Monumental Inscriptions are the transcriptions of the text on the gravestone or tombstone of an individual. In many cases there will be multiple burials in one grave so the inscription will provide information about other family members.
| 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: | Burials / Cremations, Deaths, Marriages, Monumental Inscriptions, One Name Study, Parish Records, Wills / Probate |
| Title: | BOLSTRIDGE One Name Study |
| Link: | http://www.bolstridge.co.uk/genealogy/index.php |
| Description: | BOLSTRIDGE One Name Study |
| Extra Info: | Use sources to search for types of information such as burials. |
| Classification: | Births, Monumental Inscriptions, One Name Study, Wills / Probate |
| Title: | BRAILSFORD Family Name |
| Link: | http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~brailsford/genealog... |
| Description: | BRAILSFORD Family Name and Variants |
| Extra Info: | Includes some not in the published indexes. 1849, 1856, 1858, 1861. |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Births, Burials / Cremations, Census, Deaths, Marriages, Monumental Inscriptions, One Name Study, Wills / Probate |
| Title: | BREW One Name Study |
| Link: | http://brew.clients.ch/BrewONS.htm |
| Description: | BREW One Name Study |
| Classification: | Monumental Inscriptions |
| Title: | Cemeteries - British Association for Cemeteries in South Asia |
| Link: | https://www.bacsa.org.uk/ |
| Description: | British Association for Cemeteries in South Asia |
| Extra Info: | Click on BACSAarchives for some transcriptions and gallery for pictures. |
| Classification: | Burials / Cremations, Burial Plots, Monumental Inscriptions |
| Title: | Cemeteries of the World |
| Link: | http://www.interment.net/uk/index.htm |
| Description: | Cemeteries of England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland |
| Extra Info: | Some places are under the new counties, such as some areas of Yorkshire and Durham are under Cleveland, Lancashire places under Greater Manchester etc. |
| Classification: | Banns, Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Census, Deaths, Marriages, Monumental Inscriptions, One Name Study, Parish Records, Wills / Probate |
| Title: | CLUETT / CLEWETT Records and One Name Study |
| Link: | http://www.cluett.org.uk/ |
| Description: | CLUETT / CLEWETT Records and One Name Study |
| Extra Info: | Part way down the home page is the Search link. |
| Classification: | Births, Burials / Cremations, Census, Deaths, Marriages, Monumental Inscriptions, One Name Study, Parish Records, War Memorials & Other Memorials |
| Title: | CUFFLIN and GRAY One Name Study |
| Link: | http://cufflin.homestead.com/cufflin.html |
| Description: | CUFFLIN and GRAY One Name Study |
| Extra Info: | Also includes Cufflings. Mainly Leicestershire records. |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Marriages, Monumental Inscriptions, One Name Study, Parish Records, War Memorials & Other Memorials |
| Title: | EARDLEY Family Genealogy Resources |
| Link: | https://web.archive.org/web/20150813093905/http://... |
| Description: | EARDLEY Family Genealogy Resources |
| Extra Info: | An archived copy of the site. Most information still seems to be accessible. |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Births, Burials / Cremations, Monumental Inscriptions, Parish Records |
| Title: | East Midlands General Baptist History |
| Link: | http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~blanchec/genealogy/... |
| Description: | East Midlands General Baptist History |
| Classification: | Monumental Inscriptions |
| Title: | Gravestone Photographs |
| Link: | https://www.gravestonephotos.com |
| Description: | Gravestone Photographs |
| Extra Info: | A great free resource which aims to collect many more photographs and details. Includes a surname search to help find your ancestors. Have you got any gravestone photographs that you could contribute? |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Births, Burials / Cremations, Census, Deaths, Marriages, Monumental Inscriptions, One Name Study, War Memorials & Other Memorials, Wills / Probate |
| Title: | GUMBLETON One Name Study and Family History |
| Link: | http://martleweb.co.uk/gumbleton/ |
| Description: | GUMBLETON One Name Study and Family History |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Census, Marriages, Monumental Inscriptions, One Name Study, Parish Records, Wills / Probate |
| Title: | HOLLINGWORTH One Name Study |
| Link: | http://web.archive.org/web/20110611071735/http://h... |
| Description: | HOLLINGWORTH One Name Study |
