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The evaluation of each Index has been written by the local studies librarian most experienced in the use of the Index concerned. For more details please contact staff at the listed library.

Newspaper Title	Title of Index	Date Coverage	Location	Evaluation
Harrogate Advertiser	Name index	1874, 1879, 1900-1904, 1907-1912, 1914, 1916-1947, 1949-1950, 1952-1960 ongoing	Harrogate Library	Obituaries, Silver and Golden Weddings, any biographical information. Gaps caused by difficulty in accessing film copies where hard copy missing.
Harrogate Advertiser	General index	c1971 ongoing	Harrogate Library	People, places, events, theatre, local government, crime etc.
Harrogate Herald	Name index	1878, 1881-1884, 1900-1904, 1917-1927, 1929, 1931-1939 ongoing	Harrogate Library	Obituaries, Silver and Golden Weddings, any biographical information. Gaps caused by difficulty in accessing film copies where hard copy missing.
Harrogate Herald	General index	c1971-1980	Harrogate Library	People, places, events, theatre, local government, crime etc.
Holme Valley Express	Newspaper index	1974-to date	Huddersfield Central Library	included with index of Huddersfield Daily Examiner etc.
Huddersfield Daily Examiner	Newspaper index	1958-to date	Huddersfield Central Library	Selective, dependent on staff awareness and interest. Reliability variable.
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Huddersfield District Chronicle	Newspaper index	1974-to date	Huddersfield Central Library	included with index of Huddersfield Daily Examiner etc.
Huddersfield Examiner	Newspaper index	1958-to date	Huddersfield Central Library	Selective, dependent on staff awareness and interest. Reliability variable.
Hull Advertiser	select index ed. K A MacMahon produced by University of Hull. Dept of Adult Education 1955	1794-1825	Beverley Local Studies Library Hull Local Studies Library	Forerunner to 'Meadley Index' of Hull Advertiser. Typed Mss arranged alphabetically by subject under broad subject headings and where applicable further sub-divided chronologically. Some subject headings missing from listing but invaluable in spite of this. Coverage of East Yorkshire. as above.
	Meadley Index to the Hull Advertiser. ed. David Parry produced by Humberside College of Higher Education, 1987 select index ed. J Meadley (2 vols)	1826-1845 1846-1857	Beverley Local Studies Library Hull Local Studies Library	Typed Mss arranged alphabetically by subject under broad subject headings and where applicable further sub-divided chronologically. Invaluable index created by an amateur historian. Sometimes difficult to access but usefulness outweighs this limitation.
	Obituary Index	1800-1850	Hull Local Studies Library	Card index by personal name. Compiled by the Hull Soroptomists as a special project.
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Hull Daily Mail	Hull Street Shrines and Rolls of Honour by M and M Mann		Beverley Local Studies Library Hull Local Studies Library	Typescript format and photocopies of newspaper cuttings. as above
	Biography index	c1900-1908	Hull Local Studies Library	Compiled as a special project by a member of library staff from a different department. Reliability and coverage variable.
	Index to the Great War by M and M Mann	1914-1916	Beverley Local Studies Library Hull Local Studies Library	Index to people killed, died or listed as missing by use of Military Action or events. Typescript format. as above.
	Maritime Index by M and M Mann	1914-1919	Beverley Local Studies Library Hull Local Studies Library	Index to people killed, died or listed as missing by use of Military Action or events. Typescript format. as above.
	Index to the Great War by M and M Mann	1917, 1918, 1919	Beverley Local Studies Library Hull Local Studies Library	1917 - Index to persons killed/died or listed as missing or lost by Military Action or events in any way. 1918 - as above 1919 - Index to persons Military or Civilian connected with any Military Action use or event (not action or event itself). Typescript format in separate volumes. as above.
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Hull Daily Mail	World War II Military Index by M and M Mann	1939-1940	Beverley Local Studies Library Hull Local Studies Library	1939-1940: Casualty, surname, awards, maritime, photograph and surname indexes. 1941: Air Forces, Great War 1914-18, Land Forces, maritime, photograph, surname indexes. Typescript format. as above. (index ongoing)
	card index	1964-1972	Hull Local Studies Library	Covers general topics mainly centred on Hull and the surrounding area, People, Companies and Ships. Compiled and typed by library staff. Reliability variable.
	card index	1985-to date	Hull Local Studies Library	Comprehensive coverage of Hull and surrounding area, more selective for the East Riding. General topics, People, Companies, Ships and Societies. Compiled and typed by library staff.
	Hull Daily Mail and Free Newspapers Military Index by M and M Mann	1991-1993	Beverley Local Studies Library Hull Local History Library	Land Forms Index, Maritime Index, Air Forces Index. Photocopies of newscuttings plus typescript index. as above.
Hull Times	Meadley Index to the Hull Times ed. by Robert Barnard	a) for Beverley 1857-1927 b) for Hull 1857-1945	Beverley Local Studies Library Hull Local Studies Library	Published by the Local History Unit, Hull College and Kingston upon Hull Council Local Studies Library. The published sequence, each covering ten-year intervals, is a sequel to John Meadley's Hull Advertiser Index as above, plus a last volume to 1945 in Mss for the public to use.
Hull Yorkshire and Lincolnshire Times	Index to the Great War 1914-1915 by M and M Mann	1914-1915	Beverley Local Studies Library Hull Local Studies Library	Calendar of entries taken from the newspaper 1914-1915 for persons Military or Civilian connected with Military Action use or event (not action or event itself). Typescript format. as above.

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