Barnsley Family History Society

Society Search Services

Searches offered and fees structure

National Probate Calendars
Wills Indexes 1858 -1943

Charged per year for each person searched. (Please supply full name and year of death)

National
1851* Census
Per Surname (Please supply surname)
Barnsley Area
1891** Census
Per Family (Please supply surname and approximate age)
See notes below
1881 Census
Per Surname (Please supply surname)
Soldiers died in the Great War Cd
Per Surname (Please supply forename & surname + area if known
National Burial Index Cd
Per Surname (Please supply surname)
Parish Records***
Per Surname (Please supply surname)
See notes below
#Worsbrough Census 1841 -1901
See notes below
Fees
£1.00 per search
£0.50 each page of printout supplied
MEMBERS
£2.00 per search
£1.00 each page of printout supplied
NON-MEMBERS
Prices are per surname, apart from 1891. Data on A4 sheet (max names per sheet varies between sources)

Members can be invoiced for payment, but non-member requests are to be paid for in advance. In all cases, contact the Search Secretary, Phil Edwards, at search@barnsleyfhs.co.uk with your details/requests. All material, with the exception of the 1891 census can be emailed. Postal Requests must include a SAE or IRCs.

* The 1851 is a full transcription index and not a surname only index. The material can be supplied as a photocopy of the ennumeration page. An additional fee is payable for this service, which is not available for areas covered in volumes 1 - 4 of the Barnsley 1851 booklet series.

** The following areas for the 1891 census are fully indexed:
Ardsley, Barnsley Workhouse, Barnsley Canals, Billingley, Broomhill, Carlton, Cawthorne, Cudworth, Darfield, Darton, Deepcar, Dodworth, Ecklands, Elsecar, Gawber, Gunthwaite, Hemingfield, Hoyland Common, Hoyland Nether, Hoyland Upper, Hoylandswaine, Hunshelf, Ingbirchworth, Jump, Kexbrough, Langsett, Little Houghton, Lundhill, Mill Houses, Monk Bretton, Notton, Oxspring, Penistone, Platts Common, Royston, Silkstone, Silkstone Common, Stainbrough, Staincross, Stocksbridge, Tankersley, Thurgoland,Thurlstone, Wombwell, Woolley, Worsbrough Common, Wortley.
Over 67 000 individuals.
The 1891 census material is supplied only as a photocopy of the ennumeration page.

Dearne Valley 1891:
These were donated to us by Martyn Gleaden.
Adwick, Barnburgh, Bolton, Brampton, Darfield, Elsecar, Jump, Wath, Wentworth, Wombwell

# Worsbrough Area Census including Birdwell and Worsbrough Common.
We can now do searches in this area for 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891 and 1901. Searches on the above can only be printouts, which show the address, not the page as enumerated. The cost for these searches is £2 per surname per year + £1 per printout + SAE. Members half price.

***Barnsley Area Parish Register Material
Burials
Barnsley St. Mary 1826-1834, Cawthorne All Saints 1800-1841, Darton All Saints 1813-1832, Hoyland Nether St. Peter 1813-1861, Royston St. John 1873-1906, Tankersley St. Peter 1813-1859, Wortley St. Leonard 1813-1845

Baptisms
Cawthorne All Saints 1810-1840 , Stainborough St James 1863-1985

Marriages
Cawthorne All Saints 1800-1837, Darton All Saints 1800-1837

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