| Extra Info: | An archived copy of the site -most information still seems to be available. HOLLINGWORTH and variations. |
| 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: | 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, 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: | Births, Census, Deaths, Marriages, Monumental Inscriptions, One Name Study |
| Title: | KNIFTON One Name Study |
| Link: | http://www.knifton.net/ |
| Description: | KNIFTON One Name Study |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Census, Marriages, Monumental Inscriptions, One Name Study, Parish Records, Wills / Probate |
| Title: | LANCHBURY / LAINCHBURY |
| Link: | http://web.archive.org/web/20150511054040/http://f... |
| Description: | LANCHBURY / LAINCHBURY |
| Extra Info: | An archived copy of a site that is not active at present. Most information still seems to be available. Mainly in Oxfordshire. Also census for other towns in Buckinghamshire - all surnames. |
| Classification: | Births, Deaths, Marriages, Monumental Inscriptions, One Name Study, Parish Records, Wills / Probate |
| Title: | LEECH / LEACH Family Genealogy |
| Link: | http://www.leechfamily.myzen.co.uk/ |
| Description: | LEECH / LEACH and Related Family Genealogy |
| Extra Info: | Also includes Harris, Jordan / Jurdan, Sparrow, Wilson-Webb / Webb, Death, Doyle, and Savage. |
| Classification: | Births, Census, Deaths, Marriages, Monumental Inscriptions, Obituaries, One Name Study, Wills / Probate |
| Title: | LONGMORE Genealogy Resources |
| Link: | https://web.archive.org/web/20180114123904/http://... |
| Description: | LONGMORE Genealogy Resources |
| Extra Info: | An archived copy of a site that is no longer active. Most information seems to be available, however it is slow to load. |
| Classification: | Monumental Inscriptions, War Memorials & Other Memorials |
| Title: | Officers Died Website |
| Link: | https://glosters.tripod.com/memindex3.htm |
| Description: | Officers Died Website |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Marriages, Monumental Inscriptions, Parish Records |
| Title: | Parish Registers of Thringstone - Saint Andrews (Extracts) |
| Link: | http://web.archive.org/web/20090723233112/http://g... |
| Description: | Saint Andrews, Thringstone , Extracts From the Parish Registers |
| Extra Info: | This ia an archived copy of a site that is no longer active. Most information still seems to be available. |
| Classification: | Births, Deaths, Marriages, Monumental Inscriptions, One Name Study |
| Title: | PINCKNEY - The site for all UK PINCKNEYs |
| Link: | http://www.john-pinckney.co.uk/family/index.htm |
| Description: | PINCKNEY - The site for all UK PINCKNEYs and Variants |
| Extra Info: | Includes references to Pinckey, Pinckine, Pinckney, Pincknye, Pincney, Pinkene, Pinken, Pinkeny, Pinkine, Pinkney. |
| Classification: | Monumental Inscriptions, Obituaries |
| Title: | Police Roll of Honour |
| Link: | https://policememorial.org.uk/ |
| Description: | The National Police Officers Roll of Honour |
| Classification: | Banns, Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Census, Marriages, Monumental Inscriptions, One Name Study, Parish Records, War Memorials & Other Memorials, Wills / Probate |
| Title: | PRATLEY One Name Study |
| Link: | http://www.pratley.info/ |
| Description: | PRATLEY One Name Study |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Census, Marriages, Monumental Inscriptions, Parish Records, War Memorials & Other Memorials |
| Title: | Quorn Village Online Museum |
| Link: | http://www.quornmuseum.com/ |
| Description: | Quorn Village Online Museum |
| Extra Info: | Many articles and photographs relating to the village. |
| Classification: | Monumental Inscriptions |
| Title: | Railway and Canal Historical Society |
| Link: | https://rchs.org.uk/ |
| Description: | Railway and Canal Historical Society |
| Extra Info: | Click on History for access to memorial and monuments search. |
| Classification: | Bishops Transcripts, Monumental Inscriptions, Parish Records |
| Title: | Ratcliffe Culey Records |
| Link: | http://www.mdlp.co.uk/resources/ratcliffe/ |
| Description: | Ratcliffe Culey Marriages, Burials and Monumental Inscriptions. |
| Classification: | Census, Marriages, Monumental Inscriptions, Parish Records, War Memorials & Other Memorials |
| Title: | Redmile Village Website |
| Link: | http://www.redmilearchive.freeuk.com/ |
| Description: | Redmile Village Website |
| Classification: | Monumental Inscriptions |
| Title: | Saint Bartholomew's Church, Foston |
