Mark's Genealogy Page
Introduction
This page is a listing of Surnames of interest to me, and includes links to sites that may be of use to anyone researching names originating in England (especially in the county of Yorkshire). With regard to some of the more common Surnames, my research is likely to be very restricted.
Surnames of Interest to me -
Davy [or Davey]
Hartley of Leeds. Research Limited
Hawkesworth [or Hawksworth of Leeds. Research Limited
Mawtus [a Malthus/Malthouse variant]. Research Extensive
Taylor
The Taylor of Knaresborough Web Page..... by Bob Griffiths
Wade
Weatherhead
General Genealogy links -
The Bodley Library ..... Journals. Gentlemans Magazine, Notes and Queries etc.
The British Library
The Church of the Latter Day Saints: Familysearch ..... the Mormon Genealogy Database.
The College of Arms
Commonwealth War Graves Commission. ..... Full WWI and WWII Database of those killed.
Dick Eastman's Roots Computing Site
The Federation of Family History Societies
The Genuki Home Page
The Guild of One-Name Studies
The Gunpowder Plot Society ..... includes a reference to a Richard Malthus.
Leicester University's Historical Directories
The Public Record Office
The Society of Genealogists
SurnameWeb
Lincolnshire links -
Boston and John Foxe ..... Simon's site includes interesting extracts from 'Boston Its Story and People' by G. S. Bagley.
Yorkshire links -
Aldborough, Yorkshire
Black Sheep Brewery - Masham
The Borthwick Institute of Historical Research
The Harrogate & District Family History Society
Knaresborough Online - Family History ..... Beautiful town. Useful site.
The surname of Lawson ..... by G. Lawson.
Leeds City Council - Local and Family History Library ..... Database of Leeds Absent Voters in the 1914-18 War.
Stuart Moverley's Home Page
The Nonconformist Register ..... or Northowram or Coley Register, with lists of Popish Recusants, Quakers etc.
Pittington Registers, Marriages (1575-1837)
Ripon Online ..... especially useful if your planning a visit to the City.
The Ripon Historical Society and Family History Group
Ripon Cathedral Inscriptions in 1847 ..... A Verbatim Copy of all the Monuments, Gravestones and other Sepulchral memorials in Ripon Cathedral and its Burial Ground , originally published in 1847. From Andrew Richards' Site.
The surname of Smithson ..... including the Smithson families of Ripon and Aldborough, by Steve Smithson.
The Surtees Society
The surname of Wells/Welles ..... of Galphay (Near Ripon), by John Wells.
West Riding Yorkshire Surname Interests
West Yorkshire Archive Service ..... inc. Leeds District Archives, Sheepscar.
The Yorkshire Archaeological Society ..... founded 1863. The Society has a Library in Leeds, with a wide range of titles that extensively cover all aspects of the History and Topography of Yorkshire. If your not already a member please become one.
YAS, FHS ..... The Family History Section of the Yorkshire Archaeological Society.
Yorkshire BMD ..... Births, Marriages and Deaths for the County; in progress.
The York & District Family History Society
Yorkshire Surname List ..... Contact details for Surname researchers.
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