| Classification: | Local BMD, Births, Deaths, Marriages |
| Title: | Local BMD Project's Multi-Region Search |
| Link: | |
| Description: | Search all of the regions that use the Local BMD Project software in one go. |
| Extra Info: | Please Note: You are recommended to use the individual County sites below if you know which region you are searching in. |
| Classification: | Census |
| Title: | 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891, 1901 & 1911 Census On-Line. |
| Link: | |
| Description: | UK Census collection for England, Wales, Scotland & the Channel Islands for 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891, 1901, 1911 |
| Extra Info: | Including 1939 registers. |
| Classification: | Census, National |
| Title: | 1939 Register from Find My Past |
| Link: | |
| Description: | 41 million lives recorded in one day at the outbreak of World War II |
| Extra Info: | Records of people younger than 100 and still alive, or who died after 1991 are officially closed. |
| Classification: | DNA Research |
| Title: | Ancestry DNA |
| Link: | |
| Description: | Ancestry DNA - explore your ethnic heritage, and possibly find new cousins along the way. |
| Classification: | GRO BMD, Births, Deaths, Marriages, National, Parish Records, Wills / Probate |
| Title: | Birth, Marriage & Death Certificates - BMD Index |
| Link: |  |
| Description: | Complete GRO indexes online & Non-Parochial BMDs service. Includes overseas BMD's for armed forces. |
| Extra Info: | Includes Pre-1837 Non-Conformist BMDs |
| Classification: | GRO BMD, Births, Deaths, Marriages |
| Title: | BMD Index 1837-2005 for England and Wales, from Ancestry |
| Link: | |
| Description: | England and Wales, Birth, Marriage, Death Index: 1837-2005 with Images |
| Classification: | DNA Research |
| Title: | Family Tree DNA - Genetic Genealogy Starts Here |
| Link: |  |
| Description: | DNA tests for : Male line, Female line, Family Finder and Combined Tests |
| Classification: | GRO BMD, Baptisms, Births, Burials / Cremations, Deaths, Marriages, National, Parish Records, War Memorials & Other Memorials |
| Title: | Find My Past - BMD's, Parish Records and More |
| Link: | |
| Description: | Find My Past - BMD's, Parish Records and More |
| Classification: | Census, National |
| Title: | Find My Past's England and Wales Census Land and Survey Records |
| Link: | |
| Description: | Find My Past's England and Wales Census Land and Survey Records |
| Extra Info: | Censuses for 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891, 1901, 1911, 1921 and various others. |
| Classification: | Census, National |
| Title: | Genes Reunited's Censuses |
| Link: | |
| Description: | Censuses for 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871, 1891, 1901 and 1911 |
| Classification: | GRO BMD, Births, Deaths, Marriages, National |
| Title: | Genes Reunited's BMD |
| Link: | |
| Description: | Birth, Marriage and Death Indexes 1837-2006 |
| Extra Info: | Includes WW1 & WW2 death records. |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Births, Burials / Cremations, Deaths, Marriages, One Name Study, National |
| Title: | Guild of One-Name Studies |
| Link: | https://one-name.org/ |
| Description: | Surnames Registered with the Guild of One-Name Studies |
| Extra Info: | A good place to start and see if your surname is being researched. The guild maintains a list of registered one name studies, many of which have data and information online. |
| Classification: | DNA Research |
| Title: | Living DNA |
| Link: | |
| Description: | Find out where you really come from. |
| Extra Info: | Living DNA is a personal DNA service, designed to help people understand more about themselves and where they came from in unparalleled detail. |
| Classification: | DNA Research |
| Title: | MyHeritage DNA testing |
| Link: |  |
| Description: | Uncover your ethnic origins and find new relatives with a simple DNA test. |
| Classification: | DNA Research |
| Title: | The Genealogist DNA |
| Link: | |
| Description: | The Genealogist DNA |
| Extra Info: | Test all the avenues or pick the test that's right for you, with access to the most advanced paternal, maternal and ethnicity tests. |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Births, Burials / Cremations, Deaths, Marriages, One Name Study, National |
| Title: | The Surname Society |
| Link: | https://surname-society.org/ |
| Description: | The Surname Society - encouraging members to collaborate in their surname studies |
| Extra Info: | Membership is open to any individual, group or association with an interest in surname studies, regardless of their location in the world, the surname studied, or level of research expertise. One registration fee allows you to register multiple surnames. |
