There's an extra step: After typing WYP/LE and pressing "Enter" put "Alien" in the seach box (without double quotes) and press enter. Then you click the link "section" and get to the bit Susan mentioned, the 19th item: Alien Files. If you expand that (click on the +) you get the list of names. Danielle Sanderson, Bushey, Herts ----- Original Message ----- From: "Martha Jackson" <mkjackson@zipcon.com> To: <british-jewry@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2013 9:14 PM Subject: [BRITISH-JEWRY] alien files at West Yorkshire archives > Susan, Please could you clarify the below. > > Using the advanced, search option, I typed "WYP/LE" into the "any text" > section. (What do those initials stand for, and how did you figure out > to use them?) > > Then, the results I get from doing that is a list of 3639 items---and it > is an unnumbered list. I counted down 19 items, but do NOT see an item > labeled "Aliens." Plus, the list does not show "section" or other record > levels. >

I saved the list of names to xls. I have started deleting the obviously not-Jewish ones...2576 names each with hyperlink to the details on the website. Anyone wanting a copy can email me off-list if it makes life easier. Sherry Landa (Oxford, UK) On 13 February 2013 21:52, Danielle Sanderson <sanderson_family@ntlworld.com> wrote: > There's an extra step: After typing WYP/LE and pressing "Enter" put "Alien" > in the seach box (without double quotes) and press enter. Then you click the > link "section" and get to the bit Susan mentioned, the 19th item: Alien > Files. If you expand that (click on the +) you get the list of names.

Hi Sherry At what point were people registered? Was it when they arrived in Hull or was it when they arrived in the town of their destination? I can't find my family at all - is the data base incomplete? Regards Shirley Holton Bucks UK Sent from my iPad On 14 Feb 2013, at 09:32, Sherry in France <sherry.landa@wanadoo.fr> wrote: > I saved the list of names to xls. I have started deleting the > obviously not-Jewish ones...2576 names each with hyperlink to the > details on the website. Anyone wanting a copy can email me off-list if > it makes life easier. > > Sherry Landa (Oxford, UK) > > On 13 February 2013 21:52, Danielle Sanderson > <sanderson_family@ntlworld.com> wrote: >> There's an extra step: After typing WYP/LE and pressing "Enter" put "Alien" >> in the seach box (without double quotes) and press enter. Then you click the >> link "section" and get to the bit Susan mentioned, the 19th item: Alien >> Files. If you expand that (click on the +) you get the list of names. > Our website is at > www.british-jewry.org.uk > We update regularly. Let us know if you have ideas to offer. > > British-Jewry-admin@rootsweb.com is the address to use for help. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BRITISH-JEWRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

http://www.archives.wyjs.org.uk/archives-news.asp I quote: Alien files released from the Archives - is there an alien in your family history? In the summer of 2012, West Yorkshire Archive Service received a deposit of alien registration records from Leeds City Police comprising almost 3000 cards, covering c1850 – c1960 relating to immigrants registering in the Leeds area. These have been catalogued, conserved and are now available for the public to view. This incredible family history resource provides not only an insight into the journey of immigration in the 19th and 20th centuries in West Yorkshire, but it also reveals some of the real life stories of those escaping religious and political persecution and of those desperately seeking economic opportunities. This fantastic collection includes registration cards and files which give us vast amounts of information on individuals and their families, including name, age, occupation, nationality, spouse and very often a brief history of their circumstances leading up to their arrival in the UK. This series of registration cards gives us a real glimpse into the conditions imposed upon these people in their homeland and the opportunities which presented themselves in the UK, USA and other countries. Information can be found on our online catalogue including the names and details of all the individuals who had cards, the actual files themselves can be viewed at our Wakefield office. For information, see our Blog at http://wyascatablogue.wordpress.com/ Sherry Landa (Oxford, UK)