Kirkby Malzeard, Yorkshire Genealogy

England Yorkshire Yorkshire Parishes K-R  West Riding of Yorkshire  Kirkby Malzeard Guide to Kirkby Malzeard, Yorkshire family history and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

Parish History
KIRKBY-MALZEARD (St. Andrew), a market town and parish, in the Lower division of the wapentake of Claro, West Riding of York; comprising the townships of Azerley, Fountains-Earth, Grewelthorpe, Kirkby-Malzeard, Laverton, Stonebeck-Down, and Upper Stonebeck, and the chapelry of Hartwith cum Winsley. There are separate chapels with registers of baptisms, and burials and some marriages at Dallowgill or Dallaghill in Laverton, Grewelthorpe Hartwith, Mickley in Azerley, Middlesmoor, and Ramsgill in Stonebeck-Down.

Civil Registration
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day. The civil registration article tells more about these records. There are several Internet sites with name lists or indexes. A popular site is FreeBMD.

Online Records
Online data content from chapelry registers of Kirkby Malzeard exists at some of the following websites and for the specified ranges of years:

For a full list of all those chapels surrounding **Chapelry** and comprising the whole ancient parish of Kirkby Malzeard to which it was attached, be certain to see "Church Records" on the Kirkby Malzeard page. To find the names of the neighbouring parishes, use England Jurisdictions 1851. In this site, search for the name of the parish, click on the location "pin", click Options and click List contiguous parishes.

This ancient parish (AP) was created before 1813. Church of England records began in 1653.

Probate records
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Yorkshire Probate Records to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.

Maps and Gazetteers
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.


 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain