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Family Tree Folk, Bringing genealogy to life.
We have a fabulous range of genealogy gifts and family history greetings cards. We are also happy to make up your own made-to-order design in any product.

If you are interested in Yorkshire then you really must pay a visit to the Willow Island Gallery site of Richard Bell, wildlife illustrator, where you can browse his nature diary which contains over 1,900 of his superb original illustrations. Try to find the work he did for 'Watership Down' !.

For books and memorabilia try a visit to The Yorkshire Dialect Society.

Barry Rawling, at The College of York St John, maintains a dialect site which can be found here.

The Family History group of the Wakefield U3A can be found at www.wakefieldu3a.org.uk.

Why not check out the current issue of the Old Yorkshire Magazine here.

GENUKI maintain a wealth of Information pertaining to Yorkshire, well worth a visit.

The Yorkshire Ridings Society was founded in 1974, to protect the Yorkshire identity threatened by local government changes made then and since. The Society promotes the historical traditions of the Yorkshire area.

If you would like to have a phrase 'Translated' into dialect, pop over & check out WhooHoo. It handles other dialects besides Yorkshire, so you can try Brummie or Scouse.

Whitby Online is Whitby's premier internet resource. With information on subjects ranging from Hotel Accommodation to the online sale of local handicrafts.

 

Lakeland Books sell books and CDs online. Literature associated with The Lake District and Yorkshire Dales, focusing on authors such as Beatrix Potter and Wainwright. Additionally there are also collections of Children’s, and Children’s educational literature, Natural History, Art, Craft & Design.

Professor Paul Meier is a Dialect Instructor for theatre & film, and has an extensive collection of readings, covering dialects from all over the Globe, in MP3 format on his International Dialects of English Archive, and aspiring actors can find assistance at Paul's Dialect Services Site.

Glenys in the Yorkshire Dales
Web site for the Upper Dales Family History.

Eskvalley.com is an information site aimed at supporting the local community whilst opening a gateway to the Esk Valley.
Providing Tourist Information and taking visitors on a journey through the heart of the North Yorkshire Moors to Whitby, exploring the hamlets and villages as they go.

If you fancy a Luxury Chauffeured Tour around Herriot Country, Yorkshire or beyond try a visit to The Yorkshire Explorer.

Follow the White Rose link to a a Yorkshire Dialect web site maintained by Barry Rawling, at The Department of Language Studies and Linguistics, The College of York St John. This site has been designed to provide a comprehensive source of information regarding Yorkshire dialect for both students of dialect and those with a casual interest in the subject.

  The Dalesman needs no introduction.

Adele C. Geraghty and Dr. Phil C. Sidebottom run a site 'Between these shores' which amongst other things documents details of old Sheffield, and contains a verse about the Sheffield City Battalion by Adele 'One came back'.

Komedy Kollective are the North of England's comedy theatre renegades, specialising in fresh and funky sketch-driven schlockomedy mayhem.

For a site covering regional dialect poetry visit A Celebration of English Dialect in England.

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For details of LOCAL Yorkshire Produce try a visit to Deliciously Yorkshire

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Yorkshire Dales Tourist Information
Visitor and accommodation guide to the Yorkshire Dales.