Leeds Family History

Online records for family history and genealogy relating to the city of Leeds, Yorkshire.

Archives

• Leeds Archives
  See what’s available for the Leeds area at West Yorkshire Archives.
• Leeds Library
  They hold some 180,000 records in their collections. They hold events for family historians and help with research.

Leeds Parish Registers

• Leeds Parish Church Registers 1571-1588
• Leeds Registers 1612 – 1639
  Baptisms, marriages and burials.
• Baptisms 1713 – 1720/21
• Baptisms 1722 – 1734
• Baptisms 1735 – 1757
  • First Part
  • Second Part
• Marriages 1713 – 1721/22
• Marriages 1722 – 1734
• Marriages 1735 – 1754
• Burials 1707/8 – 1712/13
• Burials 1713 – 1721
• Burials 1722 – 1734
• Burials 1735 – 1757
• Armley Chapel Registers 1665 – 1711
• Hunslet Chapel Registers 1686 – 1723

Burials & Cemeteries

• Leeds Burials 1895-1921
• Leeds Cremations 1938-1969
• Leeds General Cemetery Burials
  The Leeds General Cemetery Burial Index is a searchable database of all burials from 1835-1992.
  There are also a few different ways of viewing and sorting the data; you can browse by surname, cause of death or occupation. In addition, you can also browse by father’s surname or mother’s surname.
• Leeds Memorial Inscriptions
  Taken from the parish church; mostly from the 1700s – 1800s.

Miscellaneous

• Leeds Directory 1781
• Leeds Directory 1837
• Leeds Grammar School Admissions 1820-1900
• Leeds Absent War Voters
  There was a General Election in 1918 and all those away from their place of residence, including all men in the army, were listed on Leeds Absent Voters Lists. These usually recorded the man’s regiment, number and rank at the time.
  Men had to be over 21 years of age to vote. Please note that men were not given a unique regimental number until 1920, it is therefore possible to find two men with the same number but in different regiments. This database only lists those with a home address in the Leeds area.
• LEODIS
  A photographic archive of Leeds and the surrounding area with almost 60,000 old and new images.
• Leeds Mercury 1737 – 1742
  Extracts from the newspaper. You might find some interesting info in them.