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1851 Census Master index (Archdeaconry of Doncaster)

This index gives surname, first name, age and volume number to assist the researcher to find which volume of the A5 books is required. All 50 volumes of these books are on the bottom shelf of the bookcase.

1871 Census index

This includes all of the parishes within the area covered by the Society.
This is not just an index as all information has been included.

1881 Census index

British Census and National index for England, Scotland, Wales, Channel Islands, Isle of Man, and Royal Navy.

1891 Census index

This includes all of the parishes within the area covered by the Society.
This is not just an index as all information has been included.

Bawtry Cemetery & Overflow Churchyard

This is an area of consecrated ground which is used by both the parish church and the Cemeteries Commission. This index does not contain the burials of the churchyard which adjoins the church.

Doncaster Health Authority Death Registers 1873 - 1928.

This is an index of over 28,000 names of all persons who died in Doncaster, Balby & Wheatley (inc. those who died in the Workhouse, Fever Hospital, Royal Infirmary, together with other institutions). Most entries include cause of death as well as the usual details.

Doncaster St George's Burial index A - Z

This is a database of over 35,500 burials which have been taken from the parish registers for St George from 1557 - 1855 at which time all burials ceased in the churchyard.

Doncaster - Hyde Park Cemetery Monumental Inscriptions

This is a database of all readable M.I.s in Hyde Park Cemetery. Each inscription is complete and crossed referenced under each surname where more than one surname occurs.

Marriages 1800 - 1837 for the Archdeaconry of Doncaster

This database is available for over 12,500 marriages including 20 parishes from commencement of registers to 1837 and the rest of the parishes from 1775 - 1837. Also included are all entries from the Quaker records. These consist of monthly meetings at Balby, Woodhouse, Sheffield, Thorne, Fishlake and Rawcliffe from 1655 - 1794.

Bains 1822 West Riding of Yorkshire Trade Directory

Trade directory for hundreds of West Yorkshire towns and over one thousand villages and hamlets.

Mexborough Millennium

To mark the Millennium, Mexborough and District Heritage Society have produced this disk which takes you through a journey in time, to experience life from the turn of the century to the present day. People, Places, Transport, Industry, Commerce, Waterways and much more!

A Dictionary of Occupational Terms

Defines 29,106 terms, covering 16,837 different occupations of people who worked in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. They are listed alphabetically, and (unusually for a dictionary) the terms are also classified, to juxtapose descriptions of occupations of people who worked closely together to produce particular goods and services. Many of these occupations, and the terms used to describe them, are today generally unknown.

Illustrated Yorkshire Churches

Over 200 churches are included on this CD-ROM.

BIG R 2000

This includes surnames being researched within the British Isles by family historians world-wide. England is published in separate counties based on the pre-1974 historic counties. Ireland, Scotland and Wales are being produced as separate countries. Where an e-mail address has ben given, this has been included. Musters of the Yorkshire (West) Militia - 1781-1782 Taken from the muster and pay lists which are held at the Public Record Office.
These indexes gives lists of names and tell precisely where, under whom and on what dates the
men were mustered.

Musters of the Yorkshire West 2 Militia - 1781 - 1782

Lists: Surname, Forename, Rank, Company, Muster 1, Muster 2, Muster 3, Remarks. Some men have aliases. These are noted as "aka" under "remarks" and a separate entry is made, listed under the alias. A few are recorded with forenames differing between musters; these are noted under "remarks" but there is no extra entry.

PRONames 1, 2 & 3

An index to almost 50,000 miscellaneous personal names, occuring in documents at the Public Record Office.