www.wakefield.gov.uk: For Family Historians

Thursday, September 2 2010

A to Z Index

Wakefield Council
Town Hall
Wood Street
Wakefield
WF1 2HQ

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For Family Historians

International Genealogical Index for England
Census Returns, Yorkshire 1841-1901
Local census name indexes
GRO Index to Births, Marriages & Deaths 1837 – 1950
GRO Index of British Citizens Births Marriages Deaths Overseas 1761-1994
Parish Registers, Wakefield District, including Wakefield, Pontefract, Castleford, Ossett, Hemsworth, Normanton, Featherstone
Local parish register name indexes
Poll books
Register of Electors, Wakefield City 1832 - 1974
Register of Electors, Wakefield Metropolitan District 1974 onwards
Trade Directories
Local newspapers, 1738 onwards
Local newspapers name index, c1847-56, 1877, 1890-1918
Wakefield Express subject index 1950s onwards
Online subscriptions to Ancestry.com and 19th century British library newspapers

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