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Description: | A collection of family history and local studies resources covering the whole of the Barnsley Metropolitan Borough containing the following materials:
1. Births, Deaths and Marriages
Registrar General's Indexes from 1837 (microform)
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2. Census returns
1841-1901 covering BMBC with some overlap into surrounding areas
Mormon 1881 Census Index for the whole of England (Archives and Local Studies Department)
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3. Directories
3(a) County and Regional Directories: 1816-1936
3(b) City and Town Directories: 1902-1961
3(c) Telephone Directories
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4. Electoral registers and polls books
4(a) Electoral Registers: 1869 to date (incomplete)
N.B. Coverage of present Barnsley MBC only from 1974
4(b) Poll Books: 1807-1868
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5. International Genealogical Index (IGI)
1988 edition: selected counties only
1992 edition: microfiche covering NE England and Ireland
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6. Unpublished Indexes
Various Parish Register indexes
Monumental inscriptions and indexes
Street indexes to Census Returns
Name index for Central Barnsley 1841-1881 Census
Ardsley Census Index 1841-1891
Darton and surrounding area 1841, 1861-1881
Worsborough Census Index 1841-1901
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7. Parish Registers
Bishop's transcripts, Barnsley MBC. Microfilm
Yorkshire Archaeological Society Parish Register Series. Printed
Microfiche copies of all Barnsley MBC churches.
Various printed transcripts and indexes
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8. Periodicals (excl. newspapers)
Journal of the Barnsley Family History Society,
Journal of the Yorkshire Archaeological Society (Family History Section),
Journal of the Hunter Society
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9. Published Transcripts of Archival Material
Yorkshire Archaeological Society Record Series (incomplete)
Surtees Society publications
Thorsby Society publications (incomplete)
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10. Other material
Local Obituaries Index
Personal Name Index (contains death and marriage notices published in the Barnsley Chronicle Almanack 1878-1916)
Name Index of Deaths from the Barnsley Chronicle 1979, 1983, 1984, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1996
Place, Subject and Name Index to collections held by the Archive Service | Subjects: | Registration of birth Registration of death Population censuses Registration of marriage Local history Genealogy Electoral registers | Source: | Cornucopia - Discovering UK Collections | FAX: | +44 (0)1226 773955 | Telephone: | +44 (0)1226 773950 | Identifier: | oai:www.cornucopia.org.uk:7949 | Go to resource |
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