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Title: Link: Kirkheaton online parish records
Post by: Stovepipe on Tuesday 01 April 08 20:07 BST (UK)
The Internet Archive (http://www.archive.org/details/texts) in its "Texts" section has many Yorkshire Parish Register Society publications available for free download.  So many that there are bound to be some WR parishes, but I've not checked.

Keywords for the site's search function: Yorkshire (England) -- Genealogy Sources.  Restrict the search to media type "Texts" for better results.

Or click this link (http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=parish%20registers%20AND%20mediatype%3Atexts%20AND%20subject%3A%22Yorkshire%20%28England%29%20--%20Genealogy%20Sources%22).

Stovepipe
Title: Re: Re: Re: Link: Kirkheaton online parish records
Post by: Marmaduke 123 on Wednesday 14 May 08 20:59 BST (UK)
Most seem to be North Yorks, East Yorks and York itself, but there are some WR including Wakefield and Thornhill (by Dewsbury).

Very well digitised and each volume is fully searchable. You do have to look at the title page of each volume to know which parish it is.

Anne
Title: Re: Re: Re: Link: Kirkheaton online parish records
Post by: perth tiger on Thursday 15 May 08 14:48 BST (UK)
lol its a big phew
what someone should do is go through them and post on here what they all are.

THE
PARISH REGISTER
OF HICKLETON
IN THE COUNTY OF YORK
1626-1812

well thats the first one

perth :)
Title: Re: Re: Re: Link: Kirkheaton online parish records
Post by: jillruss on Thursday 15 May 08 15:04 BST (UK)
You and I had the same idea, Perth.

The Hickleton one doesn't appear to have a volume number.

I managed these before I got fed up:

Vol. 1 Aldborough 1538-1611
   "   80 Ripon 1574-1628
      90 Great Ayton 1600-1812
      24 Howden 1543-1702
      49 Darrington 1567-1812
       3 Horbury 1598-1812
       6 Patrington 1570-1731
       8 Blacktoft 1700-1812
      12 Brantingham 1653-1812
      15 Cherry Burton 1561-1740.

I hope someone else can do the rest - there's 30 in all - if not, I'll have a go later.

Jill
     
Title: Re: Re: Re: Link: Kirkheaton online parish records
Post by: jillruss on Thursday 15 May 08 15:58 BST (UK)
On the basis that I'd started so I'll finish (!), here we go with the rest of the Yorkshire PRs on this site (dates are not necessarily for all CMBs):

Vol 16 Marske in Cleveland 1570-1812
17 Hartshead 1612-1812
19 Bolton by Bolland 1558-1724
20 Pickhill cum Roxby 1567-1812
28 Gargrave 1558-1812
29 Terrington 1599-1812
33 Otley 1562-1672
34 Rothwell 1690-1812
38 Settrington 1559-1812
39 Austerfield 1559-1812
40 Thornhill C 1743-1812; M 1746-53; B 1678-1812 +
      Flockton CMB 1713-1812
41 Holy Trinity, Goodramgate, York 1573-1812
42 Thirsk 1556-1721
43 Danby In Cleveland 1585-1812
44 Otley 1672-1753
48 Howden 1725-1770
50 Harewood 1614-1812
52 St Mary, Bishophill Junior, York 1602-1812
53 Thornhill M 1754-1812 ; Banns 1788-1812+
     Flockton C&B 1717-1812

Sorry about the jumbled order but that's the way they come up on the site - it really isn't very easy to navigate.

There are also a few PRs from other counties - worth checking out.

Many thanks to Stovepipe for finding the site.  ;D

Jill
Title: Re: Re: Re: Link: Kirkheaton online parish records
Post by: Ykskiwi on Wednesday 11 June 08 11:31 BST (UK)
Many thanks for this great new resource.  What treasure trove. I can see me spending hours going through all the info, but right now it's bedtime.