Yorkshire Church Records

Parish Registers
Images of many of Yorkshire's parish registers are available online at Ancestry (West Riding) and FamilySearch.
 * 1558-1812: North Yorkshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials at Ancestry; index & images ($)
 * 1603-1910 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images
 * 1639-1919 Durham Diocese Bishops Transcripts at Findmypast ($) Images
 * 1538-2016 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images
 * 1754-1937: North Yorkshire, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns at Ancestry; index & images ($)
 * 1813-1921: North Yorkshire, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms at Ancestry; index & images ($)
 * 1813-1995: North Yorkshire, England, Church of England Deaths and Burials at Ancestry; index & images ($)

Baptisms


 * 1530-1906 England and Wales Christening Records, 1530-1906 at Ancestry — index ($)

Marriages

229 Yorkshire parishes are indexed in Boyd's Marriage Index (£). Coverage. Popular places to marry included the towns of Bradford, Calverley, Doncaster, Elland, Howden, Leeds, Rotherham, Rothwell, Sheffield, Wakefield, and York.

94,468 Yorkshire entries are included in England &amp; Wales Marriages, 1538-1940 at Ancestry (£).

1594-1815 Durham Diocese, Calendar Of Marriage Bonds & Allegations 1594-1815 at Findmypast ($)

Burials

Burials from 635 Yorkshire places (1,776,993 entries) are included in the National Burial Index (£). Coverage.

Marriage Licences
Online
 * 1115-1906 Britain, Marriage Licences at Findmypast - index and images ($)
 * 1613-1839 York Marriage Bonds and Allegations Index 1613-1839 at Origins.net (£). 150,000+ The Dean and Chapter of York Marriage Bonds and Allegations.


 * 1567-1630 - Paver's Yorkshire Marriage Licenses in Yorkshire Archaeological Journal:


 * 1567-1592 Part I Vol. 7:289-304
 * 1592-1595 Part II Vol. 9:55-70
 * 1595-1597 Part III 362-379
 * 1597-1599 Part IV Vol. 10:35-50
 * 1599-1602 Part V Vol. 10:169-204
 * 1602-1604 Part VI Vol. 10:445-460
 * 1604-1609 Part VII Vol. 11:209-245
 * 1609-1610 Part VIII Vol. 12:116-122
 * 1610-1612 Part IX Vol. 12:143-158
 * 1612-1613 Part X Vol. 12:269-284
 * 1614-1615 Part XII Vol. 13:371-386 (pages out of order)
 * 1615-1617 Part XIII Vol. 14:220-238
 * 1617-1620 Part XIV Vol. 14:458-506
 * 1622-1625 Part XV Vol. 16:1-37
 * 1626-1628 Part XVI Vol. 17:155-191
 * 1628-1630 Part XVII Vol. 20:73-97


 * 1630-1645 - Paver's Yorkshire Marriage Licenses Vol. 1 at Internet Archive - free.


 * 1660-1674 - Paver's Yorkshire Marriage Licenses Vol. 2 at Internet Archive - free.


 * 1674-1714 - Paver's Yorkshire Marriage Licenses Vol. 3 at Internet Archive - free.


 * 1667-1819 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images

Printed Indexes


 * 1613-1839 - An Index of Marriage Bonds and Allegations in the Peculiar Jurisdiction of the Dean and Chapter of York, 1613-1839. . Also available online at Origins.net - (£).


 * 1660-1839 - An Index to the Archbishop of York's Marriage Bonds and Allegations..

Archives
Borthwick Institute University Library and Archives University of York Heslington, York YO10 5DD UK Telephone: 01904 321166 Email: [mailto:borthwick-institute@york.ac.uk borthwick-institute@york.ac.uk] Website Church of England and nonconformist records

East Riding of Yorkshire Archives Service The Treasure House Champney Road Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire HU17 9BA UK Telephone: 01482 392790 Email: [mailto:archives.service@eastriding.gov.uk archives.service@eastriding.gov.uk] Website Catalogue Guide to Family history research
 * We hold the records for more than 200 Church of England parishes in the Archdeaconry of the East Riding, which includes Hull and Scarborough. Many of our Church of England parish registers can also be searched online at Findmypast, which is free to use in the Archives and all East Riding Libraries.
 * Many early nonconformist registers were passed to the Registrar General in 1840 and these are held at The National Archives in London. We have a mixture of microfilm and hard copies of many of the East Riding and Hull ones, including Baptist churches (reference EB), Methodist churches (reference MR), Congregational and United Reform Churches (reference EUR*), some Roman Catholic Churches (on microfiche only, reference MF/25) and Society of Friends (Quakers, on microfiche only, reference MF/2).


 * West Yorkshire Archive Service

North Yorkshire County Record Office County Record Office Malpas Road Northallerton, North Yorkshire DL7 8TB UK Telephone: 01609 777585 Email: [mailto:archives@northyorks.gov.uk archives@northyorks.gov.uk] Website Collections in our custody include: - South Yorkshire Archives Teesside Archives Exchange House Exchange Square Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire TS1 1DB UK Telephone: 01642 248321 Email: [mailto:teesside_archives@middlesbrough.gov.uk teesside_archives@middlesbrough.gov.uk] Website Catalogue
 * records of the North Riding of Yorkshire County Council and North Yorkshire County Council;
 * records of the boroughs of Harrogate, Richmond, Ripon and Scarborough;
 * records of over 40 different urban and rural district councils established under the 1894 Local Government Act;
 * parish records from almost 300 separate parishes;
 * court records including those of the North Riding of Yorkshire Quarter Sessions dating from the sixteenth century onwards;
 * records from many of North Yorkshire's landed estates and prominent families;
 * records of 24 different Poor Law Unions;
 * the North Riding Registry of Deeds spanning the years 1736 to 1970 and containing over a million entries; and
 * historic maps and plans of North Yorkshire including over 350 parish tithe maps, enclosure maps, mine plans, railway plans and architect's drawings.
 * Church of England Parish Registers and Transcripts
 * Methodist Registers and Transcripts
 * Roman Catholic Registers and Transcripts
 * Other Non-conformist Registers and Transcripts