| Classification: | Census |
| Title: | 1921 Census substitute from The Genealogist. |
| Link: | https://www.thegenealogist.co.uk/affiliate/?affid=... |
| Description: | These records form part of the Trade, Residential & Telephone record sets on The Genealogist, covering a period currently not served by a census. |
| Extra Info: | More counties will be added in the coming months. |
| Classification: | DNA Research |
| Title: | 23andMe - Genetic Testing for Ancestry; DNA Test |
| Link: | |
| Description: | Discover your ancestral origins and lineage with a personalized analysis of your DNA. |
| Extra Info: | Learn what percent of your DNA is from populations around the world. Contact relatives across continents or across the street. Build your family tree and enhance your experience with relatives. |
| Classification: | DNA Research |
| Title: | A Y and mitochondrial DNA Database |
| Link: | https://www.mitoydna.org/ |
| Description: | A Y and mitochondrial DNA Database |
| Extra Info: | A website for uploading Y-DNA and mitochondrial DNA to create a YDNA and mitochondrial DNA database. |
| Classification: | Adoption Records |
| Title: | Adoption records - GOV.UK |
| Link: | https://www.gov.uk/adoption-records |
| Description: | UK Government Adoption information. |
| Extra Info: | This replaces the old NORCAP service. |
| Classification: | Deaths, War Memorials & Other Memorials |
| Title: | Armed Forces Memorial |
| Link: | https://www.gov.uk/search-armed-forces-memorial-ro... |
| Description: | Armed Forces Memorial |
| Extra Info: | Searchable database of members of the armed forces that have been killed since WW2. Includes birth date and location. |
| Classification: | Census, One Name Study |
| Title: | ATCHERLEY One Name Study |
| Link: | http://www.atcherley.org.uk/wp/ |
| Description: | Atcherley Family History Site |
| Extra Info: | ATCHERLEY, ATCHERLY, ACHERLEY geneaology and One Name Study. Includes ATCHERLEY census data from various USA states. |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Parish Records |
| Title: | Baptisms - England and Wales Christening Records |
| Link: | England & Wales Christening Records, 1530-1980 |
| Description: | England and Wales Christening Records, 1530-1980 |
| Extra Info: | Not complete. |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Births, Bishops Transcripts |
| Title: | Baptisms and Births - London |
| Link: | London, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1923 |
| Description: | London, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1923 |
| Extra Info: | Birth and baptismal records from Board of Guardian Poor Law records and from more than 10,000 Church of England parish registers (including Bishop's Transcripts) in the greater London area. |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Marriages |
| Title: | Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, London |
| Link: | London, England, Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812 |
| Description: | Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, London - 1538-1812 |
| Classification: | One Name Study |
| Title: | BIBBY One Name Study |
| Link: | https://sites.google.com/site/allaboutbibby/ |
| Description: | All about Bibby |
| Extra Info: | Information, statisitics etc., about the BIBBY name and its origins. |
| Classification: | Burials / Cremations, Burial Plots, Monumental Inscriptions |
| Title: | Billion Graves |
| Link: | https://billiongraves.com |
| Description: | Billion Graves |
| Extra Info: | Billion Graves says it is the world's largest resource for searchable GPS cemetery data. |
| Classification: | DNA Project |
| Title: | British Isles DNA Project |
| Link: | http://www.britishislesdna.com/ |
| Description: | British Isles DNA Project |
| Extra Info: | The British Isles DNA Project is a dual (Y-DNA and mtDNA) project that is open to persons with a documented direct paternal or maternal lineage originating in the British Isles. |
| Classification: | GRO BMD, Banns, Marriages |
| Title: | British Nationals Armed Forces Banns and Marriages |
| Link: | Search British Nationals Armed Forces Banns and Marriages |
| Description: | Search British Nationals Armed Forces Banns and Marriages |
| Classification: | GRO BMD, Baptisms, Births |
| Title: | British Nationals Armed Forces Births and Baptisms |
| Link: | Search British Nationals Armed Forces Births and Baptisms |
| Description: | Search British Nationals Armed Forces Births and Baptisms |
| Classification: | GRO BMD, Burials / Cremations, Deaths |
| Title: | British Nationals Armed Forces Deaths and Burials |
| Link: | Search British Nationals Armed Forces Deaths and Burials |
| Description: | Search British Nationals Armed Forces Deaths and Burials |
| Classification: | Births, Deaths, General, Marriages, Obituaries, National |
| Title: | British Newspaper Archive |
| Link: | https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/ |
| Description: | Explore over 200 years of history - British Newspaper Archive |
| Extra Info: | Access also available via selected subscriptions to Find My Past and Genes Reunited |
| Classification: | Births, Census, Deaths, Marriages, Wills / Probate |
| Title: | British Presence in South Patagonia |
| Link: | https://patbrit.org/ |
| Description: | British Presence in South Patagonia |
| Extra Info: | A wealth of information about those British who settled in here. |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Marriages, Monumental Inscriptions, Obituaries, Wills / Probate |
| Title: | British Settlers on Argentina and Uruguay |
| Link: | http://www.argbrit.org/ |
| Description: | British Settlers on Argentina and Uruguay |
| Extra Info: | Many of the marriage records indicate place of birth. |
| Classification: | Census, National |
| Title: | British Surnames |
| Link: | https://britishsurnames.co.uk |
| Description: | Research the origins and distribution of your surname |
| Extra Info: | Information on similar surnames, most common surnames, surname distribution maps as well as surname meanings and etymologies. |
| Classification: | Obituaries, War Memorials & Other Memorials |
| Title: | British Transport Police Website |
| Link: | https://www.btp.police.uk/police-forces/british-tr... |
| Description: | British Transport Police Website |
| Extra Info: | Includes a Roll of Honour. |
| Classification: | War Memorials & Other Memorials |
| Title: | British War Memorial Project |
| Link: | https://britishwargraves.co.uk/ |
| Description: | British War Memorial Project |
| Extra Info: | British War Grave Photographs. |
| Classification: | Bishops Transcripts, Burials / Cremations, Deaths |
| Title: | Burials and Deaths - London |
| Link: | London, England, Deaths and Burials, 1813-2003 |
| Description: | London, England, Deaths and Burials, 1813-2003 |
| Extra Info: | Death and burial records from Board of Guardian Poor Law records and from more than 10,000 Church of England parish registers (including Bishop's Transcripts) in the greater London area. |
| Classification: | Name Changes & Deed Polls |
| Title: | Changes of name - The National Archives |
| Link: | https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your... |
| Description: | How to look for records of Changes of name |
| Extra Info: | Use this guide for advice on how to find records, or other forms of proof, of a person changing their name. |
| Classification: | Divorces, National |
| Title: | Civil Divorce Records, 1858-1918 |
| Link: | |
| Description: | Civil Divorce Records, 1858-1918 |
| Classification: | Deaths |
| Title: | Coal Mining History Resource Centre |
| Link: | http://web.archive.org/web/20160305062046/http://w... |
| Description: | National Database of Mining Deaths and Injuries, plus other information. |
| Extra Info: | An archived copy of a site that is no longer available. Most information still seems to be available, although the layout is not good in parts. Search does not work. May be slow to load. |
| Classification: | National, War Memorials & Other Memorials |
| Title: | Commonwealth War Graves Commission. |
| Link: | https://www.cwgc.org |
| Description: | Commonwealth War Graves Commission. |
| Classification: | Deaths |
| Title: | Convict Death Register - New South Wales, Australia |
| Link: | New South Wales, Australia, Convict Death Register, 1826-1879 |
| Description: | New South Wales, Australia, Convict Death Register, 1826-1879 |
| Extra Info: | Includes name, age, transport ship, date of burial and comments. |
| Classification: | DNA Project |
| Title: | Dalton International DNA Project (DIDP) |
| Link: | http://www.daltongenealogicalsociety.org/dnaprojec... |
| Description: | The DALTON Genealogical Society's Y-DNA project. |
| Classification: | Divorces |
| Title: | Divorce - The National Archives |
| Link: | https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your... |
| Description: | A guide to help you to find the different types of records which exist for divorce and separation. |
| Classification: | Census |
| Title: | Domesday Book - Online and Free |
| Link: | https://opendomesday.org/ |
| Description: | Domesday Book - Online and Free |
| Extra Info: | The "original" census. Lists of names, places and other Domesday facts and maps. Domesday data created by Professor J.J.N. Palmer, University of Hull. |
| Classification: | Census |
| Title: | Early British Census project |
| Link: | http://ebc.byu.edu |
| Description: | The Early British Census (EBC) project |
