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"><font color="#000080"> Harrogate & Area</font></a></font><font color="#000080" face="Verdana" style="font-size: 7pt">  </font><font color="#000080" face="SimSun" style="font-size: 7pt">◆</font><font color="#000080" face="Verdana" style="font-size: 7pt">  </font> <a href="#Conditions" style="text-decoration: none"> <font color="#000080" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size: 9pt">Local & General History</span></font></a><font color="#000080" face="Verdana" style="font-size: 7pt">  </font><font color="#000080" face="SimSun" style="font-size: 7pt">◆</font><font color="#000080" face="Verdana" style="font-size: 7pt"> </font><font style="font-size: 9pt"><a style="text-decoration: none" target="main" href="#Parish"><font face="Verdana" color="#000080">Harrogate Parish Records</font></a></font><font color="#000080" face="Verdana" style="font-size: 7pt">  </font><font color="#000080" face="SimSun" style="font-size: 7pt">◆</font><font color="#000080" face="Verdana" style="font-size: 7pt">  </font> <font color="#663333" style="font-size: 9pt"><a style="text-decoration: none; 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<b>Census</b>, <b>Churches</b>, <b>Church Records</b>, Correctional Institutions, Description & Travel, Directories, Gazetteers, History, Maps, Memorials, <b>Geographical Parish Names</b>, Newspapers, <b>Societies & Town Records</b>.  See also information on the <a target="_blank" href="http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/WRY/Pannal/index.html" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: 700"> <font color="#000080">ancient town of Pannal</font></a>. </font> </font> <font color="#808080" face="Verdana" size="2"><br> <br> </font> <font face="Verdana" size="2"> <b> <font color="#000080"> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.jewishgen.org/jcr-uk/Community/harrogate/index.htm" style="text-decoration: none"> <font color="#000080">JEWISHGEN pages for North </font></a> </font></b> <font color="#800000"><b> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.jewishgen.org/jcr-uk/Community/harrogate/index.htm" style="text-decoration: none"> <font color="#000080">Yorkshire</font></a></b></font><font color="#000080"><br> </font> <font color="#808080">Reference information on the Harrogate, North Yorkshire Hebrew Congregation. Harrogate is a town in Northern England with a population of about 70,000, well known as a spa. It is part of the District of Harrogate (which also includes the historic town of Knaresborough) within the county of North Yorkshire. Prior to 1974, Harrogate, covering a much smaller area, was a municipal borough within the West Riding of Yorkshire.</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="#000080">Yorkshire Surnames</font></a></font><font color="#000080" face="Verdana" size="2"><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=30298&-nothing"> <font color="#006666"> </font><font color="#000080">Harrogate 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> <font color="#000080" face="Verdana" size="2"> <a target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none" href="http://www.ukbmd.org.uk/genuki/reg/wry.htm"> <font color="#000080">Registration Districts in West Yorkshire (Genuki)</font></a></font><font size="2" color="#000080"></a></font><font size="2"></a></font><font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#000080"><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" style="text-decoration: none" href="http://www.ukbmd.org.uk/genuki/reg/districts/knaresborough.html"> <font color="#808080">registration district of </font><b> <font color="#000080">Knaresborough</font></b></a></font><font size="2" color="#000080">.<br> </font></span></font> <font color="#808080" face="Verdana" size="2"><br> </font><font face="Verdana" size="2"><b> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harrogate_(district)"> <font color="#000080">Harrogate District</font></a><font color="#000080"><br> </font></b> <font color="#808080">Harrogate is a local government district and borough of North Yorkshire, England. Its council is based in the town of Harrogate but it also includes surrounding towns and villages.  The district was formed on April 1, 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972. </font></font> <font face="Verdana"> <span style="font-size: ver"><font size="2" color="#808080"><br> </font></span></font> <font face="Verdana" color="#996633" size="2"> <br> </font> <b> <font color="#000080" face="Verdana" size="2"> <font color="#000080"> <a target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_civil_parishes_in_North_Yorkshire"> <font color="#000080">Civil Parishes in North Yorkshire (Current)</font></a></a></font></a></font><font size="2"></a></font></b><font color="#000080" size="2" face="Verdana"><br> </font> <font color="#808080" size="2" face="Verdana">List of civil parishes in North Yorkshire.  <br> <br> <a target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_civil_parishes_in_North_Yorkshire#Harrogate"> <b> <font color="#000080">Harrogate - Civil Parishes</font></b></a></font><font face="Verdana" size="2"><b><font color="#000080"><br> </font></b></font> <font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#808080">The following are listed; Aldfield, Allerton Mauleverer with Hopperton, Arkendale, Asenby,  <br> Askwith, Azerley, Baldersby, Bewerley, Bilton-in-Ainsty with Bickerton, Birstwith, Bishop Monkton, Bishop Thornton, Blubberhouses, Boroughbridge, Brearton, Bridge Hewick, Burton Leonard, Burton-on-Yore, Castley, Cattal, Clint cum Hamlets, Colsterdale, Coneythorpe and Clareton, Copgrove, Copt Hewick, Cundall with Leckby, Dacre, Denton, Dishforth, Dunsforths, Eavestone, Ellenthorpe, Ellingstring, Ellington High and Low, Farnham, Farnley, Fearby, Felliscliffe, Ferrensby, Fewston, Flaxby, Follifoot, Fountains Earth, Givendale, Goldsborough, Grantley, Great Ouseburn, Great Ribston with Walshford, Great Timble, Green Hammerton, Grewelthorpe, Hampsthwaite, Hartwith cum Winsley, Haverah Park, Healey, High and Low Bishopside, Humberton, Hunsingore, Hutton Conyers, Ilton-cum-Pott, Kearby with Netherby, Killinghall, Kirby Hall, Kirby Hill (Boroughbridge), Kirkby Malzeard, Kirkby Overblow, Kirk Deighton, Kirk Hammerton, Knaresborough, Langthorpe, Laverton, Leathley, Lindley, Lindrick with Studley Royal and Fountains, Little Ouseburn, Little Ribston, Littlethorpe, Little Timble, Long Marston, Markingfield Hall, Markington with Wallerthwaite, Marton cum Grafton, Marton-le-Moor, Masham, Melmerby, Menwith with Darley, Middleton, Middleton Quernhow, Milby, Moor Monkton, Nesfield with Langbar, Newall with Clifton, Newby with Mulwith, Nidd, North Deighton, North Rigton, North Stainley with Sleningford, Norton Conyers, Norton-le-Clay, Norwood, Nun Monkton, Pannal, Plompton, Rainton with Newby, Ripley, Ripon, Roecliffe, Sawley, Scotton (Harrogate), Scriven, Sharow, Sicklinghall, Skelding, Skelton-on-Ure, South Stainley with Cayton, Spofforth with Stockeld, Stainburn, Staveley, Stonebeck Down, Stonebeck Up, Studley Roger, Swinton with Warthermarske, Thornthwaite with Padside, Thornton Bridge, Thornville, Thorpe Underwoods, Thruscross, Tockwith, Walkingham Hill with Occaney, Warsill, Wath, Weeton, Weston, Westwick, Whixley, Wighill, Wilstrop, Winksley.  <a target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_places_in_Yorkshire" style="text-decoration: none"> <font color="#808080">(If links are incorrect, see also </font></a> <font color="#808080"> <a target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_places_in_Yorkshire"> <b><font color="#808080">Index of places in Yorkshire</font></b></a><a target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_places_in_Yorkshire" style="text-decoration: none"><font color="#808080"> for more information on these towns)</font></a>.</font><br> <br> </font> <b><a style="text-decoration: none" href="http://www.harrogate.gov.uk"> <font face="Verdana" color="#000080" size="2"> Harrogate Borough Council</font></a></b><font face="Verdana" size="2"><font color="#000080"><br> </font><font color="#808080">Harrogate district is full of history, from how life has changed in the Yorkshire Dales to the intriguing past of Knaresborough Castle to the development of Harrogate town as England's premier spa town. </font> <font color="#808080">See also <b> <a target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none" href="http://www.harrogate.gov.uk/immediacy-214"> <font color="#000080">local history and heritage information</font></a></b></font><font color="#000080">. <br> </font></font><font face="Verdana" color="#808080" size="2"> <br> </font> <b> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://www.northyorks.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=3134"> <font face="Verdana" color="#000080" size="2"> North Yorkshire County Council</font></a></b><font face="Verdana" size="2"><font color="#000080"><br> </font><font color="#808080">Researchers are welcome to visit the County Record Office. The archive services include: Access to records, Archives, Census information (historic), Loans and donations, Local studies, Record office holdings, Records management, Withdrawal of records. <br> </font></font> <font face="Verdana" color="#808080" size="2"> <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="#000080">Yorkshire Indexers</font></a></font><font color="#000080" 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="#000080">YorkshireRoots.org.uk</font></a></font></b><font color="#000080" 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.</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="#000080" size="2"> West Yorkshire Archive Service</font></a></b><font color="#000080" 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><br>  <br> </font> <font face="Verdana" size="2"><b> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://www.hadfhs.co.uk/"> <font color="#000080">Harrogate & District Family History Society</font></a><font color="#000080"><br> </font></b><font color="#808080">The objectives of the Society shall be to promote and encourage the public study of family history and local history mainly with reference to persons living in or associated with the district of Harrogate in the County of Yorkshire and to promote the preservation, security and accessibility of archive material. </font></font> <font color="#808080" face="Verdana" size="2"><br>  <br> </font><font face="Verdana" size="2"><b> <a target="_blank" href="http://harrogatepeopleandplaces.info/publications/publications.htm" style="text-decoration: none"> <font color="#000080">Harrogate Historical Society and re-Population Study Group</font></a><font color="#000080"><br> </font></b><font color="#808080">Harrogate People and Places is a site which will be looking at the people, buildings and events that have helped to develop Harrogate as we know it today. This site consists mainly of a collection of extracts from the Harrogate newspapers and many other sources. If site is unavailable, <font color="#000080">email <a style="text-decoration: none" href="mailto:tony.teecee@googlemail.com?subject=Harrogate Historical Society"> <b>contact is Tony Cheal</b></a></font><b>.</b></font></font><font color="#808080" face="Verdana" size="2"><br> <br> </font> <b> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://www.harrogate.co.uk/biltonhistory/"> <font face="Verdana" color="#000080" size="2"> Bilton Historical Society</font></a></b><font color="#000080" face="Verdana" size="2"><br> </font> <font color="#808080" face="Verdana" size="2">Bilton Historical Society is a local historical society based in Bilton, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England. We exist to record, investigate and promote an awareness of Bilton's heritage and future. </font> <font color="#000080" face="Verdana" size="2"><br> </font> <font face="Verdana" color="#808080" size="2"> <br> </font> <b><font class="title" face="Verdana" size="2"> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.knaresborough.co.uk/history/family/index.html" style="text-decoration: none"> <font color="#000080">Knaresborough Family History</font></a></font></b><font color="#000080" face="Verdana" size="2"><br> </font> <font color="#808080" face="Verdana" size="2">Family history information for locations (within the area around Knaresborough to Ripon in the North, Harrogate in the West, Leeds in the South and York to the East).  See also <b> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.knaresborough.co.uk" style="text-decoration: none"> <font color="#000080">Knaresborough Online</font></a></b> website.<br>  <br> </font> <font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#000080"> <b> <font color="#000080">Ripon, Harrogate & District Family History Group</font></b><font color="#000080"> </font><br> </font><font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#808080">Full information on the Society's activities covering the area around Ripon and Harrogate. If site is unavailable, email contact is</font><font color="#000080" face="Verdana" size="2"> </font> <b><font face="Verdana" size="2"> <a href="mailto:RHSinfo@aol.com?subject=Ripon, Harrogate & District Family History"> <font color="#000080">RHSinfo@aol.com</font></a></font></b><font color="#000080" face="Verdana" size="2"><b>.<br> </b></font> <font color="#808080" face="Verdana" size="2"><br> </font> <b> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://www.riponhistoricalsociety.org.uk/"> <font color="#000080" size="2" face="Verdana">Ripon Historical Society & Family History Group</font></a></b><font face="Verdana" size="2"><b><font color="#000080"><br> </font></b><font color="#808080">Founded in 1987, the Ripon Historical Society is actively concerned with all aspects of the City of Ripon and the surrounding area from Masham to South Stainley and from Skelton-on-Ure to Nidderdale. This is roughly the area covered by the ancient Ripon Liberty.</font></font><font color="#808080" face="Verdana" size="2"><br> <br> </font> <font color="#006666" size="2" face="Verdana"><b> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.riponlocalstudies.org/" style="text-decoration: none"> <font color="#000080">Ripon Local Studies Research Centre</font></a></b></font><font face="Verdana" size="2"><b><font color="#000080"><br> </font></b><font color="#808080">The object of the Centre is to research the local history, family history and archaeology of Ripon and its surrounding area; to publish the results of such research and to make it available through publications, exhibitions, seminars, conferences and on the internet; also to encourage and assist members of the public in research.