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Tracing Your Family History
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  Yorkshire Family History Societies
  Records Which May Help You Find Your Ancestors
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Local Help With Family History
Craven Indexes offer a local family history and local history research within the following Areas and Churches
(Including graveyards and records were available.)
BRADLEY - BRADLEY METHODIST CHURCH (BRADLEY Nr SKIPTON)
BROUGHTON - ALL SAINTS CHURCH- (BROUGHTON IN CRAVEN)
CARLTON (CARLTON IN CRAVEN)
CONONLEY - ST JOHN (THE EVENGELISTS) CHURCH
COWLING - HOLY TRINITY
COWLING HILL - BAPTIST CHAPEL
FARNHILL - METHODIST CHAPEL
ICKORNSHAW - METHODIST CHAPEL - BAR CHAPEL
KILDWICK - ST ANDREWS CHURCH
SILSDEN - ST JAMES CHURCH - SILSDEN EDUCATION CENSUS
SKIPTON - CHRIST CHURCH CHURCH
SKIPTON - HOLY TRINITY CHURCH
SUTTON - ST THOMAS (SUTTON IN CRAVEN)
Website: http://www.cravenindexes.co.uk

The Bay Horse Public House Family Tree - Compiled By: Lizzie Hill
The Bay Horse Public House Family Tree - Draft 2 - May 2007 - Compiled By: Lizzie Hill

Lizzie says that this is a work in progress project and if you can help or have anything to add please contact her via email:

Cowling Hill Baptist Members Book - 1808 - 1988
  Cowling Hill Baptist Members Book - 1808 - 1988 Index - More details are available on request
  Cowling Hill Baptist Members Book - 1808 - 1988 - Scanned Pages

Holy Trinity (Cowling Parish Church) Baptisms - 1845 to 1953
  Surname Index Cowling Holy Trinity Baptisms - 1845 to 1953 - More details are available on request

Holy Trinity (Cowling Parish Church) Burials - 1891 to 1953
  Surname index for Holy Trinity - Cowling Parish Church - Burials from 1891 to 1853
Holy Trinity (Cowling Parish Church) Burials - 1845 to 1891
  Surname index for Holy Trinity Burials from 1845 to 1891 indexed by: Josie Walsh

Ickornshaw Chapel Births & Baptisms - 1753 to 1838

  Cowling Ickornshaw Chapel Births & Baptisms - 1753 to 1838

Ickornshaw Wesleyan Methodist Baptisms -  1800 - 1839
  Short Surname Index Including Birth Dates: 1800 - 1839

Ickornshaw Wesleyan Sunday School Index for 1868 to 1887
  Parent surname index indexed by Josie Walsh in April 2005

Ickornshaw Chapel - Marriages - Short Index for 1893 to 1929
  Surname Index for Ickornshaw Marriages 1893 to 1929 indexed by Josie Walsh

Ickornshaw Chapel - Baptisms - Index for 1853 to 1914
  Surname Index for Ickornshaw Baptisms 1853 to 1914 indexed by Josie Walsh

Cowling in The Craven Household Almanack Directory of 1911.
  Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" for Cowling Transcribed by Mel Towler. ©2003

Cowling 1841 Census
  Short Index for Cowling 1841 Census Supplied By: Paul Smith of London - More details are available on request

Cowling 1851 Census
  Short Index for Cowling 1851 Census Supplied By: Paul Smith of London - More details are available on request

Cowling 1861 Census
  Short Index for Cowling 1861 Census Supplied By: Paul Smith of London - More details are available on request

Cowling Infant Admissions 24.1.1875 - 28.6.1906 Surname Index
  Cowling Infant Admissions 24.1.1875 - 28.6.1906 Surname Index - Indexed by Josie Walsh

Census Searches

1881 Census Free access - http://www.familysearch.org

1901 Census pay per view - http://www.1901census.nationalarchives.gov.uk

1841 to 1901 Census - http://www.ancestry.co.uk  Subscription required.

FreeBMD - Free but not complete - http://freebmd.rootsweb.com

Yorkshire BMD - http://www.yorkshirebmd.org.uk 

1837online - Pay per view. 1837 to date Plus access to 1861 census - http://www.1837online.com/Trace2web/

Miscellaneous Useful Sites

Access to Archives - http://www.a2a.org.uk

A list of most of the internet genealogy sites - http://www.cyndislist.com

Find others searching the same tree - http://www.genesreunited.co.uk  Free search, £7 per year to join.

Invaluable source for UK genealogists - http://www.genuki.org.uk

Good source of genealogy software - http://www.twrcomputing.freeserve.co.uk

Cowling Related Family History Websites

Emmott Family History
Information about the Emmott Family History
Website: http://www.bazzasoft.freeserve.co.uk/emmott.htm

The Teals From Kildwick
The direct lineage of known Teal members of the family tree.
Website: http://www.ateal.co.uk/family/index.html

Bancroft's From Yorkshire Website
This site is dedicated to genealogical research of Bancroft families originating from the county of Yorkshire.
Website: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bancroftsfromyorkshire/

Family History & Yorkshire Magazines

Family Tree Magazine
Founded in 1984, Published monthly it is sold in more than 40 countries throughout the world to people with British ancestry.
It regularly contains a mix of helpful and interesting articles and useful information. Annual subscriptions can be purchased from the address below & also available to order from local newsagents.

Family Tree Magazine
61 Great Whyte,
Ramsey,
Huntingdon,
Cambridgeshire PE17 1HI
England

Phone: +44 (0)1487 814050 (8.30am to 4.30pm. Monday to Friday)
E-mail: sales@family-tree.co.uk
Website: http://www.family-tree.co.uk

Local History Magazine
Local History Magazine was established in 1984 and is published six times a year, available by postal subscription only. Every issue contains a mixture of news, articles, book and periodical reviews, readers' notices and information.

The Local History Press Ltd,
3 Devonshire Promenade,
Lenton,
Nottingham
NG7 2DS.
Tel: +44 (0)115 9706473.
Fax: +44 (0)115 9705237.
E-mail: editors@local-history.co.uk
Website: http://www.local-history.co.uk

Historical Websites

Hidden Lives Revealed - A Virtual Archive, 1881 - 1918
Hidden Lives Revealed is an exciting and unique new resource for anyone interested in British social history. The site has something for you if you are at school learning about the Victorians or even at university studying social work.
Website: http://www.hiddenlives.org.uk

The Rowley Collection
The website is a tribute to the late Dr Geoffrey Rowley the eminent Skipton historian, who with Mr. Ken Ellwood gathered together these fascinating prints.
Website: http://www.rowleycollection.co.uk

British History Online
The digital library of text and information about people, places and businesses from the medieval and early modern period, built by the Institute of Historical Research and the History of Parliament Trust.
Website: http://www.british-history.ac.uk

The Victorian Society
The Victorian Society is the national society responsible for the study and protection of Victorian and Edwardian architecture and other arts. It was founded in 1958 to fight the then widespread ignorance of nineteenth and early twentieth century architecture. Among its thirty founder members were John Betjeman and Nikolaus Pevsner.
Website: http://www.victorian-society.org.uk

SAVE Britain's Heritage
SAVE has been described as the most influential conservation group to have been established since William Morris founded the Society for the Protection Ancient Buildings over a century ago.
Website: http://www.savebritainsheritage.org