This fully revised second edition of Rachel Bellerby's best-selling
guide is essential reading if you want to find out about your Yorkshire
ancestors. As well as tracing when your ancestors were born, married and
died, she shows you how can explore how they lived, worked and spent
their leisure time.
She introduces readers to the many sources that hold a wealth of
information about Yorkshire's past, and describes the records you can
find in archives and online which will bring your research to life.
Whatever you would like to discover more about, from fairground
travelers to Romany gypsies, from working deep underground in a mine to
making a living from the North Sea, there is so much to learn.
The many different archives that welcome family history researchers are
explored here and explained. A new chapter covering the growing number
of Yorkshire family history websites has been added along with a range
of new illustrations. The contact details of the sources listed in the
first edition of the book have been revised and new sources and relevant
organizations have been added.
Dozens of places, from tiny museum archives to large research centers,
are open for your research, and a wealth of information is now
accessible through the internet. Tracing your Yorkshire ancestors has
never been more exciting.