</font></font></p> <p> <font face="Verdana" color="#000080" size="2"> <b> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_top" href="http://www.HarrogateLinks.com"> <font color="#000080">Harrogate Links</font></a></b></font><span class="body"><span><font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#663333"><font color="#800040" size="2" face="Verdana">            </font> <font face="Broadway" color="#800000"><span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 1px"> <font size="2"> << </font></span></font></font> </span><span style="font-weight: 700"> <font face="Broadway" size="2" color="#800000">MORE</font></span></span><font face="Verdana" color="#000080" size="2"><br> </font><font face="Verdana" color="#808080" size="-1">Website of the Harrogate Links includes popular genealogical links to those researching family history in Harrogate, Yorkshire, UK.</font><font face="Verdana" color="#808080" size="2"><br> </font><font face="Verdana" color="#000080" size="2"> <br> <b> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://www.rootsweb.com/~jfuller/gen_mail_country-unk-eng.html#ENG-YKS-HARROGATE"> <font color="#000080">Harrogate Mailing List</font></a></b><br> </font><font size="-1" face="Verdana" color="#808080">For anyone with a genealogical interest in the present day Borough of Harrogate, Yorkshire, which includes the towns of Harrogate, Knaresborough, Pateley Bridge, Nidderdale, Ripon, Masham and Boroughbridge.</font></p> <p> <font face="Arial Narrow" size="3"> <span class="body"><span> <b> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Villages_in_Yorkshire"> <font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#000080">Villages in Yorkshire</font></a><font color="#000080"></a></font></b><font color="#000080"><b></a></b></font><font color="#800040" size="2" face="Verdana">           </font> <font face="Broadway" color="#800040"><span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 1px"> <font size="2"> << NEW</font></span></font><font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#006666"><br> </font> <font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#808080">Wikipedia's list of current Villages in the County of Yorkshire. See also current <b> <a target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Villages_in_England" style="text-decoration: none"> <font color="#000080">Villages in England</font></a></b></font><font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#000080">.</font></span></span></font></p> <p> <span style="font-weight: 400"><b><font color="#CCB993"> <font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 15pt"><a name="Conditions"> Local & General History</a></font><font style="font-size: 15pt">  </font><font size="2">   </font></font><font size="2">                            </font><font size="2" color="#808080">                           </font> </b> <font color="#996633" size="2"> <a target="main" style="text-decoration: none" href="#Links"> <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="#Links"> <font color="#808080" face="Arial Narrow" size="2">Back to Top >></font></a></p> <p align="left"> <font face="Verdana" size="2"> <b> <a style="TEXT-DECORATION: none" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harrogate"> <font color="#000080">Harrogate (Wikipedia)</font></a></b></font><font color="#000080" size="2"><br> </font> <font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#808080">Encyclopedia description including; history, today, sport, schools and much more.  See also <a target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: 700" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Yorkshire"> <font color="#000080">North Yorkshire</font></a> and <a target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Yorkshire" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: 700"> <font color="#000080">West Yorkshire</font></a>.<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/harrogate.html"> <font color="#000080">Brief history of Harrogate</font></a></b><font color="#000080"><br> </font> <font color="#808080"> <span style="font-weight: 400">A brief history of Harrogate 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/harrowgate.htm"> <font color="#000080">Old Towns, Harrogate Yorkshire</font></a></b></font><b><font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#000080"></a></font></b><font color="#000080" face="Verdana" size="2"><br> </font> <span style bookman old ; letter-spacing .1pt> <font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#808080"> Harrowgate of 1843 (now spelled Harrogate) is in the West Riding of Yorkshire and wapentake of Claro, consists of two adjoining villages, High Harrowgate, in the parish of Knaresborough, and Low Harrowgate in the parish of Pannal.  Harrowgate has become popular within the last century in consequence of the reputation of its medicinal springs, and is now one of the principal watering-places of the north of England.<br>  <br> </font> </span> <font face="Verdana" size="2"> <b> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://www.harrogate.co.uk/biltonhistory/Historic%20Industry.htm"> <font color="#000080">Bilton With Harrogate</font></a></b><font color="#000080"><br> </font> </font> <font color="#808080" face="Verdana" size="2">Shortly after the 1066 conquest the Normans established The Forest of Knaresborough, a place to hunt deer. in the 13th century Bilton Park was established. In 1272 Edmund, Earl of Cornwall, granted the monks of Fountains Abbey the privilege of taking "housebote" and "haybote", wood and timber, from common land within his woods in the Forest of Knaresborough.<br> <br> </font> <font face="Verdana" size="2"> <b> <font color="#000080"> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/WRY/Knaresborough/index.html" style="text-decoration: none"> <font color="#000080">GENUKI pages for Knaresborough</font></a></font></b><font color="#800000"><b><a target="_blank" href="http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/WRY/Knaresborough/index.html" style="text-decoration: none"><font color="#000080">, West Yorkshire</font></a></b></font><font color="#000080"><br> </font><font color="#808080">Lots of genealogical reference information on Harrogate within the ancient parish of Knaresborough including; Census, Churches, Church Records, Correctional Institutions, Description & Travel, Directories, Gazetteers, <b>History,</b> Maps, Memorials, Geographical Parish Names, Newspapers, Societies & Town Records.  See also information on the <a target="_blank" href="http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/WRY/Pannal/index.html" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: 700"> <font color="#000080">ancient town of Pannal</font></a>.<br> </font> </font> <font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#808080">   <br> </font> <b> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=51009#s6"> <font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#000080"> British History Online - Harrogate</font></a></b><font color="#000080" size="2"><br> </font> <font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#808080">A celebrated watering-place, comprising the villages of High and Low Harrogate.  This place, which is within the limits of the ancient forest of Knaresborough, derives it name, originally Heywraygate, from its situation on the road from Knaresborough to Heywray, now Haverah Park; and, prior to the discovery of its mineral waters, consisted only of a few farmhouses and widely scattered cottages on a barren heath. About the year 1571, Captain Slingsby, of Scriven, after his return from Westphalia, found a spring in the forest of Knaresborough, which resembled, in its properties, the waters from which he had derived much benefit abroad; this spring is now the source of the old Harrogate spa. The <b>Tewit Well</b> was subsequently discovered, and both the springs gradually attracted public notice for nearly a century before any provisions were made for the reception of the increasing number of visitors, till, in the year 1687, an inn, now the "Queen," was erected for their accommodation, to which another, now the "Royal Oak," was subsequently added. 