Probate records are a major source of genealogical information. Wills are likely to be the only documents reflecting the personalities of your ancestors. Millions survive; there are numerous transcripts and indexes to them have been prepared. Many of these printed volumes are in the library of the Society of Genealogists, whose collection is listed in this book. Many of the items listed can, of co...
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Numerous histories of the county, and of particular parishes, may be identified by using this volume, which indicates publications includin original sources, pedigrees, etc. It also includes details of guides to the wide variety of archive repositories and libraries in the county, and lists the many Yorkshire historical and genealogical journals available. The final two sections deal with place-na...
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Parish Registers, monumental inscriptions, and wills are staple diets for family historians. This volume lists those which have been published, and which are available in libraries world-wide (FFHS, 2000)....
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Lists of names are vital sources of information for genealogists, and many are identified in this volume. For Yorkshire, numerous transcripts and indexes of the census, and of tax lists are available; also many trade directories (some of which have been published on fiche etc). This volume tells you what is available, and also enables you to locate a variety of other name lists (FFHS, 2000)....
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The records of governmental, ecclesiastical, and estate administration contain a vast mass of information of great value to the genealogist. Churchwardens' accounts, deeds, manorial and ecclesiastical court records rentals, surveys are just a few of the records which have been published and which are listed here (FFHS, 2000)....
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Were your Yorkshire ancestors brewers or businessmen, cutlers or miners? Some members of your family are probably listed somewhere by the occupation they pursued. There are many sources of published information on Yorkshire occupations - biographical dictionaries, guides to archives, histories of particular occupations, etc., etc. This new guide lists hundreds of potential sources of information (...
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Has your family history already been written? This volume lists innumerable family histories and pedigrees from Yorkshire. Also listed are collections of pedigrees, diaries, letters, etc., works on heraldry, biographical dictionaries, etc. (FFHS, 2000)....
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Pollbooks list everyone who voted in Parliamentary elections, and provide excellent means of tracing particular surnames across entire counties in the eighteenth century. Yorkshire family and local historians will find these three facsimile pollbooks valuable sources of information on surnames....
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