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Births, Marriages and Deaths
 Sources for finding dates and locations of births, baptisms, marriages,
deaths and burials
General Sources
For births, deaths and marriages after 1837, events can be identified by searching the General Register Office indexes and then applying for a certificate.

The GRO indexes are available on microfiche in a number of main libraries and digitised versions can be searched of a fee at a number of websites.  Click here for a guide to understanding the indexes.

The index entries give names, the quarter in which the event was registered, the registration district and a reference number.  To see the details of the event eg the birth date, name of the father, place of birth etc. a certificate must be applied for - these details will help you build your family tree.  The various methods of application are listed here.

The Society of Genealogists in London has microfilm copies of the following registers:

Old Malton - Baptisms: 1606-1863 Marriages: 1606-1840 Burials: 1606-1843
Malton St. Michael's - Marriages: 1600-08, 1625-41, 1644-1856
Malton St. Leonard's - Marriages: 1601-20, 1630-39, 1662-1843

The Borthwick Institute of Historical Research has the following registers:

Old Malton - Baptisms: 1606-1928 Marriages: 1606-1959 Burials: 1606-1941 Banns: 1865-1976 
Malton St. Michael's - Baptisms: 1570-1933, Marriages: 1570-1945 Burials: 1570-1850 Banns: 1823-59, 1885-1962 Churchwardens Accounts: 1853-1935, 1949-56
Malton St. Leonard's - Baptisms: 1600-53, 1662-1956 Marriages: 1600-53, 1662-1947 Burials: 1600-53, 1662-1893 Banns: 1754-62, 1856-1941 Churchwardens Accounts: 1863-1922

One only has to look in the Trade Directories for the period to see the range of places of worship in Malton.  The following 'non-conformist' registers can be seen at the East Riding Archives:

Baptist: Salem Baptist Chapel, births 1829-1836; and Church Book 1828-1837 (to include details of members)
Congregationalist/Independent: Ebenezer, baptisms 1814-1836
Methodist: Primitive, baptisms 1830-1837
Presbyterian: births and baptisms 1773-1837, burials 1778-1836

The North Yorkshire County Record Office has the following 'non-conformist' registers for New Malton:

Unitarian: baptisms 1773-1916, marriages 1866-80 and 1898-1912, burials 1778-1879 and 1901-1911
Congregational: baptisms 1855-1904, marriages 1855-79 and 1885-1902, burials 1856-1870 and 1897-1903

Transcriptions etc
A growing selection of parish register transcriptions can be seen here:

St. Leonard's Baptisms
St. Leonard's Marriages

 Monumental Inscriptions
 The East Yorkshire Family History Society has catalogued monumental inscriptions for:

Old Malton (St. Mary's Priory), no 123 in their series.  An invaluable work since many headstones are now under grass.
St. Leonard's, Malton, similarly no 124 in their series.

There is no list of the headstones in Malton Cemetery.

 First World War Deaths
Those Maltonians who perished in the first world war are listed on the War Memorial as follows:

Atkinson, A

McDonald, F, Corpl.

Bowes, S

McIntyre, T

Boyes, W, Sergt.

Manning, T, Sergt.

Boyes, E

Mason, J, Corpl.

Brown, W

Nicholson, J

Bullous, A

Perrin, H

Cattle, WV

Perryman, AH

Cockerill, T, Sergt.

Pickering, H

Coates, J, Lieut.

Piercy, GW

Craven, AV

Postill, H

Dale, WE, Sergt.

Read, C Stanley, Lieut.

Dale, GF

Robinson, A

Dresser, EE

Shaw, B

Ellis, E

Simpson, A

Fowles, R, RNR,

Simpson, J

Galtry, RD, Lieut.

Sissons, GR

Gibson, H, Sergt.

Sleightholme, AR, Sergt.

Grandy, W

Smith, F

Halliday, CG, RN.

Smith, W

Harrison, GW

Smith, W

Harrison, JW

Smithson, H

Harrison, R

Sollitt, GW, OM RN.

Haykings, E

Spencer, GH

Haynes, G

Stabler, TA

Hodgson, E

Stephenson, JR, Sergt M,

Hornsey, Sarah E, VAD.

Stubbs, RM

Jackson, A

Swales, F

Jackson, EW

Tasker, H

Jennings, AS, Corpl.

Taylor, GH

Johnson, J

Thomson, JA Raymond, Lt Col DSO Croix de Guerre

Johnston, HM, Capt.

Thompson, H

Kendall, P, Sergt.

Trotter, AD, Capt MC.

Kirby, GE, Lieut.

Ward, R

Knott, J

Wardell, E, Sergt.

Lapish, WR, CRO RN.

Wardill, C

Lawty, WJ

Ware, F

Lightfoot, W, RN.

Whiting, G

Little, EA

Wood, CA

Longster, WE, Lieut.

Wood, GW

Ludlam, C

Wood, TR

McAdorey, J, Lieut.

Wray, A


You may be able to find out more about the above soldiers (including regiment, age and next of kin) by searching the Commonwealth War Graves Commission 'Debt of Honour' register here.