It has been pointed out that there is an error in the transcription data:
Grave J26 in the rear graveyard has been transcribed as WOLSEY – 327 and should read as HOLSEY – 227
The on-line databases have been amended to reflect this.
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Heptonstall St Thomas – Baptisms
An omission has been found on the baptisms for this church. It is :-
WADSWORTH – Edmund son of Timothy of Wadsworth 15/11/1696
1851 Census – Emmen Smith
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An error has been discovered in our Transcription of an entry in the 1851 census. The entry for Emmen Smith of Northowram, a farmer of 7 acres, should be shown as a 71 year-old female widow, rather than a 71 year old male widower. We apologise for this error.
Soyland, Ebenezer – Monumental Inscriptions
Last updated on March 14th, 2019 at 04:02 pm
We have been advised of 2 errors on a Monumental Inscription for the Halstead grave. “Hiram” was incorrectly shown as “Ivor” & Leah’s age was shown as 26 instead of 86. The correct entry should read :-
HIRAM HALSTEAD, died April 13th 1901. aged 72 years. Also LEAH HALSTEAD, who died March 9th 1916, aged 86 years.
St Thomas Heptonstall – Parish Register – Baptisms
Last updated on February 15th, 2020 at 05:44 pm
The following error has been identified on our records.
Susannah Shackleton was baptised on 15/9/1826. Our transcription shows that her birth date as 6/11/1826. The correct birth date should be 9/11/1824.
Rastrick Cemetery MIs
Last updated on March 14th, 2019 at 04:02 pm
An error has been discovered in this publication – The name NEWBANK indexed to grave no. 43/45 should be EWBANK, making 2 graves for the name EWBANK – graves 41/45 and 43/45.
Have you investigated School Logs?
Last updated on March 14th, 2019 at 04:02 pm
Part of our Transcription Index, there are now 13,500 records from School Logs or Records.
School records can be an extremely rich source of information for genealogy research and add colour to the life of your ancestor with the details that they provide.
The top 10 surnames from the School logs are Akroyd, Clegg, Firth, Greenwood, Mitchell, Shaw, Smith, Sutcliffe, Taylor, Walker, Wilson which together account for just over 10% of the records. But with over 2000 different surnames in the logs, you’re likely to find a record of interest.
Why not take a look today? The index is here Just select School Log in the Event Type menu
Our Executive Committee
Last updated on March 14th, 2019 at 04:02 pm
We’ve just added pictures of our Executive Committee members to the Committee page.
Halifax Guardian Births, Marriages & Deaths
Last updated on March 14th, 2019 at 04:02 pm
The Calderdale Reference Library have now completed their mammoth task of transcribing nearly 400,000 BMD notices from the Halifax Guardian newspaper, from 1832 to 1921. These are now available on the Library website www.calderdale.gov.uk.
In addition, they are now also on our Society’s Transcription Index, so any member who is logged on with their membership username can request a transcription, free of charge. This will list all the names, and their relationships, one to another, of the people featuring in the newspaper notice.
This is a major new source of information for the 2nd half of the 19th century & the start of the 20th.
Enhancements to the Transcription Index
Last updated on March 14th, 2019 at 04:02 pm
We have enhanced the Index to our transcriptions of vital events. Members can now request the full transcript of any record found when searching the index.
We have also loaded a sample of our publications. So if you have wondered whether you should buy a set of transcription data, take a look at what’s included, you can take a look here.