Sources for Local and Family History

A brief listing of the sources available at the Local Studies Library for use in local and family history research.

• Biographies of local people
• Burial Indexes
• CD Rom Collection
• Census Indexes 1851,1871, 1881, 1891
• Census Returns 1841-1901 (with access to 1911 on the Internet) 
• Company Reports
• Council Minutes 1905-To Date
• Dictionaries and Indexes
• Electoral Registers 1899-To Date
• Family History Guides
• Family History Journals
• Local Acts of Parliament
• Local Authors' works
• Local History Guides
• Local Newspapers From 1786-To Date
• Maps including Ordnance Survey from 1852
• Microfiche Sources
• Miners' Strike Collection
• Monumental Inscriptions
• Official Reports
• Offprint Collection
• Photographic Collection
• Poll Books and Burgess Rolls
• Population Figures
• Theses and Dissertations
• Trade and Sales Catalogues
• Trade Directories
• Transcripts of original material
• Unpublished works
• Yesterday Today Journal
• Yorkshire Archaeological Society Journal & Record Series
• Yorkshire Parish Register Society Publications