Links - References

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Brotherton Sources

Family history information relating directly to Brotherton and hamlets - Byram, Poole and Sutton - can be found at -

• FamilySearch - St Edward Baptisms - 1709-1812 see IGI Batch C109362 | 1813-1871 see IGI Batch C109361
• FamilySearch - St Edward Marriages - 1709-1812 see IGI Batch M109362 | 1813-1837 see IGI Batch M109361
• West Yorkshire Archive Service, Wakefield - Deposited Parish Registers - Baptisms - 1562-1585, 1634-1980 | Marriages - 1562-1585, 1634-1985 | Burials - 1562-1585, 1634-1981
• The Life and Times of the Church and People of Brotherton by Maureen Hames, June 1996 (Ref CX5 038 984 X61 03) - available at Wakefield Local Studies Library
• Limeys : a Glimpse of Victorian Brotherton by Derek Vause - also available at Wakefield Local Studies Library
• Many interesting aspects of Brotherton life covered in Memories of Brotherton by Robert Milner [since gone off-line - does anyone have a copy?]
• Castleford Local Studies Library
• Pontefract Local Studies Library
• Pontefract & District Family History Society

Plus the following publications that can be obtained from P&DFHS, GenFair or ParishChest -

• St Edward Brotherton Baptism Index - 1634-1750 | 1748-1801 | 1801-1812 | 1813-1835 | 1835-1861 | 1861-1895
• St Edward Brotherton Marriage Index - 1634-1753 | 1754-1837 | 1837-1895
• St Edward Brotherton Burial Index - 1571-1748 | 1748-1801 | 1801-1812 | 1813-1847 | 1848-1893
• St Edward Brotherton and Brotherton Cemetery 1865 Monumental Inscriptions
• Brotherton Cemetery 1919 and Brotherton United Reform Monumental Inscriptions
• CD of above MIs + photographs
• Census Index - 1851
• Brotherton Land Tax 1781-1794 | 1795-1805 | 1806-1814 | 1815-1823

Brotherton Entries on popular websites (as at July 2019)

• Memories of Brotherton on Facebook
• Brotherton Cemetery submissions on FindaGrave.com - 169 entries
• Brotherton Cemetery submissions on BillionGraves.com - no entries
• Brotherton Cemetery submissions on Gravestone Photographic Resource - no entries

Pontefract Sources

Family and local history information for the wider Pontefract area was, when this website started, to be found at -

• Knottingley and Ferrybridge Online
• The Digest - merger of the Pontefract and Knottingley Digests
• Pontefract and Knottingley Family History Database
• Pontefractus

But recent searches indicate that all these web sites have been closed down. If anyone has information relevant to Brotherton that they would like to share then please get in touch.

National Sources

More general information about war memorials, war service and memorial inscriptions can be found at -

• United Kingdom National Inventory of War Memorials [since relocated to Imperial War Museum]
• British War Memorial Project [web site has since been replaced by advertising]
• National Archive of Memorial Inscriptions [web site has since disappeared]
• Channel 4 - Lost Generation [specific section has since gone but Channel 4 has re-directed link to general history]
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission
• National Archives World War One Medal Cards

Any more that you can recommend?

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