| Extra Info: | The Early British Census (EBC) project brings the numerous disparate pre-1841 census records into one searchable database. |
| Classification: | GRO BMD, Census, Parish Records, Pedigrees, Visitations |
| Title: | England Data from Ancestry |
| Link: | England Data from Ancestry |
| Description: | England Data Collection from Ancestry |
| Extra Info: | Includes 1861-1901 Censuses; 1837-2005 GRO BMD; visitations and other records. |
| Classification: | Marriages, Parish Records |
| Title: | English Clandestine Marriages |
| Link: | https://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-world-Records/england-clandestine-marriages |
| Description: | English Clandestine Marriages from 1667 to 1775. |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Bishops Transcripts, Burials / Cremations, Marriages, Parish Records, Wills / Probate |
| Title: | Family Search Records Collection - England |
| Link: |  |
| Description: | Family Search Records Collection - England |
| Extra Info: | An increasing number of records, including census and parish records. |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Census, Marriages, Parish Records |
| Title: | Family Search Records Collection - Worldwide |
| Link: | |
| Description: | Family Search Records Collection - Worldwide |
| Extra Info: | Includes the England and Wales 1841 & 1861 Census, and foreign records, such as the American census that contains Britons who were aboard. |
| Classification: | Burials / Cremations |
| Title: | Find A Grave |
| Link: | https://www.findagrave.com/ |
| Description: | Find A Grave |
| Extra Info: | A resource for finding graves, with the option to contribute information. Includes many military grave details. |
| Classification: | Adoption Records |
| Title: | Former Barnardo's children |
| Link: | https://www.barnardos.org.uk/former-barnardos-chil... |
| Description: | Former Barnardo's children Making Connections service |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Births, Census, Deaths, Marriages, One Name Study |
| Title: | FOY's genealogy |
| Link: | http://web.archive.org/web/20090727161941/http://g... |
| Description: | FOY and FOYE in Ireland and England |
| Extra Info: | This is an archived copy of a site that is no longer active. Most information still seems to be available. |
| Classification: | GRO BMD, Births, Deaths, Marriages, National |
| Title: | Free BMD |
| Link: |  |
| Description: | GRO Civil Registration Indexes |
| Extra Info: | Based on the GRO's secondary indexes. |
| Classification: | Census, National |
| Title: | FreeCen Project |
| Link: |  |
| Description: | FreeCen Project |
| Extra Info: | A 'free-to-view' online searchable database of the 19th century UK census returns. |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Marriages, National, Parish Records |
| Title: | FreeReg Project |
| Link: |  |
| Description: | Transcriptions for Parish Registers |
| Classification: | Deaths |
| Title: | Great Britain, Royal Naval Division Casualties of The Great War, 1914-1924 |
| Link: | Great Britain, Royal Naval Division Casualties of The Great War, 1914-1924 |
| Description: | Great Britain, Royal Naval Division Casualties of The Great War, 1914-1924 |
| Classification: | GRO BMD, National |
| Title: | GRO BMD Registration Information |
| Link: |  |
| Description: | Government BMD Registration Information |
| Classification: | Births, Burials / Cremations, Deaths, Marriages, One Name Study |
| Title: | HADFIELD One name study |
| Link: | http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~hadfield/genealogy/ |
| Description: | One name study for the name of HADFIELD |
| Classification: | Births, Census, Marriages, One Name Study |
| Title: | HARTAS One Name Study |
| Link: | http://hartas.name |
| Description: | A One Name Study for HARTAS and its variants, HARTASS, HARTIS, HARTUS etc. |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Births, Deaths, DNA Project, Marriages, One Name Study |
| Title: | HORSMAN & HORSEMAN One Name Study |
| Link: | https://horsman.one-name.net |
| Description: | A One Name Study of Horsman, Horsman and Horsaman families |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Census, Monumental Inscriptions, Parish Records |
| Title: | Hurst and Surrounding District (Ashton-under-Lyne) |
| Link: | http://www.c5d.co.uk/hurstpages.php |
| Description: | Hurst and Surrounding District (Ashton-under-Lyne) |
| Extra Info: | Includes Queens Street memorial inscriptions and baptisms, also baptisms at Hooley Hill Methodist Chapel. |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Marriages, Monumental Inscriptions, Parish Records |
| Title: | Internet Archive |
| Link: | http://archive.org/ |
| Description: | Internet Archive |
