Useful Links

Malhamdale

GENUKI : Malhamdale pages

GENUKI : Yorkshire, an extensive page of links to useful family and local history sites

Keighley and District Family History Society : Covers the families of Kirkby Malhamdale and Settle area

Wharfedale Family History Group : Covers the families of the adjacent Upper Wharfedale area.

Archaeology Data Service : Archaeological database with details of Malhamdale excavations in the ARCHsearch catalogue.

Images of England : View details of the listed building records in the National Monuments record for Malhamdale

Yorkshire Vernacular Buildings Study Group : Record and study buildings in the Dales

Yorkshire Archaeological Society : Hold some maps and records for the area

Yorkshire Quaker Heritage Project : Maintain a location register for records and are creating a Name index of individuals mentioned in the Monthly Meeting minute books. For the Settle area, also check the Quaker records at Leeds University which also has a searchable online database.

West Yorkshire Archives Services

North Yorkshire Archives

Access 2 Archives : Online archive catalogue listing many Malhamdale records in record offices around the country
North Craven Historical Research Group

Manorial Documents Register : Online catalogue listing documents of local interest in various archives

Documents Online : PRO's collection of digitised records including some PCC wills for the area.

The Borthwick Institute : Archive holding pre 1858 Yorkshire Wills and Bishops Transcripts for the old York Diocese.

Skipton Library : Extensive local studies collection

Old-Maps : 1st series 6inch OS maps for most of the country
A Vision of Britain : View population statistics, historical gazetteer entries, Civil Parish changes and more.
Malhamdale.com: Local news, events, accommodation and businesses in the area.

One Guy from Barlick - An interesting local history site with a lot of information about the cotton industry, which carried on there into the late 20th century attracting some of the people who had worked in the Malhamdale mills.
Gargrave - Past Times - Section of the village web site complete with old photos.
Skipton - The Rowley Collection - Atribute to the late Dr Geoffrey Rowley the eminent Skipton historian, who with Mr. Ken Ellwood gathered together over 500 historic old photos of Skipton, fully indexed.
Skipton Web - Local history with gallery of old photos.
Cononley and its People - Local history site with many documents, photos and a history of the village.
Cowling Web - Local history with maps, booklets articles and a gallery of old photos.
Earby and District Local History Society - Web site with articles and pictures.
Thornton-in-Craven - Village web site has good collection of old photographs and a family history section.
Langcliffe - Millennium project local history site.
Settle - Includes short History of the town and links to photos on: The Gallery of Old Settle
Craven Herald & Pioneer - News archive for recent events, places and names.
North Craven Historical Research Group
North Craven Heritage Trust
Craven's Part in the Great War - Dedicated to the memories of the men and women from the Craven district who gave their lives for King and country in the First World War, 1914 -1919.
Wigglesworth - A family history website with much information about Wigglesworth Hall and the Manor of Wigglesworth in downloadable booklets.
Wharfedale & Craven Genealogical Study - An ongoing project to construct the family histories of individuals and families who may have lived the Wharfedale and Craven areas of Yorkshire.

ARCHON : Record repositories in the UK
Access 2 Archives : Online archive catalogue listing many record office catalogues from around the country
A Vision of Britain : View population statistics, historical gazetteer entries, Civil Parish changes and more
Archaeology Data Service : Archaeological database with details of Malhamdale excavations in the ARCHsearch catalogue.

West Yorkshire Archives Services

North Yorkshire Archives
West Dereham Heritage Group : West Dereham Abbey held Kirkby Malham church before the Dissolution.

GENUKI : Links to local and family history resources for all the UK
British Data Archive : Census images on CD plus an online services with census indexes, images; GRO indexes and other data at :- TheGenealogist or RootsUK
FindMyPast.com : GRO indexes of Births Deaths and Marriages from 1837 -2003, Census and more.
DocumentsOnline: search and buy copies of the PCC wills held at the National Archives
FamilySearch : The LDS church site with the 1881 census, IGI containing many parish record extracts
Search just the extracted church records in the IGI and see just what is available via this Batch number web site
Abbreviations used in the census
Ancestry.co.uk : Indexed census images from the 1901, 1891, 1881, 1871, 1861, and 1851 census with the 1901 and 1881 indexes free; the YPRS transcipt of Kirkby Malham Parish Registers; plus free access to the GRO indexes to Births, Marriages and Deaths 1837-1983.
Family Relatives ; another site with GRO indexes to BMDs from 1837 -2003, but it is fully indexed for a large period (approx 1860-1920).
The Origins Network : Indexes to Yorkshire wills held at the Borthwick Institute, York.

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