Wakefield Family History Sharing
Newspapers in Yorkshire ~ past & present
Newspapers are a very useful source and starting point for anyone requiring information, not only do they give the birth, deaths and marriages - 'hatches, matches and despatches' as my father used to call them but, they also give local news both good and bad. Newspapers are full of names, places and dates and can be found in many libraries that have a local history section.
The advertisements in newspapers also give information for example, who was the local chimney sweep; where would you go to get your provisions or more importantly, where would the ladies and gentlemen of the town go for a new hat or gloves, but before you wear your new outfit, where were the public baths. There is also product advertising - patent medicines, dental instruments, patent washing machines + many more obscure items and businesses that are still known today.
Newspapers, are a source to be looked at, not only for people looking for members of their family but anyone who has an interest in social history. They are a very important historical resource but with being paper being of a fragile nature and dating back to the early 1700's, some of the originals may not have survived and are only available of microfilm or fiche
Current Yorkshire Newspapers
Barnsley Chronicle | Barnsley Chronicle | Craven Herald | Dalesmane Magazine |
Dewsbury Reporter | Doncaster Free Press | Grimsby Evening Telegraph | Guardian (Dinnington) |
Halifax Courier | Harrogate Advertiser | Huddersfield Daily Examiner | Hull Daily Mail |
Ilkley Gazette | Rotherham Advertiser | Scarborough Evening News | Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph |
Selby Times | Sheffield Star & Telegraph | Villager (Doncaster) | Wakefield Express Series |
Wharfedale Observer | Whitby Gazette | Yorkshire Evening Post | Yorkshire Evening Press |
Yorkshire Post |
Local Newspapers
Newspaper | Dates | Notes / Where can be found etc |
A variety of English, Irish & French newspapers incl. Les Temps Nouveaux, The Daily News & Private Eye, Picture Post, Illustrated London News+ many more | Various | Can be viewed at LUL |
Bridlington Free Press | 1985 onwards | NYL - Scarborough |
Commemorative editions of newspapers | LUL | |
Craven Herald | 1854 onwards | NYL - Skipton |
Craven Pioneer | 1861 onwards | NYL - Skipton |
Darlington & Stockton Times | 1847 onwards | NYL - Northallerton |
Easingwold Advertiser | 1892 onwards | NYL - Easingwold |
Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough) | 1970 onwards | NYL - Northallerton |
Filey & Hunmanby Mercury | 1990 onwards | NYL - Scarborough |
Gazette & Herald | 1990 onwards | NYL - Malton |
Halifax Courier | 1853 | LUL |
Halifax Guardian | LUL | |
Harrogate Advertiser | 1837 onwards | NYL (Harrogate) |
Harrogate Herald | 1980 onwards | NYL - Harrogate |
Huddersfield & Holmfirth Examiner | 1851 | |
Knaresborough Post | 1996 onwards | NYL - Knaresborough |
Leeds Intelligencer | LUL | |
Leeds Mercury | 1719 | LUL can also be viewed at Leeds Library |
Leeds Times | ||
Malton & Norton Gazette and General Advertiser | June 1855 to December 1857 | ** |
Malton Gazette | December 1857 to December 1884 | ** |
Malton Gazette | from 1819 | * some missing years |
Malton Gazette | January 1888 to September 1905. | ** |
Malton Mail | October 1898 -January 1899 | This paper then joined with the Yorkshire Observer ** |
Malton Messenger | July 1855 - September 1939 | ** & * and are mainly on microfilm |
North Eastern Advertiser and Ryedale Chronicle | January 1885 to December 1887. | ** |
North Yorkshire News | 1980 onwards | NYL - Northallerton |
North Yorkshire Advertiser | 1997 onwards | NYL - Northallerton |
Northallerton, Thirsk & Bedale Times | 1977 onwards | NYL - Northallerton |
Northern Echo | 1938 onwards | NYL - Northallerton |
Pateley Bridge & Nidderdale Herald | 1996 onwards | NYL - Pateley Bridge |
Ryedale Citizen | 1993 onwards | NYL - Scarborough |
Ripon Gazette | 1996 onwards | NYL - Ripon |
Ryedale Mercury | 1983 onwards | NYL - Scarborough |
Ryedale Star | 1995 onwards | NYL - Malton |
Scarborough Evening News | 1933 | NYL - Scarborough |
Scarborough Gazette | 1847 onwards | NYL - Scarborough |