| Extra Info: | Has many scanned books, including some parish registers. Click on texts and then search the archive. Note baptism and baptisms give different results. |
| Classification: | One Name Study, Pedigrees |
| Title: | JACKSON, BULL, TIPPER & HOLLOWAY Genealogy |
| Link: | http://www.clanjackson.co.uk/genealogy/ |
| Description: | A JACKSON, BULL, TIPPER & HOLLOWAY names, dates and some trees. |
| Classification: | Births, Deaths, Marriages, Monumental Inscriptions, One Name Study, Pedigrees, Wills / Probate |
| Title: | JESSON Family Home Page |
| Link: | http://www.maberly.name/Jessonindex.htm |
| Description: | JESSON Family Tree Data From Around the World |
| Classification: | Births, Burials / Cremations, Census, Deaths, Marriages |
| Title: | Jewish Genealogical Society of Great Britain |
| Link: | https://www.jgsgb.org.uk/ |
| Description: | Jewish Genealogical Society of Great Britain |
| Extra Info: | Searchable database and also records/files to download.Click on JCR-UK. |
| Classification: | Burials / Cremations, Census, Marriages, National |
| Title: | JewishGen: The Home of Jewish Genealogy |
| Link: | https://www.jewishgen.org/databases/UK/ |
| Description: | JewishGen UK Database |
| Classification: | Births, Burials / Cremations, Burial Plots, Deaths, Marriages, Monumental Inscriptions, One Name Study |
| Title: | KEMP(E) Family History |
| Link: | https://www.kempfamilyhistory.com |
| Description: | A one-name study into the KEMP, KEMPE KEMPF, KEMPS, KEMPT, CAMP and CAMPE names |
| Extra Info: | Worldwide research into the name and its variants. |
| Classification: | General, National, Pedigrees |
| Title: | Landed families of Britain and Ireland |
| Link: | https://landedfamilies.blogspot.com/ |
| Description: | Research into the landowning families of the British Isles and the country houses which they owned. |
| Classification: | Deaths, Obituaries |
| Title: | Legacy - Search Obituaries and Death Notices |
| Link: | https://www.legacy.com/search |
| Description: | Legacy - Search Obituaries and Death Notices |
| Extra Info: | Search an archive of obituaries, death notices, memorials and acknowledgements from over 200 local UK newspapers |
| Classification: | GRO BMD, Marriages |
| Title: | Marriage Index from St. Catherine's / GRO |
| Link: | https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/CivilRegistratio... |
| Description: | St. Catherine's / GRO Marriage Index - Selected Transcriptions |
| Extra Info: | Transcription for the March Quarter of 1849. Transcription for the Year 1856 (ongoing). Entries missing from the published indexes: 1856, 1858 & 1861 |
| Classification: | GRO BMD, National |
| Title: | Marriage Locator |
| Link: | http://www.marriage-locator.co.uk/ |
| Description: | Cracking the code of the GRO Marriage Index |
| Extra Info: | If your county of interest has a Local BMD website, you are recommended to check there first as many of the Local BMD websites identify the marriage venue directly. Otherwise this site aims to indentify the marriage venue based on the GRO index. |
| Classification: | Marriages, Parish Records |
| Title: | Marriages - England and Wales |
| Link: | England & Wales Marriages, 1538-1988 |
| Description: | England and Wales Marriages, 1538-1988 |
| Extra Info: | Not complete. |
| Classification: | Banns, Marriages |
| Title: | Marriages and Banns - London |
| Link: | London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1938 |
| Description: | London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1938 |
| Extra Info: | Marriage records and marriage banns dating from 1754-1921 from more than 10,000 Church of England parish registers from parishes in the greater London area. |
| Classification: | DNA Research, National |
| Title: | Medievalists.net |
| Link: | https://www.medievalists.net/ |
| Description: | Where the Middle Ages begin. |
| Extra Info: | Includes the largest-ever study of Viking genetics |
| Classification: | DNA Project |
| Title: | My True Ancestry |
| Link: | https://mytrueancestry.com/en/ |
| Description: | Discover your ancient past : My True Ancestry |
| Extra Info: | Discover your ancient relatives by comparing yourself to thousands of ancient samples from real archaeological sites. |
| Classification: | General, National |
| Title: | named: by PublicProfiler |
| Link: | https://named.publicprofiler.org/ |
| Description: | Predicting places from names in the UK |
| Extra Info: | The website is part of a wider research project funded by the ESRC. |
| Classification: | Births, Deaths, Marriages, Wills / Probate |
| Title: | National Archives - Digital Microfilms Online |
| Link: | https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your... |
| Description: | National Archives - Digital Microfilms Online |
