Ryedale Family History Group

17/05/2026

20th May 2026
7:30pm BST
Please join between 7:15 and 7:30pm BST

Speaker: Phil Isherwood
Topic: 'Useful Software Tools for Family History Research.’

Guests welcome.
Contact Geoff for the links if you don’t get them.
[email protected]

07/05/2026

Ryedale Roots, July 2026 edition will feature the villages of Fadmoor and Gillamoor, both in the ancient parish of Kirkbymoorside.
If you have any ancestral connections or stories about either of these villages, please share them with us. Send to [email protected]. The deadline for inclusion in the forthcoming issue is 19th June. Please include any photos. We have several photos of the Church of St. Aidan at Gillamoor, so any people or places are very acceptable.
A note from the editor – My own ancestors populated Gillamoor and Fadmoor, where most of them farmed the land there, so this is very special to me. Names in my family are Wood, Bulmer, Thompson, Potter and more. We were there for a long time!

28/04/2026

Sue Goodwill will be at St Gregory's Minster, Saturday 16th May - 2:30pm to give a talk about Methodism in Nawton, Beadlam, Wombleton and Fadmoor.

06/04/2026

This reel is a mashup of real people taking photos of the beautiful Farndale,
With added AI chatGPT creativity of a poem, Enjoy!

30/03/2026

Did your ancestor leave a will? Some very ordinary people did. Wills can be a very valuable source of family information, where relatives, neighbours, friends and properties get a mention.
Members of the Ryedale Family History Group have been transcribing some local wills since 2017, so we've built up quite a collection. Our index gives the name of the testator (the person making the will), their location, surnames mentioned, names of witnesses too. So it's worth a search to see if there is something there for you.
See our website, www.ryedalefamilyhistory.org for details. The index is a searchable pdf file but please remember that some names have a variety of spellings!

The area of interest covered by this group is that which is now known as Ryedale,as designated by the boundaries formerly administered by the Ryedale District Council, as at our foundation in 2005.

05/02/2026

Our meeting, by Zoom, on Wednesday the 18th February at 7.30pm is a talk by David Rigby 'High Stakes on the Knavesmire'
A family history story involving: the first lady jockey, high stakes gambling, court cases, imprisonment, infidelity, and death by poisoning, all against the background of Regency York.
This meeting is FREE to attend. Everyone welcome
Contact Geoff: [email protected] for the Zoom code

18/01/2026

08/12/2025

Wishing all our members and friends a very peaceful and happy Christmas.
We don't have a regular monthly meeting during December but our regular weekly Zoom meetings continue. except during the holiday week.
The next monthly meeting will be on Wednesday 21st January. Watch this space for deetails.
Members should receive their copy of Ryedale Roots during the first week in January. This issue focuses on Kirkdale, Howkeld Mill and the village of Welburn

13/10/2025

Our monthly meeting will take place this Wednesday 15th October at 7.30pm ON ZOOM
The subject entitled 'Educating the Deaf from 1826' will be given by one of our esteemed committee members Helen Shields who has headed a collaborative research project on the subject.

'The Amazing History of the Deaf Academy' opened in 1826 uncovering the stories of how deaf children learnt in school throughout history and how British Sign Language is now used more than ever today.
Members and non members are welcome to our free meetings and a link can be obtained from our membership secretary on [email protected]
Please join before 7.30pm for a prompt start.