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="#000080"> British History Online</font></a><font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#000080">.</font></b><tt><font face="Verdana" color="#996633" size="2"><br> </font></tt><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/Harrogate.htm"> <font color="#000080">Yorkshire History Pages - Harrogate</font></a></font><font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#000080"><br> </font> </b> <font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#808080"> History pages for Harrogate, Knaresborough and Nidderdale.  Information includes: Harrogate and its spa wells, Knaresborough town and castle, Mother Shipton's Cave, Knaresborough's famous folk, Wetherby and Spofforth, Natural Nidderdale 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="#000080">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="#000080">North East of England</font></a>.<br> <br> </font> <b> <font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#800000"> <a target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none" href="http://www.northeastengland.talktalk.net/Ripon.htm"> <font color="#000080">Yorkshire History Pages - Ripon</font></a></font><font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#000080"><br> </font> </b> <font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#808080"> History pages for Ripon and Fountains Abbey.  Information includes: Ripon's tribal origin, Ripon and St Wilfrid, Ripon Cathedral, The Ripon Wakeman, Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal, Aldborough - Brigantian Capital, Devil's Arrows at Boroughbridge, The Ripon area and more. <br> </font> <tt><font face="Verdana" color="#996633" size="2">  </font></tt><font face="Verdana" color="#808080" size="2"><br> </font> <b> <font color="#800000" face="Verdana" size="2"> <a target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none" href="http://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1845/condition-working-class/ch09.htm"> <font color="#000080">The Iron District of Staffordshire</font></a></font><font color="#000080" face="Verdana" size="2"></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="#000080">The Condition of the Working-Class in England</font></a></font><font color="#000080" 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 face="Verdana" color="#808080" size="2"> <br> </font> <b> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://www.institutions.org.uk/"> <font face="Verdana" color="#000080" size="2">Institutions</font></a><font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#000080"><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="#000080">Workhouse Life</font></a><font color="#000080"> </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="#000080">Hospitals, Workhouses, Orphanages, Schools</font></a><font color="#000080">.<br> </font></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="#000080">Poor Laws</font></a></b></font><font color="#000080" FACE="Verdana" size="2"><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="#000080">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> </font> <font size="2"><br> </font> <b> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_rights_in_Europe"> <font face="Verdana" color="#000080" size="2">History of Human Rights in Europe</font></a></b><font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#000080"><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="#000080">Enclosures / Inclosure Act</font></a></font></b><font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#000080"><b><br> </b> </font><font face="Verdana"><font color="#808080" size="2">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="#000080">common land</font></a></b></font><font color="#000080" size="2"> (</font><font color="#808080" size="2"><a target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_field_system" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: 700"><font color="#000080">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="#000080">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="#000080">private and personal acts of Parliament</font></a></b>.<br> </font></font> <font color="#808080" face="Verdana" size="2"><br> </font> <b> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domesday_Book"> <font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#000080">Domesday Book</font></a><font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#000080"></a></font><font color="#000080" size="2"></a></font><font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#000080"><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="#000080">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="#000080">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="#000080" size="2">Trades, Directories & Unions</font></a></font><font color="#000080" size="2"><br> </font> <span style="font-weight: 400"><font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#808080"> Harrogate Links collection 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://chartists.net/"> <font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#000080"> Chartism</font></a><font color="#000080" 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><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/c1145/"> <font color="#000080">WWII People's War, North Yorkshire</font></a></b></font><font color="#000080" 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/c1145/gallery/"> <font color="#000080">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><b> <font color="#006666" face="Verdana" size="2"> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/ww2peopleswar/user/28/u1645128.shtml"> <font color="#000080">WWII Reminiscence Project</font></a></font><font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#000080"></a></font><font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#006666"><a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/ww2peopleswar/user/28/u1645128.shtml"><font color="#000080"> (UK)</font></a></font></b><font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#006666"><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.  </font> <tt><font face="Verdana" color="#996633" 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.iln.org.uk/"> <font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#000080">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. <a target="_blank" href="http://search.freefind.com/find.html?id=2209835&pid=r&mode=ALL&query=harrogate&SUBMIT=+Find!+&t=s" style="text-decoration: none"> <font color="#000080">See search results for <b>Harrogate</b></font></a><b>.</b></font></p> <p> <span style="font-weight: 400"><b> <font color="#CCB993"> <font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 15pt"><a name="Parish">Parish Church Records</a></font><font size="2">    </font></font><font size="2">                </font><font size="2" color="#808080">              </font><font size="2" color="#996633"><font color="#808080"><a target="main" style="text-decoration: none" href="#Links"><font color="#808080"><< </font></a> </font></a> </font> </b></span> <a target="main" style="text-decoration: none" href="#Links"> <font color="#808080" face="Arial Narrow" size="2">Back to Top >></font></a></p> <p> <b> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://www.northyorks.