For prospective members, the following lists some of the records we currently have available in our members area:

• Family Tree:
• Individuals: 10,384
• Families: 2,223
• Unique Surnames: 936
• Photographs: 21
• Memorial Stones: 720 (of which 555 include a photograph)
• Marriage Records: 1,829 comprising;
• Christ Church, Knottingley: 659
• St. Andrew, Ferrybridge: 500
• St. Botolph, Knottingley: 500
• St. Giles, Pontefract: 170
• Wooden Sailing Ships:
• Knottingley Built: 163

In addition we have 21 local inquest reports and our article section which currently features The Carter Family and Lime Grove.

The majority of our marriage records include the names of both the bride and grooms father together with his occupation - which is a great help with your research. Additional records are added to our databases on a regular daily basis.

For full details of the Digest Family History website you can visit our Digest Family History Home Page where you will also find information about how you can become a member and gain access to all our records and information.

I have just begun adding transcriptions of the Memorial Stones at St. Andrew's Burial Ground, Ferrybridge. A fair number of these memorials can still be located but a small number are no longer in existence. In total there are in excess of 150 memorials to be published over the next two or three days.

Although the process is more time consuming I have now begun to include 'more detailed' information with all new individuals added to the Family Tree database. Previously, details of residence has been included as part of the 'Family Group' but now each individual has their recorded residence and occupation listed individually. This provides a much more detailed account of an individuals life and all previous additions to the database will be similarly updated to reflect this new format as they are encountered in the future. You will also find that each new record is now referenced with the source of information.

After two full days of intensive work our collection of memorial inscriptions now exceeds 500 and of that number, more than 430 include a photograph of the associated memorial. I will continue to add additional stones as time permits but for the time being I will be focusing on other areas of our records database to ensure that each section recives similar attention.

Local enthusiast Ron Gosney has been actively compiling an index to late nineteenth century coroners inquest reports and we will be making that index available to you in the near future. The index covers coroners reports from the whole county but where specific reports are of local interest these transcripts have been included on Digest Family History and currently we have 22 reports featured in our members area.

Our collection of memorial transcriptions now stands in excess of 400 and many of these have an associated photograph. I will continue to add to that collection over the coming days. I have also included several more marriage records, all including the names of the bride and grooms father and his occupation. Our family tree continues to expand and there are now more than 8,400 individuals recorded on it. Some of the more prominent and distinguished families from the town are now well represented.

Why not become a member today. We have so much on offer.