Scarborough Town Crier | 1998 onwards | NYL - Scarborough |
Selby Chronicle | 1991 onwards | NYL - Selby |
Selby & District Herald | 1990 onwards | NYL - Selby |
Selby Express | 1985 onwards | NYL - Selby |
Selby Gazette & Herald | 1975 onwards | NYL - Selby |
Selby Post | 1986 onwards | NYL - Selby |
Selby Star | 1989 onwards | NYL - Selby |
Selby Times | 1869 onwards | NYL - Selby |
Tadcaster News | 1979 | NYL - Selby |
Trader (Scarborough) | 1981 onwards | NYL - Scarborough |
Wakefield Journal | 1835 | The Wakefield Examiner was incorporated in 1852 and can be seen at The Library HQ, Balne Lane, Wakefield |
Wetherby, Boston & Tadcaster News | 1993 onwards | NYL - Tadcaster |
Whitby Gazette | 1854 onwards | NYL - Whitby |
Yorkshire Gazette | 1819 - 1854 | * |
Yorkshire Gazette | 1819 onwards | NYL - Malton |
York Herald, The | 1790 - 1889 | and then as the Yorkshire Herald through to 1954. Almost a complete run # |
Yorkshire Evening Press (Selby edition) | 1983 onwards | HYL - Selby |
Yorkshire Factory Times | LUL | |
Yorkshire Post + Evening Post | LUL | |
LUL Leeds University Library
NYL North Yorkshire Libraries (check at which local library the newspapers are held at - Malton, Harrogate, Northallerton, Scarborough, Skipton, Selby,Easingwold)
# York Reference Library
** These can be viewed at the British Library (some years are in a poor condition)
* These can be found in Malton Library
Newspapers that can be searched by an Index
Barnsley Chronicle | The following can be found at Barnsley Library. Newspaper cutting index 1858 to present * Obituaties file index 1857/8 to present * First World War index 1914-1918 * Memories index 1992 onwards (articles of an historical nature) |
Barnsley Independent | See Barnsley Chronicle |
Batley News | Newspaper index 1974 to present can be seen at Huddersfield Central Library |
Bradford Observer | The following can be viewed at Bradford Central Library- Local Studies. People index 1834 onwards (refers to people mentioned in deaths, births, marriages, funerals, bequests, bankruptcies etc) * General index 1834 - * Local celebraties cuttings file 1920's to approx 1974 * Subject cuttings file ( firms, schools, churches etc) * There are also collections including the Yorkshire Ripper (Peter Sutcliffe) and Valley Parade Football Ground. |
Bradford & Wakefield Chronicle | Deaths index 1825/6 can be seen at Bradford Central Library- Local Studies |
Bradford Weekly Telegraph | Local people who during 1915-1918, were killed in action, wounded or taken prisoner. Bradford Central Library- Local Studies |
Colne Valley Chronicle | Indexed 1974 to present at Huddersfield Central Library |
Darlington & Stockton Times | Local cuttings file c1977 to present. Northallerton Library |
Dewsbury Reporter | 1974 to present. Huddersfield Central Library |
Goole Times | 1996 to date can be seen at Goole Local Studies Library |
Grimsby Daily Telegraph | 1897 - 1912 can be seen at Grimsby Reference Library |
Grimsby Free Press | 1860 - 1868, can be seen at Grimsby Reference Library |
Grimsby Guardian | March 1854, October 1857 - November 1867. Grimsby Reference Library |
Grimsby News | 1876-1902 (not all years included).Grimsby Reference Library |
Grimsby Observer | 1871-1902 (not all years included).Grimsby Reference Library |
Harrogate Advertiser | Name index 1900-1904, 1907-1912, 1914, 1916-1947, 1949-1950, 1952-1960 ongoing * General index, people, places, theatre etc 1971 ongoing * Harrogate Library |
Harrogate Herald | Name index 1881-1939 (not all years available). * General index, people, places, theatre etc 1971-1980. Harrogate Library |
Holme Valley Express | 1974 to date can be seen at Huddersfield Central Library |
Huddersfield Daily Examiner | Index 1958 to date. Huddersfield Central Library |
Huddersfield District Chronicle | 1974 to date.Huddersfield Central Library |
Huddersfield Examiner | 1958 to date. Huddersfield Central Library |
Hull Advertiser | 1825 various dates can be seen at Beverley Local Studies Library and under such headings as people, obituaties. Some of the indexes have been done as projects by various groups and individuals. Hull Local Studies Library |
