our parish records collection with 647,000 new records for Northamptonshire, Yorkshire, Dorset and Kent. Read on for all the details.
Northamptonshire records
Search 528,228 new Northamptonshire parish records which span the vast period 1527-2006.
Further information on the records is as follows:
| Type of records | Number of records |
Date range | Parish / place |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marriages | 96,545 | 1538-1975 | Coverage of records (PDF) |
| Burials | 431,683 | 1527-2006 | Coverage of records (PDF) |
The Northamptonshire Family History Society provided findmypast.co.uk with these records, in association with the Federation of Family History Societies.
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Yorkshire records
We’ve added 86,806 Yorkshire parish records to our collection:
| Type of records | Number
of records |
Date range | Parish / place |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baptisms | 86,806 | 1599-1996 | Oughtibridge, Norton Lees, Ecclesfield, Ecclesal, Netherthorpe, Attercliffe, Sheffield, St Pauls |
The Sheffield & District Family History Society provided findmypast.co.uk with these records, in association with the Federation of Family History Societies.
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Dorset records
Search 14,219 new Dorset parish records on findmypast.co.uk:
| Type of records | Number
of records |
Date range | Parish / place |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baptisms | 7,169 | 1559-1894 | Whitchurch Canonicorum, Lydlinch, Morden, Portesham, Frampton, Dorchester St. Peter, Hamoon |
| Marriages | 704 | 1560-1812 | Symondsbury, Lydlinch |
| Burials | 6,346 | 1641-1812 | Durweston, Loders, Lydlinch, Spetisbury, Milton Abbas, Dorchester Holy Trinity, Warmwell, Morden |
The Dorset Family History Society provided findmypast.co.uk with these records, in association with the Federation of Family History Societies.
North West Kent records
We’ve also published 18,167 new parish records for North West Kent on findmypast.co.uk
Further information on the records is as follows:
| Type of records | Number
of records |
Date range | Parish / place |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baptisms | 16,713 | 1813-1856 | Crayford, Greenwich, Darenth |
| Marriages | 1,454 | 1791-1842 | Greenwich |
The North West Kent Family History Society provided findmypast.co.uk with these records, in association with the Federation of Family History Societies.
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Yorkshire Day: the unknown Brontë sisters
We’re continuing to mark Yorkshire Day today at findmypast.co.uk and have found something rather poignant in our parish records collection.
The Brontë sisters, authors of the novels Jane Eyre, Wuthering Heights and The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, all hailed from West Yorkshire. The sisters’ fame stems from the fact that all three were gifted with the ability to write imaginatively, but also because they all died tragically early. Charlotte Brontë died at the age of 38, while Emily Brontë and Ann Brontë both died when they were 29.
What many people don’t realise is that there were actually two other Brontë sisters, Maria and Elizabeth. These two girls died even earlier than their famous sisters. You can find the girls’ burial records in our parish records collection. These burial records were transcribed by volunteers at the Keighley and District Family History Society.
Maria Brontë's burial record - please click to enlarge
Maria Brontë was buried on 12 May 1825, having died at the age of 12 years. Her younger sister, Elizabeth Brontë, was buried just one month later on 18 June 1825. Elizabeth died when she was just 10 years old. Both children are buried at St Michael in Haworth, West Yorkshire.
Elizabeth Brontë's burial record - please click to enlarge
If they had survived, would Maria and Elizabeth have gone on to become great writers too? The talent certainly seemed to run in the Brontës’ genes!
Search more than 40,000 new Yorkshire parish records
You can now search for your Yorkshire ancestors in 40,029 new baptism, marriage and burial records on findmypast.co.uk
The Wakefield & District Family History Society provided findmypast.co.uk with these records, in association with the Federation of Family History Societies.
The table below provides the details about these new records:
|
Type of
records |
Number of
records |
Date
range |
Counties covered
|
Parishes
covered |
Places covered
|
|
Baptisms
|
34,071
|
1813-1910
|
Yorkshire West Riding
|
Warmfield St Peters
Ossett Holy Trinity Sandal St Helens Alverthorpe St Pauls Royston St Johns Wrenthorpe Chapel Wakefield All Saints St John & St Michaels |
Warmfield
Ossett Sandal Alverthorpe Royston Wrenthorpe Wakefield |
|
Marriages
|
1,398
|
1754-1921
|
Yorkshire West Riding
|
Horbury St Peters
Ossett Holy Trinity Wakefield All Saints |
Horbury
Ossett Wakefield |
|
Burials
|
4,560
|
1782-1842
|
Yorkshire West Riding
|
Wakefield All Saints
Flockton St James |
Flockton
Wakefield |
These new records will be of real benefit to anyone with Yorkshire roots. Search for your Yorkshire ancestors now
Over 126,000 new parish baptism and marriage records published
You can now search 126,967 new parish baptism and marriage records for Durham, Yorkshire, Cumberland, Northumberland and Westmorland on findmypast.co.uk
The Northumberland & Durham Family History Society provided findmypast.co.uk with these records, in association with the Federation of Family History Societies.
Further details about these records are as follows:
| Type of records | Number of records |
Years covered |
Counties covered | Churches covered |
| Baptisms | 16,383 | 1773–1959 | Durham | St Andrew, St Helen & St Peter |
| Marriages | 110,584 | 1521–1989 | Durham, Yorkshire, Cumberland, Northumberland, Westmorland | St Andrew, St Helen & St Peter, St Thomas, St Steven, St Paul, Cathedral, St Ignatius, All Saints, Holy Trinity, St Aidan, St Barnabas, St Catherine, St Columba, St Cuthbert, St George, St Hilda, St James, St John, St Margaret, St Mark, St Mary, St Mary-le-Bow, St Mary South Bailey, St Nicholas, St Oswald, Venerable Bede |
Search our parish records now to find your ancestors.