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=3134"> <font face="Verdana" color="#000080" size="2"> Harrogate BMD's</font></a></b><font face="Verdana" size="2"><font color="#000080"><br> </font><font color="#808080">Birth, marriage and death certificates for North Yorkshire can be obtained from The Superintendent Registrar, Bilton House, 31 Park Parade, Harrogate HG1 5AG (</font><a href="mailto:Registrars.Harrogate@northyorks.gov.uk"><font color="#808080">Registrars.Harrogate@northyorks.gov.uk</font></a></font><font color="#808080" face="Verdana" size="2">).<br> <br> </font> <font face="Verdana" size="2"> <b> <font color="#000080"> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/WRY/Knaresborough/index.html" style="text-decoration: none"> <font color="#000080">GENUKI pages for Knaresborough</font></a></font></b><font color="#800000"><b><a target="_blank" href="http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/WRY/Knaresborough/index.html" style="text-decoration: none"><font color="#000080">, West Yorkshire</font></a></b></font><font color="#000080"><br> </font><font color="#808080">Lots of genealogical reference information on Harrogate within the ancient parish of Knaresborough including; Census, <b> Churches, Church Records</b>, Correctional Institutions, Description & Travel, Directories, Gazetteers, History, Maps, Memorials, <b>Geographical Parish Names</b>, Newspapers, <b>Societies & Town Records</b>.  See also information on the <a target="_blank" href="http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/WRY/Pannal/index.html" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: 700"> <font color="#000080">ancient town of Pannal</font></a>. <br> </font> </font> <font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#808080">  <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="#000080">Family Search - International Genealogical Index</font></a></font><font color="#000080"> (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="#000080">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.</font><span id="HtmlPlaceholderControl1"><font face="Verdana" color="#808080" size="2"><br>  <br> </font> </span> <span class="body"><span> <font color="#408080" face="Verdana" size="2"> <a target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: 700" href="http://freereg.rootsweb.com/index.shtml"> <font color="#000080">FreeREG Search UK Parish Registers</font></a></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="#000080">YorkshireRoots.org.uk</font></a></font></b><font color="#000080" 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 and West Riding.<br> </font> <font color="#996633" face="Verdana" size="2"><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/h/harrogate.html"> <font color="#000080">Churches of Britain & Ireland - Harrogate</font></a></font></b><font color="#000080" 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/n_yorks.html"> <font color="#000080">Churches for North Yorkshire.</font></a></b></font><font size="2"><br> </font> <font face="Verdana" color="#808080" size="2"> <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="#000080">Church Plans Online  - Yorkshire</font></a></b></font><font color="#000080" size="2" face="Verdana"><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"><font color="#CCB993"><a name="Burials"> <b><font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 15pt">Burials, Cemeteries etc</font></b></a></font><b><font color="#CCB993" style="font-size: 15pt"> </font><font color="#800040" size="2">      </font><font size="2" color="#808080">                         </font><font size="2" color="#996633"><font color="#808080"><a target="main" style="text-decoration: none" href="#Links"><font color="#808080"><< </font></a> </font></a> </font> </b></span> <a target="main" style="text-decoration: none" href="#Links"> <font color="#808080" face="Arial Narrow" size="2">Back to Top >></font></a></p> <p> <b> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ljuk/index.html"> <font color="#000080" face="Verdana" size="2">Christ Church Harrogate MI's</font></a></b><font color="#000080" size="2" face="Verdana"><br> </font> <font color="#808080" size="2" face="Verdana">Ongoing transcriptions of the MI's and photographs of Christ Church, Harrogate courtesy of Paul Marshall.<br>  <br> </font> <b> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://www.northyorks.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=3134"> <font face="Verdana" color="#000080" size="2"> Harrogate BMD's</font></a></b><font face="Verdana" size="2"><font color="#000080"><br> </font><font color="#808080">Birth, marriage and death certificates for North Yorkshire can be obtained from The Superintendent Registrar, Bilton House, 31 Park Parade, Harrogate HG1 5AG (</font><a href="mailto:Registrars.Harrogate@northyorks.gov.uk"><font color="#808080">Registrars.Harrogate@northyorks.gov.uk</font></a></font><font color="#808080" face="Verdana" size="2">).<br> </font> <font color="#996633" face="Verdana" size="2"><br> </font> <b> <font color="#800000" size="2" face="Verdana"> <a target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none" href="http://globalgenealogy.com/countries/england/general/935001-NRY2.htm"> <font color="#000080">National Burial Index - North Yorkshire</font></a></font><font color="#000080" size="2" face="Verdana"><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="#000080">National Burial Index - Yorkshire North Riding</font></a></font><font color="#000080" size="2" face="Verdana"></a></font></b><font size="2" face="Verdana"><font color="#000080"><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></p> <p> <font face="Verdana" color="#808080" size="1"> <font color="#800040" size="2" face="Verdana"><b> <a target="_blank" href="http://homepage.ntlworld.com/jeffery.knaggs/YD.html" style="text-decoration: none"> <font color="#000080">Deaths in Yorkshire Newspapers</font></a></b>           </font> <font face="Broadway" color="#800040"><span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 1px"> <font size="2"> << NEW</font></span></font><font color="#006666" face="Verdana" size="2"><br> </font><font face="Verdana" size="2">Transcription by Jeff Knaggs of selected of newspapers covering the entire county published in the first three months of 1901. Beginning with lists of people who had died just before the 1901 census. In the second phase of the project, Jeff is extending the date range forward and back, selecting the most useful newspapers first. This is an open-ended project that will continue, quite slowly, over the coming years.</font></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="#000080">Roll of Honour.com</font></a></b></font><font color="#000080" 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="#000080">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.</font></font></p> <p> <b> <font color="#000080" face="Verdana" size="2"> <a target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none" href="http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/Misc/Transcriptions/WRY/HarrogateStPeterWMInfo.html"> <font color="#000080">Harrogate War Memorial Plaque</font></a></font></b><font color="#000080" size="2"><br> </font> <font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#808080">The War Memorial Plaque located in Harrogate St. Peters.  See also Harrogate Borough Council <b> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.harrogate.gov.uk/immediacy-3185" style="text-decoration: none"> <font color="#000080">Roll of Honour</font></a></b>.