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The Internet is such a huge place, that it is often difficult to find exactly
what you are looking for. There is a wealth of information for
Genealogists, but sometimes quite a daunting experience when you haven't a clue
where to start looking.
Here I have included a number of sites that I have found of help in
researching my own ancestry. The three below are probably the ones that I use most
often. More will be added shortly.
UK General Genealogy Sites
- British-Genealogy.com
- New genealogy site on the internet on how to trace your British Family History.
- County
Look-Up Exchange Central - Divided by Counties, each County is
linked to a list of volunteers
willing to look up specific Genealogical Resources. Please note that
this site replaces the old "Look-Up Exchange".
- EnglandGenWeb
- The EnglandGenWeb Project, part wider WorldGenWeb Project was set up to
help researchers find local resources. It is divided by County and
each County Host provides a list of websites that you may find helpful in
researching your ancestry. Please note that volunteers may be
able to give guidance on where to search for records, but they are not a
"look-up" service, so are generally unable to help with specific
surname requests.
- Familia -
Family history resources held in Public Libraries in Britain and Ireland by
place.
- GenDocs -
Genealogical Research in England and Wales.
- GENUKI - Information pages for
researching your ancestry in England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, the Channel Islands
and Isle of Man.
Government Offices and Related Information
- Family Records Centre
(FRC) - Contains public search rooms for the General Register Office (GRO) Indexes of births, marriages and deaths which can be searched in person and certificates ordered. Please Note: The FRC do not accept applications for certificates by post, fax or email.There are also indexes for registrations that took place overseas, including those of the armed forces from 1761 and legal adoptions from 1927. The FRC, also have the census returns from 1841 to 1901.
- Historical
Manuscripts Commission - Central advisory body on archives and
manuscripts relating to British history.
- Public Record Office (PRO)
- Wills and Probate Records
Registration of Births, Marriages and Deaths
- FreeBMD - Online transcriptions of the General Register Office (GRO) indexes of Births, Marriages and Deaths from the 1st July 1837.
These are often necessary to obtain certificates for your ancestors.
- Family
Research Link - A pay to view site providing downloadable scans of the Births,
Marriages and Deaths Indexes from 1837 to 2001. My recommendation is
to try FreeBMD first - but could be useful for those of you who have no
other means of looking up the GRO index.
- General Register Office - Part of the Office for National Statistics where you can download application forms to obtain birth, marriage and death certificates - generally you will need the GRO references stated above to obtain certificates.
This website now has an Online
Certificate
Ordering Service
- Registration Districts in England and Wales - Hosted by GENUKI, this list details all the towns and villages for a particular registration district found within each county. Use "FIND" within your chosen county to locate your place of interest.
- Addresses of Registration Offices in England and Wales - Hosted by
GENUKI.
- Acts
of Parliament for Births, Deaths and Marriages - Transcriptions by
Guy Etchells of various Acts of Parliament since 1812.
- Certificate
Information - Barbara Dixon provides information on how you can go
about obtaining birth, marriage and death certificates and also what you can expect to find
within each type of certificate.
Census
- Census Returns for England and Wales - GenDocs give us a detailed run through of the information contained in the censuses from 1841 to 1901.
- 1881 Census - Available online at the Latter Day Saints (LDS) Mormon Family History Site.
- 1901 Census - Now available online from the Public Record Office. You can search the indexes for free, but will need to pay to view actual census scans or transcripts of families. Scans can be saved to your computer as .tif files and used with any imaging software such as Irfanview. There are also two programs that have been designed to help you keep track of your 1901 Censuses searches
1901 Census Decoder for England and Wales and 1901 Census Extractor
- Tips For Searching 1901 Census
- Compiled by Bryan Wetton from messages posted to the Rootsweb 1901 Census
Mailing List. There are also links to other sites to help with searching
censuses.
- 1901 Leftovers
- This website is collecting transcriptions of full pages from the 1901 Census
for the whole of England and Wales that have been purchased as images from the
1901 Census Website.
Parish Registers
- English Parish Registers - Rod Neep gives a brief history of English Parish Registers, along with examples of what you can expect to find in baptism, marriage and burial registers during different time periods.
- Latin Names and Abbreviations -
Some very informative pages on Latin names and abbreviations used in parish
registers, provided by Rod Neep..
- Transcribing Parish Registers - How to set up a database by Rod
Neep with a downloadable Microsoft Access Database in which you can record
baptisms, marriages and burials.
Non Conformist's
Dates and Numbers
Genealogy for Children
- WorldGenWeb
for Kids - Whether individually or as a class, this website is for
children (18 and under) to help them with genealogy and history all around
the world.
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