| Extra Info: | Please read the instructions and information before downloading. Includes seaman's wills and some foreign returns of births, marriages and deaths. |
| Classification: | Wills / Probate |
| Title: | National Archives - Online Navy Records and Indexes |
| Link: | https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your... |
| Description: | National Archives - Online Navy Records and Indexes |
| Extra Info: | Includes wills of Royal Navy Seamen 1786 -1882. |
| Classification: | Wills / Probate |
| Title: | National Archives - Online Records and Indexes |
| Link: | https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your... |
| Description: | National Archives - Online Records and Indexes (UK) |
| Extra Info: | Includes wills. Many detailed records require payment. |
| Classification: | Births, Deaths, Marriages, Obituaries, Wills / Probate |
| Title: | Newspaper Index Cards (Andrews), 1790-1976 |
| Link: | Andrews Newspaper Index Cards, 1790-1976 : Free Index |
| Description: | Andrews Newspaper Index Cards, 1790-1976 |
| Extra Info: | Features a collection of notices from newspapers and various official sources, such as the London Gazette. Approximately 250,000 cards include announcements of births, marriages, obituaries, and deaths abroad; notices of wills etc. |
| Classification: | Banns, Baptisms, Births, Burials / Cremations, Deaths, Marriages, National, Parish Records |
| Title: | Non-Conformist and Non-Parochial BMDs |
| Link: | https://www.thegenealogist.co.uk/affiliate/?affid=... |
| Description: | Non-Conformist and Non-Parochial BMDs from the National Archive, hosted by The Genealogist |
| Extra Info: | They include the birth records at Dr Williams' Library in London, hospital records of maternity, overseas registrations for British citizens and those on board ships. |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Marriages, Parish Records |
| Title: | Non-conformist Registers, London |
| Link: | Non-conformist Registers, London 1694-1931 |
| Description: | Non-conformist Registers, London 1694-1931 |
| Classification: | Monumental Inscriptions, War Memorials & Other Memorials |
| Title: | Officers Died Website |
| Link: | https://glosters.tripod.com/memindex3.htm |
| Description: | Officers Died Website |
| Classification: | Parish Records |
| Title: | Parish Register - William Bradock's Guide 1910 |
| Link: | http://archive.org/details/parishregister00braduof... |
| Description: | Parish Register - William Bradock's Guide 1910 |
| Extra Info: | Online book. It explains that start of parish registers and other associated items, such as Phillimore marriages, Hardwicke's marriage act, banns, explanation of register entries, foundlings, as well as some interesting register extracts. |
| Classification: | Census |
| Title: | Parliamentary Archives |
| Link: | https://archives.parliament.uk/online-resources/re... |
| Description: | Historic documents (including photographs and illustrations) from the UK Parliament |
| Extra Info: | Includes Protestations Returns, the closest thing we have to a census for 1642. The Returns list the adult men residing in a parish. |
| Classification: | GRO BMD, Births, Census, Deaths, Marriages, National |
| Title: | People Finder from 192.com |
| Link: | |
| Description: | 1861 Census, GRO BMD index 1837-2004, Electoral Rolls & Business Directories. |
| Classification: | General, National, Heir Hunters / Probate Researchers, Family Tracing Services |
| Title: | People Trace UK |
| Link: | https://www.peopletraceuk.com/ |
| Description: | People Trace UK |
| Extra Info: | Electoral rolls search. |
| Classification: | Monumental Inscriptions, Obituaries |
| Title: | Police Roll of Honour |
| Link: | https://policememorial.org.uk/ |
| Description: | The National Police Officers Roll of Honour |
| Classification: | GRO BMD |
| Title: | Registration Districts in England and Wales |
| Link: | https://www.ukbmd.org.uk/reg/ |
| Description: | Information on Registration Districts in England and Wales (1837-1930) |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Births, Census, Deaths, Marriages |
| Title: | Romany & Traveller Family History Society |
| Link: | https://rtfhs.org.uk |
| Description: | Romany & Traveller Family History Society | Research your roots and learn about your heritage. |
| Classification: | One Name Study, War Memorials & Other Memorials |
| Title: | SABEY SABY SABIE One-Name Study |
| Link: | https://sabey.one-name.net/ |
| Description: | For those who have held the unusual surname Sabey and its variants. |
| Classification: | DNA Project |
| Title: | SABEY SABY SABIE One-Name Study DNA Project |
| Link: | https://www.familytreedna.com/groups/sabey/about |
| Description: | The surnames in this Y-DNA Project are researched as part of the Sabey one-name study. |