</font></p> <p> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://www.knaresborough.co.uk/history/rollofhonour/ww1-1.htm"> <font face="Verdana" color="#000080" style="font-weight:700" size="2"> Knaresborough Roll of Honour</font></a><font color="#000080" size="2"><br> </font> <font class="title" face="Verdana" size="2" color="#808080">The First World War Roll of Honour courtesy of Knaresborough Online.<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="#000080">Lest We Forget</font></a></font></b><font color="#000080" 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="#000080" face="Verdana" size="2">Tombstones & Monumental Inscriptions</font></b></a><font size="2" color="#000080"></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="#000080">  </font></span><font size="2" color="#000080"> </font><font size="2" face="Verdana"><font color="#000080"><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="#000080"> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/WRY/Knaresborough/index.html" style="text-decoration: none"> <font color="#000080">GENUKI pages for Knaresborough</font></a></font></b><font color="#800000"><b><a target="_blank" href="http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/WRY/Knaresborough/index.html" style="text-decoration: none"><font color="#000080">, West Yorkshire</font></a></b></font><font color="#000080"><br> </font><font color="#808080">Lots of genealogical reference information on Harrogate within the ancient parish of Knaresborough including; Census, Churches, Church Records, Correctional Institutions, Description & Travel, Directories, Gazetteers, History, Maps, <b>Memorials,</b> Geographical Parish Names, Newspapers, Societies & Town Records.  See also information on the <a target="_blank" href="http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/WRY/Pannal/index.html" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: 700"> <font color="#000080">ancient town of Pannal</font></a>. </font> </font> </p> <p> <span style="font-weight: 400"> <b><font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 15pt" color="#CCB993"><a name="Started"> Getting Started</a></font><font size="2">  </font> <font size="2" color="#808080">                                                   </font><font size="2" color="#996633"><font color="#808080"><a target="main" style="text-decoration: none" href="#Links"><font color="#808080"> << </font></a> </font></a> </font></b></span> <a target="main" style="text-decoration: none" href="#Links"> <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="#000080">Getting started in Family History (Genuki)</font></a></font></b><font color="#000080"><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="#000080">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="#000080">    </font></a> </font> <font color="#000080" size="2" face="Verdana">   <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="#000080">FreeBMD</font></a></b><font color="#000080"><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="#000080" size="2"> General Register Office (GRO)</font></a></b><font color="#000080" 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="#000080">The National Archives - Getting Started</font></a></font></b><font color="#000080" 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="#000080">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="#000080" size="2"> JewishGen.org</font></a></b><font color="#000080" 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; 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"><b> <font color="#000080">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="#000080">LDS Family Search (IGI)</font></b></a><font color="#000080"><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="#000080">LDS 1881 Census Search (IGI)</font></b></font></a><font color="#000080" 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="#000080" size="2"> 1837 Online.com</font></b></a><font color="#000080" size="2" face="Verdana"><br> </font><font color="#808080" size="2" face="Verdana">UK searchable databases including; 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font-weight:700" target="_blank" href="http://sheff-indexers.thewholeshebang.org/Links/Links_GenealogyHunters.html"> <font color="#000080" 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="#000080" size="2">Emigration, Immigration, Migration</font></a></font><font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#000080"><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="#000080" size="2">Trades, Directories & Unions</font></a></font><font color="#000080" size="2"><br> </font> <font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#808080">Harrogate Links</font><span style="font-weight: 400"><font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#808080"> collection of the links to workers trades, unions and Directories.  </font></span></p> <p> <a name="Maps"><b> <font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 15pt" color="#CCB993">Harrogate</font></b></a><span style="font-weight: 400"><font color="#CCB993"><a name="Maps"><b><font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 15pt"> Street Index & Maps</font></b></a></font><a name="Maps"><b><font color="#CCB993" face="Verdana" size="2"> </font> </b> </a> <b> <font size="2" color="#CCB993">   </font><font size="2" color="#808080">                 </font></b><font color="#996633" size="2"><a target="main" style="text-decoration: none" href="#Links"><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="#Links"> <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/harrogate/street_maps/"> <font color="#000080">Harrogate Street Maps</font></a></b></font><font size="2" face="Verdana"><font color="#000080"><br> </font><font color="#808080">Map index for current streets in Harrogate.<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="#000080">Counties</font></a><font color="#000080"> </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="#000080">of England</font></a></b><font color="#000080"><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="#000080">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="#000080">Country and County Codes</font></a></font></font></b><font color="#000080" 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="#000080">Old Maps</font></b></a><font color="#000080"><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="#000080">Alan Godfrey Maps</font></a></b><font color="#000080"><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="#000080" size="2"> GENMAPS</font></a></b><font color="#000080" 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="#000080">Geograph British Isles</font></a></b><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="#000080"> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/WRY/Knaresborough/index.html" style="text-decoration: none"> <font color="#000080">GENUKI pages for Knaresborough</font></a></font></b><font color="#800000"><b><a target="_blank" href="http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/WRY/Knaresborough/index.html" style="text-decoration: none"><font color="#000080">, West Yorkshire</font></a></b></font><font color="#000080"><br> </font><font color="#808080">Lots of genealogical reference information on Harrogate within the ancient parish of Knaresborough including; Census, Churches, Church Records, Correctional Institutions, Description & Travel, Directories, Gazetteers, History, <b>Maps,</b> Memorials, Geographical Parish Names, Newspapers, Societies & Town Records.  