Many thanks, Ian had a great day too!

Some very exciting news from Ancestry which we came across yesterday. They have just published these records: England, Prerogative and Exchequer Court of York Wills, 1389-1858. The collection contains images of #Wills for #Yorkshire, England, between 1389 and 1858. An amazing 2,462,539 records.

What were they thinking of?

We have not done them formally as a Society but I know one of our members may have information on them, I will ask and let you know.

Only thing I can think of was that his wife was evacuated from London and ended up living for a while in Almondbury. Neither her or her husband's family had any links to Yorkshire.

Death card for Leonard Herbert Taylor

Well, Leonard Herbert Taylor of Surrey, try as I might I can't find a single thing in the archives to link you or your wife to the Huddersfield area, but CWGC says otherwise so you've made the list 🙂
huddersfield.exposed/s/78675

To date, I've been focusing on the Saturday editions of the Huddersfield Examiner to identify names in the regular "In the Forces" column, but I suspect I'll have to start over again and this time scour the "death" & "in memoriam" notices too in order to find those who never made the weekly columns.

...and a reminder that, for any location on the site, there'll be a new "Roll of Honour" tab listing individuals with links to that location or to nearby.

Slowly inching towards 33% completion of the WW2 project, although I suspect there'll still be more names still to be added to the list.
huddersfield.exposed/wiki/WW2_Pro...
huddersfield.exposed/archive/sear...

Where have all the women gone? To mark International Women’s Day I wanted to have a look at the key records that we use to research our English & Welsh family history, and to consider how those records routinely under-repres…

To mark #InternationalWomensDay2026 here's a blogpost I wrote five years ago about the under-representation of women in the key sources that we use for our family history research...

lifelinesresearch.co.uk/2021/03/08/w...

Today for #InternationalWomensDay we celebrate the life of a pioneering #Huddersfield nurse - Elsie May Harling (nee Hallas) who was truly a 'Woman of Substance'.
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Societies from #Yorkshire gathering for quarterly meeting - exchange of news and ideas www.yorksgroup.org.uk @huddsfhs.bsky.social @yorkfhs.bsky.social @awfhs.bsky.social @federationfhs.bsky.social

Mayoral chains stolen in Dewsbury Town Hall burglary Police and council officials appeal for help in trying to recover the

Burglars steal the mayor of Dewsbury's ceremonial gold plated chains which date from 1897 from Dewsbury Town Hall. 👇
BBC News - Mayoral chains stolen in Dewsbury Town Hall burglary - BBC News
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I had one for my great grandmother. I’m afraid I will never be able to take to my Yorkshire ancestor’s story being told in an American accent. There were errors too in relation to the 1921 census.

Great to see you Jane. What a fantastic and quite overwhelming day we have had. This morning’s visitor numbers were amazing!

It's our big booklet giveaway on Saturday at our research room from 11.00 - 4.00. This is a one-off event as we move towards digital downloads. We have hundreds of booklets to give away, a simple way to see family baptisms, marriages and burials grouped in alpha order. #familyhistory #localhistory

Great to work with @huddersfield.exposed

We wish all our members, followers and volunteers a happy New Year! Our Meltham Root Cellar research room will re-open at 2.00 pm on Monday 5th January 2026.

#HDFHS #familyhistory #localhistory

I would be very happy to be a forensic genealogist 😀

Hi Rosie. I took out a couple of years membership of MyHeritage but hardly used it so didn't renew. However, our committee member who does House History projects swears by it for records to be used in that type of research. I too have both Ancestry and FMP.

Wishing all our members, volunteers, friends and followers a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
We look forward to helping everyone with their research in 2026. Our Root Cellar research centre in Meltham will re-open on Monday 5 January 2026.
#FamilyHistory #LocalHistory

Wishing everyone at Doncaster a Happy Christmas from all at HDFHS.

Well I (personally) would make a donation, hopefully others would too.

Sounds like my sort of shop, I can imagine the aromas, just as they were in delicatessens which existed around #Huddersfield in my childhood. One I particularly remember was up Threadneedle Street when I started work around 1974.

I would say they mean ‘Diseased hip’ so unable to work.

I will find that interesting to read, so much fascinating stuff on your website and not enough hours in the day.

Yes, my ancestors connected to Moldgreen Congregational Church were usually raising money for the Band of Hope. I have been lucky enough to see the minute books of the church.

Jane - this link to Huddersfield Exposed gives information on Huddersfield Temperance Society. As I understand it they were particularly common in areas of non-conformism, so particularly Huddersfield. huddersfield.exposed/wiki/Hudders...

Thanks Jackie, just spotted this on Facebook. We are very lucky to have a building like this in our area, well worth a visit.

days when men are industrious. "Huddersfield, William Cowen (1791-1864, Huddersfield Art Gallery