| Classification: | One Name Study |
| Title: | SCANTLEBURY One Name Study |
| Link: | http://scantlebury.one-name.net/ |
| Description: | Five centuries of Scantlebury family history |
| Extra Info: | A family of builders, coastguards, mariners, farmers, labourers, seamen, tailors and artists |
| Classification: | Births, Burials / Cremations, Deaths, Marriages |
| Title: | Scots in Argentina |
| Link: | https://web.archive.org/web/20180722214755/http://... |
| Description: | Scots in Argentina 1800-1932, Including the Argentine and Chilean Patagonia |
| Extra Info: | An archived copy of a site that is no longer live. Most information still seems to be available. |
| Classification: | National, Wills / Probate |
| Title: | Search probate records for documents and wills |
| Link: | https://www.gov.uk/search-will-probate |
| Description: | Search the government's probate records for documents and wills |
| Extra Info: | UK Government Probate Search for Wills and Probate |
| Classification: | Burials / Cremations |
| Title: | Society for Irish Latin American Studies |
| Link: | https://irlandeses.org/ |
| Description: | Society for Irish Latin American Studies |
| Extra Info: | Click on Archives. Includes Irish buried in Argentina. |
| Classification: | National |
| Title: | Society of Genealogists |
| Link: | https://www.sog.org.uk/our-collections/ |
| Description: | County Sources in the Library of the Society of Genealogists |
| Extra Info: | An important source of off-line information. |
| Classification: | Burials / Cremations, Monumental Inscriptions, War Memorials & Other Memorials |
| Title: | Soldiers' Memorials Website |
| Link: | https://www.angelfire.com/mp/memorials/memindz1.ht... |
| Description: | Soldiers' Memorials Website |
| Classification: | Burials / Cremations, Burial Plots, Deaths, Monumental Inscriptions |
| Title: | The 1805 Club |
| Link: | https://www.1805club.org/ |
| Description: | The 1805 Club was founded in 1990 to preserve and care for the memorials and graves of those associated with the sailing navy of the Georgian era. |
| Classification: | Wills / Probate |
| Title: | The Gazette - Official Public Record |
| Link: | https://www.thegazette.co.uk/ |
| Description: | The Gazette - Official Public Record |
| Extra Info: | The Gazette is formally the combination of three publications: The London Gazette, The Belfast Gazette and The Edinburgh Gazette. The Gazettes are official journals of record. |
| Classification: | Births, Deaths, Marriages, Obituaries |
| Title: | The Honourable East India Company |
| Link: | http://web.archive.org/web/20110207202311/http://h... |
| Description: | Finding East India Company Ancestors |
| Extra Info: | This is a copy of a site that is no longer active. May take a few moments to load, but most information still seems to be available. Collected from various publications. |
| Classification: | DNA Project |
| Title: | The International Society of Genetic Genealogy |
| Link: | https://isogg.org/ |
| Description: | An international society founded to promote the use of DNA testing in genealogy |
| Extra Info: | The mission of the International Society of Genetic Genealogy is to advocate for and educate about the use of genetics as a tool for genealogical research, and promote a supportive network for genetic genealogists. |
| Classification: | Births, Deaths, Marriages, National |
| Title: | The Jewish Chronicle Archives |
| Link: |  |
| Description: | The Jewish Chronicle from 1841 - search Births, Marriages and Deaths announcements. |
| Classification: | GRO BMD, National |
| Title: | The National Archives |
| Link: | https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ |
| Description: | Explore over 1,000 Years of History from Domesday to the Present Day |
| Classification: | National, Wills / Probate |
| Title: | The National Archives Online Collections |
| Link: | https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ |
| Description: | The National Archives - Collection of Digitised Public Records |
| Classification: | War Memorials & Other Memorials |
| Title: | The Roll of Honour |
| Link: | http://www.roll-of-honour.com/ |
| Description: | The Roll of Honour - Lest We Forget |
| Classification: | Marriages |
| Title: | The Ships List Website |
| Link: | http://www.theshipslist.com/ |
| Description: | The Ships List Website |
| Extra Info: | Also includes some marriages at sea. |
| Classification: | War Memorials & Other Memorials |
| Title: | The Story of the Taiwan POW Camps and the Men who were Interred in Them |
| Link: | http://www.powtaiwan.org/ |
| Description: | The Story of the Taiwan POW Camps and the Men who were Interred in Them |
| Classification: | Adoption Records, National |