See also information on the <a target="_blank" href="http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/WRY/Pannal/index.html" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: 700"> <font color="#000080">ancient town of Pannal</font></a>. <br> </font> </font> <font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#808080">  <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="#000080">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> <a name="Photos"><b> <font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 15pt" color="#CCB993">Harrogate</font></b></a><span style="font-weight: 400"><font color="#CCB993"><a name="Photos"><b><font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 15pt"> Photo Sites</font></b></a></font><a name="Photos"><b><font color="#CCB993" style="font-size: 15pt"> </font> </b></a> <b> <font color="#CCB993" size="2">  </font><font color="#808080" size="2">                                           </font></b><font color="#996633" size="2"><a target="main" style="text-decoration: none" href="#Links"><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="#Links"> <font color="#808080" face="Arial Narrow" size="2">Back to Top >></font></a></p> <p> <font color="#800000" size="2" face="Verdana"><b> <a target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none" href="http://www.vrharrogate.co.uk/"> <font color="#000080">VR Harrogate</font></a></b></font><font color="#000080" size="2" face="Verdana"><br> </font> <font color="#808080" size="2" face="Verdana">360� panoramic tour of the city of Harrogate.<br> </font> <font face="Verdana" color="#996633" size="2"> <br> </font> <b> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://viewfinder.english-heritage.org.uk/?index=1&main_query=&theme=&period=&county=NORTH YORKSHIRE&district=&place_name="> <font face="Verdana" color="#000080" size="2"> Viewfinder Picture Heritage - North Yorkshire</font></a></b><font color="#000080" 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.  See also </font> <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="#000080" size="2"> Picture Heritage - West Yorkshire</font></a></b><font color="#808080" size="2" face="Verdana"><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="#000080" size="2" face="Verdana">UK Aerial Sky Library</font></a></b><font color="#000080" 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/northyorkshire/in_pictures/360_panoramas/index.shtml"> <font color="#000080">360� Views of North Yorkshire</font></a></font></b><font color="#000080" size="2" face="Verdana"><br> </font><font color="#808080" size="2" face="Verdana">Pictures include; Sports, Castles, NY Views, Coastal & More.  See also </font><b><font color="#800000" face="Verdana" size="2"> <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="#000080">360� Views of West Yorkshire</font></a><font color="#000080">.</font></font></b><font color="#808080" size="2" face="Verdana"><br> </font><font color="#996633" face="Verdana" 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/harrogate/harrogate.htm"> <font color="#000080">The Francis Frith Collection - Harrogate</font></a></font></b><font color="#000080" size="2" face="Verdana"><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</font><font color="#000080" size="2" face="Verdana"> </font> <font color="#808080" size="2" face="Verdana"> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.francisfrith.com/" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: 700"> <font color="#000080">England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales.  </font></a> </font> <font size="2"> <br> </font> <font color="#996633" face="Verdana" size="2"><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/h/harrogate.html"> <font color="#000080">Churches of Britain & Ireland - Harrogate</font></a></font></b><font color="#000080" 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/n_yorks.html"> <font color="#000080">Churches for North 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/North_Yorkshire/Harrogate"> <font face="Verdana" color="#000080" size="2"> Pictures of Harrogate</font></a></b><font color="#000080" 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="#000080">pictures of West Yorkshire</font></a> and <a target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: 700" href="http://www.picturesofengland.com/England/North_Yorkshire"> <font color="#000080">pictures of North 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=Harrogate"> <font color="#000080">Skipton Web - Harrogate Pictures</font></a></font><font size="2"></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 Harrogate. See also their <b> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.skiptonweb.co.uk/gallery/" style="text-decoration: none"> <font color="#000080">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="#000080">Science and Society</font></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.<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="#000080" size="2"> How old is that photograph?</font></a></b><font color="#000080" 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="#000080">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.<br> </font> <font color="#006666" FACE="Verdana" size="2"> <br> </font> <font color="#408080" face="Verdana" size="2"> <a target="main" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight:700" href="PostCardsFromHarrogate.html"> <font color="#000080">Old Picture Post Cards</font></a></font><font FACE="TimesNRMT" color="#800000" size="2"><br> <font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#808080">Ongoing collection of Old Picture Post Cards from Harrogate.</font></font></p> <p> <span style="font-weight: 400"> <font color="#CCB993"> <a name="General"> <b><font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 15pt">General Sites</font></b></a></font><a name="General"><b><font color="#CCB993" face="Verdana" size="2"> </font> </b> </a> <b> <font color="#CCB993"> <font size="2" face="Verdana">   </font><font size="2">   </font> </font> <font size="2" color="#808080">                                                 </font></b><font color="#996633" size="2"><a target="main" style="text-decoration: none" href="#Links"><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="#Links"> <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="#000080">Federation of Family History Societies</font></a></b><font color="#000080"><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="#000080" size="2"> Yorkshire Family History Societies</font></b></a><font color="#000080" 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="#000080">Cyndi's List</font></a></b></font><font color="#000080" 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="#000080" size="2">National Archives</font></a></b><font color="#000080" 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="#000080">National Archivist.com</font></a></font></b><font color="#000080" 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="#000080">GENUKI</font></b></a><font color="#000080"><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="#000080">Family Records</font></a></font></b></font><font color="#000080" 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="#000080">England Societies and County Sites</font></a></font><b><font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#000080">,</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="#000080"> Coraweb</font></a></font></b><font color="#000080" 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="#000080">Online Birth, Death and Marriage Indexes</font></a></font><font color="#000080" face="Verdana,MS Sans Serif" size="2"> </font> <font