| Link: | https://www.foston-church.org.uk/ |
| Description: | Saint Bartholomew's Church, Foston |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Births, Burials / Cremations, Census, Deaths, Marriages, Monumental Inscriptions, One Name Study, Parish Records, Wills / Probate |
| Title: | SERCOMBE, SIRCOMBE, SURCOMBE, or SIRCOM One Name study |
| Link: | http://www.mit.edu/~dfm/genealogy/sercombe.html |
| Description: | A Compilation of SERCOMBE Families |
| Extra Info: | Scroll down to sources of information. |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Marriages, Monumental Inscriptions, Parish Records |
| Title: | Sheepy Group Parishes |
| Link: | http://www.mdlp.co.uk/resources/lei.htm |
| Description: | Sheepy Group Parish Records etc. |
| 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: | Monumental Inscriptions |
| Title: | St Martin's Cathedral, Leicester |
| Link: | http://web.archive.org/web/20091027002145/http://u... |
| Description: | St Martin's Cathedral, Leicester |
| Extra Info: | An archived copy of a site that is no longer active, but most information appears to be available. Scroll down to Index of Monuments. |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Births, Burials / Cremations, Census, Deaths, Marriages, Monumental Inscriptions, One Name Study, Parish Records, Wills / Probate |
| Title: | STERRY One Name Study |
| Link: | https://www.sterryworldwide.com/ |
| Description: | STERRY One Name Study |
| Extra Info: | Includes extracts from civil registration, parish records and marriage licences. |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Marriages, Monumental Inscriptions, Wills / Probate |
| Title: | The Society of Genealogists (SOG) |
| Link: | https://www.sog.org.uk/ |
| Description: | The Society of Genealogists (SOG) |
| Extra Info: | Can search for a surname for free, however a membership is required to access the detailed information. Click Search to see a list of the data online. |
| Classification: | Births, Census, Deaths, Marriages, Monumental Inscriptions, One Name Study, Wills / Probate |
| Title: | THRALE / THRALL - History and Genealogy |
| Link: | http://web.archive.org/web/20130718055006/http://t... |
| Description: | THRALE / THRALL - History and Genealogy |
| Extra Info: | An archived copy - most information stills seems to be available. |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Births, Burials / Cremations, Census, Deaths, Marriages, Monumental Inscriptions, One Name Study, Parish Records |
| Title: | TIVEY Family Genealogy Project |
| Link: | http://www.tiveyfamilytree.com/ |
| Description: | TIVEY Family Genealogy Project |
| Extra Info: | Mainly around the Leicestershire area. |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Births, Burials / Cremations, Census, Deaths, Marriages, Monumental Inscriptions, One Name Study, Wills / Probate |
| Title: | TONG / TONGE / TONGUE Genealogy |
| Link: | http://www.tongefamily.info/ |
| Description: | TONG / TONGE / TONGUE Genealogy |
| Extra Info: | Mainly around Lancashire and Manchester. |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Bishops Transcripts, Burials / Cremations, Census, Marriages, Monumental Inscriptions, Parish Records, War Memorials & Other Memorials |
| Title: | UK Transcriptions Website |
| Link: | http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~uktranscriptions/ge... |
| Description: | UK Transcriptions Website Various Counties |
| Extra Info: | Transcriptions for Northamptonshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire and Worcestershire. Click on Other Counties for Lancashire, Leicestershire, Norfolk and Shetland. |
| Classification: | Monumental Inscriptions |
| Title: | Welford Road Cemetery, Leicester |
| Link: | https://www.fowrcl.org.uk/ |
| Description: | Welford Road Cemetery, Leicester |
| Extra Info: | The website of the Friends of the Welford Road Cemetery. |
| Classification: | Monumental Inscriptions |
| Title: | Welford Road Cemetery, Leicester |
| Link: | http://web.archive.org/web/20091027000327/http://u... |
| Description: | Welford Road Cemetery, Leicester |
| Extra Info: | This is an archived copy of a site that is no longer active. Most information still seems to be available. Scroll down to see and index of notable people buried int he cemetery. |
| Classification: | Census, General, Monumental Inscriptions |
| Title: | GENUKI County Page for Leicestershire |
| Link: | https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/LEI/ |
| Description: | General Information for Leicestershire |
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