North Yorkshire Archives and Libraries


 * East Riding of Yorkshire Archives and_Libraries
 * West Yorkshire Archives and Libraries
 * North Yorkshire Archives and Libraries
 * South Yorkshire Archives and Libraries
 * Tees Valley Archives and Libraries

Archives
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:
 * 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.

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

The Yorkshire Archaeological & Historical Society Suite 10E Joseph's Well Hanover Way Leeds, Yorkshire LS3 1AB UK Telephone: 0113 245 7910 Email: [mailto:yas.secretary@gmail.com yas.secretary@gmail.com] Website
 * The Society’s archives include remarkably varied and fascinating collections of maps, diaries, letters, prints, photographs, deeds, wills, manorial records and rare or early printed books which altogether offer insight into the archaeology and history of the historic county of York from prehistoric to modern times.

Explore York Libraries & Archives York Explore Library Learning Centre Museum Street York, North Yorkshire YO1 7DS UK Telephone: 01904 552800 Email: [mailto:archives@exploreyork.org.uk archives@exploreyork.org.uk] Website - Great Ayton Discovery Centre 105b High Street Great Ayton Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire TS9 6NB UK Telephone: 01642 723268 Email: [mailto:greataytondisco@outlook.com greataytondisco@outlook.com] Website Information and facilities at the discovery centre:
 * family history
 * free online access to Ancestry.com, Find My Past, the British Newspaper Archive and Access to Research
 * local studies
 * newspapers

Libraries

 * North Yorkshire Libraries

Museums
For a long list of North Yorkshire museums, go to List of museums in North Yorkshire in Wikipedia.

Civil Registration Offices
The General Register Office holds a central copy of all birth, marriage, and death registrations in England. These certificates can be ordered from their website (a login is required but it is free to register and search). However, in some cases research can be more efficient working with the smaller, more specific records collections of county/district registry offices.

Sometimes research might be required to determine where a town or parish was in a former registration district, or even its current district. For a list of the historic and current registration districts and their parishes, see UKBMD: Registration Districts in Yorkshire.


 * Certificates – birth, death, marriage and civil partnership
 * Harrogate Register Office