color="#808080" face="Verdana,MS Sans Serif" size="2">and their <a target="_blank" href="http://www.coraweb.com.au/uksites.htm" style="text-decoration: none"> <font color="#000080">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="#000080">Yorkshire Genealogy Links</font></a></font></b><font color="#000080" 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="#000080" 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="#000080" size="2"> UK Genealogy Interests Directory</font></a></b><font color="#000080" 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="#000080">English and Welsh Register Offices</font></b></a><font color="#000080"><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="#000080">Hugh Wallis's IGI Batch Numbers Web Site</font></b></a><font color="#000080"><br> </font> <font color="#808080">IGI searchable database. </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://www.spatial-literacy.org/UCLnames/default.aspx"> <font face="Verdana" color="#000080" size="2"> Surname Profiler</font></a></b><font color="#000080" 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="#000080">searchable database</font></a></b></font><font face="Arial" size="2" color="#000080">.</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="#000080"> Jewish Genealogical Society of Great Britain</font></a></b></font><font color="#000080" 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="#000080" size="2"> ANY-Web 'Genealogy</font></a><font face="Verdana" color="#000080" size="2">'</font></b><font color="#000080" 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="#000080" size="2"> How much is that money worth today? (EH.Net)</font></a></b><font color="#000080" 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.</font></p> <p> <b><a name="Buildings"> <font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 15pt" color="#CCB993">Historical Buildings & Places to Stay</font></a></b><span style="font-weight: 400"><b><font color="#808080" size="2">          </font><font size="2" color="#996633"><font color="#808080"><a target="main" style="text-decoration: none" href="#Links"><font color="#808080"><< </font></a> </font></a> </font> </b></span> <a target="main" style="text-decoration: none" href="#Links"> <font color="#808080" face="Arial Narrow" size="2">Back to Top >></font></a></p> <p> <span lang="EN-GB"> <b> <font color="#000080" face="Verdana" size="2"> <a target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harrogate_(borough)" style="text-decoration: none"> <font color="#000080">Harrogate Historical Sites</font></a></font></b><font color="#000080" size="2" face="Verdana"><br> </font> <font color="#808080" size="2" face="Verdana">Including; Aldborough Roman Museum, Fountains Abbey, Ripon Cathedral, Knaresborough Castle, Ripley Castle, Spofforth Castle, Marston Moor, Devil's Arrows.</font></span></p> <p> <b> <font color="#800000" size="2" face="Verdana"> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://www.harrogate.co.uk/biltonhistory/Buildings.htm"> <font color="#000080">Bilton Buildings</font></a></font></b><font color="#000080" size="2"><br> </font> <font color="#808080" face="Verdana" size="2">Bilton Historical Society collection of older buildings.</font></p> <p> <b> <font color="#800000" size="2" face="Verdana"> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://www.lookingatbuildings.org.uk"> <font color="#000080">Looking at Buildings</font></a></font></b><font color="#000080" 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 city's buildings.  Harrogate not yet mentioned.</font></p> <p><span lang="en-gb"><b><font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#000080"> <a target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none" href="http://www.ripleycastle.co.uk/pages/castle/history.html"> <font color="#000080">Ripley Castle</font></a></font></b></span><span lang="EN-GB"><font color="#000080" size="2" face="Verdana"><br> </font> <font color="#808080" size="2" face="Verdana">Home of the Ingilby family for the last seven hundred years. Our history is one of political, military, religious and social turbulence, of plague and persecution, of renaissance, enlightenment and industrial revolution. It is a tale of romance, courage, loyalty and recklessness. Henry Ingilby collected taxes for Edward III and helped the king to finance the construction of Windsor Castle. His brother Thomas saved the king's life and was knighted for his courage.</font></span></p> <p> <b> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://www.hazlewood-castle.co.uk/castleoverview/history.html"> <font face="Verdana" color="#000080" size="2"> Hazlewood Castle</font></a><font color="#000080" size="2" face="Verdana"></a></font></b><font color="#000080" 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="#000080">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="#000080">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="#000080" size="2"> Harewood House</font></a></b><font color="#000080" 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="#000080">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="#000080" size="2"> Harewood</font></a></b><font color="#000080" 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="#000080">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="#000080">West Yorkshire</font></a></b>.</font></p> <p> <span style="font-weight: 700"> <font color="#CCB993"> <font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 15pt"> <a name="Trade">Trades, Directories & Unions</a></font><font face="Verdana" size="2">  </font> </font> <font face="Verdana" size="2"> <font color="#663300">       </font>   </font></span><span style="font-weight: 400"><b><font size="2">                    </font><font size="2" color="#808080">        </font> </b> <font color="#996633" size="2"> <a target="main" style="text-decoration: none" href="#Links"> <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="#Links"> <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="#000080">University of Leicester</font></a></font></span><font color="#000080" 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'. 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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="#000080">Trade Unions of the UK</font></a></font></b><font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#000080">. <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="#000080">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> </font> <font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#000080"> <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="#000080">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="#000080">mining references in the UK</font></a></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="#000080"> </font></a></font></b> <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="#000080"> Trade Unions of the UK</font></a></font><font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#000080">.</font></b><font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#808080"><br>   <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="#000080">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="#000080">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="#000080">Coal Mining & Railways in the North East</font></a></b></font><font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#000080">.</font><font face="Verdana" color="#808080" size="2"><br> </font><font face="Verdana" color="#996633" size="2"> <br> </font> <font size="2" face="Verdana"> <a href="http://www.antiquusmorbus.com/" target="_bl