| Title: | UK Birth Adoption Register |
| Link: | http://www.ukbirthadoptionregister.com/ |
| Description: | UK Birth Adoption Register |
| Extra Info: | The Contact Register was founded by Missing Links UK in association with LookupUK.com as a resource for all adopted people, birth parents, brothers, sisters and extended natural family, to get in contact with one another, to register their interest. |
| Classification: | Deaths |
| Title: | US National Archives |
| Link: | https://www.archives.gov/ |
| Description: | US National Archives |
| Extra Info: | Click on start your research, then access to archival databases(AAD). Includes Gorgas Hospital Mortuary Death Records, 1906 - 1991, with English, England, Wales, British, Britain, Scotland, Ireland listed as nationalities. |
| Classification: | War Memorials & Other Memorials |
| Title: | War Memorials Online |
| Link: | https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/ |
| Description: | War Memorials Online - Recording, Conserving and Remembering our war memorials |
| Extra Info: | War Memorials Online is an unprecedented opportunity for the public to upload images of war memorials and log concerns for the conservation of these important community and historical sources for future generations. |
| Classification: | War Memorials & Other Memorials |
| Title: | Waymarking - Interesting Locations |
| Link: | https://www.waymarking.com/default.aspx |
| Description: | Waymarking - Interesting Locations |
| Extra Info: | Pictures of all types of interesting places and features including memorials, easy to search. |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Deaths, Marriages, One Name Study |
| Title: | WICKENDEN Surname |
| Link: | https://www.rideau-info.com/ken/genealogy/wickende... |
| Description: | The WICKENDEN Surname - One Name Study |
| Classification: | Marriages, One Name Study, War Memorials & Other Memorials |
| Title: | WILDGOOSE and Variants Website |
| Link: | http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~willgooseweb/geneal... |
| Description: | WILDGOOSE and Variants Website |
| Classification: | National, Wills / Probate |
| Title: | WILLS - Find a Will from UK Government Site |
| Link: | https://probatesearch.service.gov.uk/#wills |
| Description: | Search for the will or probate of any person in the UK who died in or after 1858 |
| Extra Info: | UK Government Probate Search for Wills and Probate, including wills of soldiers who died while serving in the British armed forces between 1850 and 1986 |
| Classification: | Wills / Probate |
| Title: | Wills - The National Archives Records - Seamen's Wills |
| Link: | https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your... |
| Description: | Wills of Royal Naval Seamen (1786 - 1882) |
| Extra Info: | Search and download the wills of around 35,000 men who joined the Royal Navy between 1786 and 1882 |
| Classification: | Wills / Probate |
| Title: | Wills and Administrations Index - National Probate Calendar |
| Link: | England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, 1973-1995 |
| Description: | National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, 1973-1995 |
| Extra Info: | Covers England and Wales 1861-1941. |
| Classification: | Wills / Probate |
| Title: | Wills and Death Duties Records and Indexes - National Archives Online |
| Link: | https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your... |
| Description: | National Archives - Online Wills and Death Duties Records and Indexes |
| Extra Info: | Includes wills from the Prerogative Court of Canterbury 1384-1858, death duty registers 1796-1811 and wills of Royal Navy seamen 1786-1882. |
| Classification: | Wills / Probate |
| Title: | Wills, Probate and Tax Records |
| Link: | Wills, Probate and Tax Records |
| Description: | Ancestry's Wills, Probate and Tax Records |
| Classification: | Certificate Ordering - GRO BMD |
| Title: | Certificate Ordering |
| Link: |  |
| Description: | Online GRO Certificate Ordering |
| Classification: | GRO BMD, Census, General, Monumental Inscriptions, Obituaries, Wills / Probate |
| Title: | GENUKI Country Page for England |
| Link: | https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/ |
| Description: | General Information for England |
| Classification: | Certificate Ordering - GRO BMD |
| Title: | UK Document Services |
| Link: | https://www.uk-document-services.co.uk/ |
| Description: | UK Document Services - UK Birth, Marriage and Death Certificate Replacements |
| Classification: | Certificate Ordering - GRO BMD |
| Title: | UK Official Records |
| Link: | https://www.ukofficialrecords.co.uk/certificate.as... |
| Description: | Copy Birth, Marriage or Death Certificates British UK |
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