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1837
Online - A
pay-to-view site offering digital copies of the
since 1837. A pay-to-view online collection of archives from the United Kingdom. Database contains digital images of original registers including Birth, Marriage and Death indexes of England and Wales, entry books and indexes, reproduced under license from The National Archives and other organisations.
1901
Census - A pay-to-view
site offering digital copies of the 1901 Census
of England and Wales.
Archive
CD Books - The non-profit
making Archive CD Books Project exists to make
reproductions of old books, documents and maps
available on CD to genealogists and historians,
and co-operates with libraries, museums and record
offices in providing money to renovate old books
in their collection. This UK site provides online
ordering facilities for their products.
Ancestry - The UK’s largest and most popular family history site with more than 3 million site visitors accessing over 500 million historical UK records each month, including all censuses for England & Wales (1841-1901), Birth, Marriage & Death records (1837-2004), and other records dating back before the 1500s.
Barnfield
Genealogy Research Centre
- A web page that offers help for beginners trying
to use the familysearch.org and the UK Public
Record Office web sites. There is also some useful
beginners help guides.
Commonwealth
War Graves - Established
by Royal Charter in 1917, the Commonwealth War
Graves Commission marks and maintains the graves
of the members of the forces of the Commonwealth
who were killed in the two World Wars.
Cyndi's
List - England -
The mother of all genealogical link sites.
Durham
Records Online -
A pay-to-view online resource of records related
to the Durham area.
Ellis
Island Records -
From 1892 to 1924, more than 22 million immigrants,
passengers, and crew members passed through Ellis
Island and the Port of New York. The ship companies
that transported these passengers kept detailed
passenger lists, called "ship manifests."
Thanks to the efforts of The Church of Jesus Christ
of Latter-day Saints, these manifests have been
transcribed into an electronic archive, which
you can easily search to find an individual passenger.
Ellis
Island Records - Alternative Search - A more comprehensive
search engine for use with the Ellis Island Records.
Family History Online - On-line records compiled by Family History Societies - quality data from experienced researchers with local knowledge providing more accurate details at fees that give value for money. 63 million records including parish registers, monumental inscriptions, censuses, poor law documents and others can be searched.
Familyrecords.gov.uk - The official source for family records. Helps you find the government records and other sources you need for your family history research.
Family Relatives - Online access to more than 300 million records. Includes the civil registration indexes (1837 - 2004) of England and Wales, parish records from more than 1450 parishes, WW1 & 2 military records, overseas records and records from the USA.
FamilySearch - The Internet Genealogy Service (IGS) provided by the Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-Day Saints (LDS).
IGI
Batch Number Search - Search the Internet Genealogy Index (IGI) provided by the LDS using Batch Numbers. An effective way of searching within a particular location.
FreeBMD Project - FreeBMD - Free Births, Marriages, and Deaths. The Project's objective is "to provide free Internet access to the Civil Registration index information for England and Wales".
GenCircles - .
The Genealogist - Searcheable online census, birth, marriage, death & parish record indexes and directories. Subscription and pay-per-view.
Genes Reunited - .
The UK & Ireland
Genealogical Information Service (GENUKI) - A large collection of genealogical information pages for England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, the Channel Islands, and the Isle of Man.
Historical Directories - A digital library of eighteenth, nineteenth and early twentieth century local and trade directories from England and Wales by the University of Leicester.
Lost Cousins - .
The National Archives - Website for the Public Record Office in London, including information on the Family Records Centre and the National Statistics Office. Includes many helpful hints and guidance for tracing your family tree.
North
Pennine Ancestors - Site dedicated to those searching for family ties in and around the North Pennines of England, covering Cumberland, Durham, Northumberland & Westmorland.
Old Maps - Free 1:10,560 scale historical maps from around 1865 for the whole of the UK from Ordnance Survey. These maps are perfect for environmental, past industrial and genealogical studies.
Origins.Net - A pay-to-view site covering English, Irish and Scottish records, including access to the Society of Genealogists's records.
Rootsweb - The Internet's oldest and largest free genealogy community. Home of the RootsWeb Surname List, containing over 782,000 surname entries, and the ROOTS-L Mailing List. Hundreds of gigabytes of FREE genealogy data, with more added every day. Over twelve million individuals on file in RootsWeb's WorldConnect Project.
Rootsweb's
Guide To Tracing Family Trees - In addition to brief, interactive online genealogy lessons, you'll find links to relevant resources at RootsWeb and elsewhere on the Internet.
Scotland's People - The official online source of parish register, civil registration and census records for Scotland.
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