Parish Registers
- Officially started in 1538, but in many places not until 1598 or later. They show baptism, marriage and burial, not birth or death.
- The amount of detail varies considerably until the introduction of printed registers for marriages in 1754, and for baptisms and burials in 1813.
- Many original registers have been deposited in Record Offices, such as West Yorkshire Archive Service : Bradford at 15 Canal Road, Bradford, BD1 4AT. Some are still in churches and chapels.
- Some have been printed, in Yorkshire often by the Yorkshire Parish Register Society, now the Yorkshire Parish Register Section of the Yorkshire Archaeological Society. A list of register copies in Bradford Library is available.
Borthwick Institute - A guide to parish records in the Borthwick Institute of Historical Research by CC Webb 1987. (H 929.34281).
Family history in South Yorkshire - A guide to sources. 1991. (H 929.341).
Humphrey-Smith, C - The Phillimore atlas and index of parish registers. 2nd. ed. 1995 (H 929.341).
North Yorks Record Office - North Yorkshire parish registers. 1986
Society of Genealogists - A catalogue of parish register copies in the Society of Genealogists’ collection. 8th ed. 1987. (H 929.341)
Society of Genealogists - A catalogue of parish register copies other than in the Society of Genealogists’ collection. Rev ed. 1974. (H 929.3).
West Yorkshire Archive Service - Bradford Archives 1974 - 1995: an illustrated guide to Bradford District Archives, 1996 (H 025.171)
West Yorkshire Archive Service - Guide for family historians. New ed. 1992. (Includes non-conformist registers, and covers those at Bradford, Calderdale, Kirklees, Leeds and Wakefield offices). (H 929.34281).
Yorks Archaeological SOC. Family History Section Whereabouts of Yorkshire parish records. Part A: A-J; Part B: K-Z. 1986. (H 929.34281).
