These baptisms, marriages and burials from across Yorkshire will help you trace your ancestors back to the 1500s. Many records are free.
County-wide records
Over 20 million records including Bishop's transcripts: abbreviated copies of parish records sent to the Diocesan bishop. Invaluable when the original record has not survived.
- Yorkshire Parish Registers 1538–2016
- Yorkshire Bishop's Transcripts 1547–1957
- Yorkshire Marriage Bonds and Allegations 1613–1887
- FreeReg
Search parish registers for Yorkshire.
- Yorkshire Monumental Inscriptions & Burials
Search to see if your ancestor was buried in Yorkshire.
Town & Village Records
Many of the following records are from parish register books printed in the early 1900s, now available to view and search online.
- Ackworth St. Cuthbert
- Adel Baptisms
- Adel Marriages
- Adel Burials
- Birstall Baptisms 1687–1696
- Birstall Marriages 1687–1709
- Blacktoft 1700–1812
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Bolton-by-Bowland Parish Registers
Bolton-by-Bowland has been in Lancashire since 1974.
- Bramley Zion Baptist Church Records
- Calverley Parish Church Records
- Dewsbury Parish Registers 1538–1653
- Dewsbury Baptisms 1844–1866
- Dewsbury Burials 1813–Jan 1822
- Doncaster Marriages
- Farnham Parish Registers 1569–1812
- Farsley St John's Parish Church Records
- Gargrave Parish Registers 1558–1812
- Great Ayton Parish Registers Archived
The file downloads still work as of July 2025.
- Great Ayton Burials 1773–1812
- Grewelthorpe Baptisms 1762–1804
- Grewelthorpe Baptisms 1850–1880
- Grinton Parish Registers 1640–1807
- Grinton Baptisms 1640–1807 XLS
- Halifax St. John's Baptisms
- Halifax St. John's Marriages
- Halifax Baptisms 1538–1593
- Hampsthwaite Parish Church Records
- Hartshead Burials 1692–1812
- Headingley Baptisms 1764–1840
- Headingley Burials 1764–1828
- Healaugh Baptisms
- Horbury Chapel Registers 1598–1812
- Horbury Baptisms, Marriages & Burials 1770–1812
- Howden 1725–1770
- Huggate Parish Registers 1539–1812
- Idle Parish Church Records
- Leeds St. Peter's Burials 1769–1819
- Leyburn Baptisms
- Lunds Baptisms
- Lunds Burials
- Menston St. John the Divine
Burial registers in alphabetical order (PDF download).
- Mirfield Parish Registers 1559–1700
- Morley Wesleyan Chapel Baptisms
- Northowram
- Otley Parish Registers
- Pickhill-with-Roxby 1567–1812
- Pudsey All Saints Chapel & St Lawrence Baptisms
- Pudsey St Lawrence Parish Church Marriages
- Pudsey All Saints Chapel & Parish Church Burials
- Pudsey Nonconformist Church Records
- Ripon 1574–1628
- Rodley St Andrews Church Baptisms
- Rodley St Andrews Church Marriages
- Rotherham Marriages 1540–1798
- Rotherham Marriages 1798–1837
- Rothwell Parish Registers 1538–1689
- Rothwell Parish Registers 1690–1812
- Rothwell Parish Births & Burials 1763–1812
- Salton Parish Records
- Sheffield Parish Records
By Sheffield Indexers. There is a search facility at the top of the page which shows results from the available online content.
- Stanningley St Thomas Parish Church Baptisms
- Stanningley St Thomas Parish Church Marriages
- Stanningley St Thomas Parish Church Burials
- Terrington 1599–1812
- Wakefield Cathedral Church
Registers of baptisms, marriages and burials 1600–1604.
- Wetherby Burials 1848–1866, 1869, 1871
- Windhill Christ Church Parish Records
- York, St. Michael le Belfrey, 1653–1778