Hull Daily Mail | Hull Street Shrines & Honour Rolls. Beverley Local Studies Library. * A biography index is also held by Hull Local Studies Library. * Great War Index is at Beverley Local Studies Library * Index to people killed or listed as missing during Military actions, Hull Local Studies Library * Maritime index at Beverley Local Studies Library. * WWII military index 1939-1940, Beverley Local Studies Library. * Hull also hold various indexes convering the forces 1939-1941 |
Ilkley Gazette | 1950's a general index held in Bradford Central Library- Local Studies |
Keighley News | 1862-1876 a continuing project, deaths, marriages etc * Obituaries 19th century onwards * 1908-1917 general scrapbook * Local celebrities 1920 onwards * Local index (churches, companies etc) |
Malton Messenger | 1854-1856 ongoing index at Malton Library |
Northallerton, Thirsk & Bedale Times | c1977 to date Northallerton Library |
Northern Echo | 1977 to date Northallerton Library. On CD Rom 1990-1996 |
Pontefract & Castleford Express | 1970's to date.Castleford Library. There is also a 1914-1919 listing for Castleford War Dead. Wakefield Library HQ also hold an index of casualties including munitions workers. |
Palmers Index to The Times | Lists articles regarding Malton as far back as 1792 |
Pontefract & Castleford Advertiser | Copleys index 1858-1937. Pontefract Library |
Rotherham Advertiser | 1858 to date in the Rotherham Central Library. The index is not complete and is not altogether accurate but is a startng point!! |
Scarborough Evening News | Local history index 1933 ongoing. * Prescott Index 1950-1970. Scarborough Library |
Scarborough Gazette | 1847-1900 at Scarborough Library |
Scarborough Mercury | 1855-1970 at Scarborough Library - various indexes |
Scarborough Pictorial | Indexed on cards 1913-1915 at Scarborough Library |
Scunthorpe Star | Card index 1890-1960 at Scarborough Library |
Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph | 1966 to date at Scarborough Library |
Selby Times | Cuttings index 1984 to date at Selby Library |
Sheffield Star | Card indexed 1930s-1950s Sheffield Central Library |
Sheffield Telegraph | Card indexed 1930s-1950s at Sheffield Central Library. Not 100% accurate and some years are not complete |
Spenborough Guardian | 1974 onwards Huddersfield Central Library |
Telegraph & Argus | Subject cuttings files 1960 onwards at Bradford Central Library - Local Studies. There are also numerous other indexes. |
Wakefield & West Riding Examiner | Name index 1847-1856, 1877, 1900-1913- mainly births, deaths & marriages but other events are there. This is held at Wakefield Library HQ |
Wakefield Express | 1847-1856, 1977, 1900-1913 mainly births, deaths & marriages but other events are there. This is held at Wakefield Library HQ. |
Wenslydale Advertiser | 1846 at Northallerton Library |
Whitby Gazette | 1854 in progress at Whitby Library |
York Chronicle | Subject and person index 1773-1777, 1817-1818 at York Library |
York Courant | Subject and person index 1728-1848 at York Library. Includes obituaries |
York Herald | 1790-1801 at York Library |
York Journal | 1745-1749 at York Library |
Yorkshire Evening Post | Various indexes from early 20th century covering items such as WWI & II, companies etc this is held at Leeds Central Library. Other libraries in the area will also hold film copies of this county paper |
Yorkshire Gazette | 1819-1898 person and subject index at York Library |
Yorkshire Observer | See Bradford Observer |
Yorkshire Post | Many indexes covering names, places and are held at most main libraries in the county |
Other Newspaper to consider looking at
The Times | Most local studies libraries will have copies of these indexes and may also have the publication on microfilm. The Times is also available on line at www.timesonline.co.uk/ a search can be done but only for the past 5 years. |
The London Gazette (also Edinburgh Gazette & Belfast Gazette) | Are the official newspapers of the country. The London Gazette has been continuously published in print since 1665 and it has been online via the Internet since March 1999, with retrospective coverage back to January 1998. Several legal notices, including insolvency notices, are required by law to be published these three publications. You will also find awards of medals, military promotions |